Chile is not and will never be Marxist or communist: José Antonio Cast

Here’s what far-right candidate Jose Antonio Caste said on Thursday Chile is not and will never be a Marxist or communist country. At the conclusion of his campaign in Santiago towards the presidential elections on Sunday.

Communism is the same all over Chile and all over the world. They are the same and will not deceive us. These sermons of peace and love will not deceive us. “We will confront them, we will confront them, we will confront them, with reason and never with violence,” said several thousand followers in one of the capital’s affluent neighborhoods.

His followers cheered as dozens of Chilean flags, some from Cuba and Venezuela, waved on a Chilean night after hours of waiting between the rhythms of cumbia and the rhythms of Ranchera, to hear the last words of ultra-conservatives before the election, in which he faced off against leftist Gabriel. boric.

Borek, 35, is a representative of the “I Agree with Dignity” coalition, which includes the Broad Front – Who belongs to – the Communist Party. In the second round, he won the support of all the center-left parties that were part of the Concertación, which ruled Chile two decades after the end of Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship ((1973-1990).

“Only the left promotes poverty, that poverty that has dragged Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba, people flee from there because the drug dictatorship only brings poverty and misery,” he said on stage in a speech repeated during the election campaign against his opponent. .

To his opponent, whom he beat in the first round by 27.9% to 25.8%, accused him of lying to Chileans in his speeches and election promises, who accuses Caste of spreading false news and data.

“We will not allow you to deceive Chileans of goodwill,” he said forcefully. “The fake news is you, Mr. Borek. We tell the truth, we talk face to face and we don’t change our convictions.”

Cast also repeated his main themes throughout the campaign, such as restoring order and fighting violence and crime. “To restore peace, order, the rule of law, and, above all, dignity in people’s lives”He came to light after introducing his wife and nine children before he began his speech.

A fan of dictatorship Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990), Kast is against abortion and equal marriage and rarely loses his composure and always maintains a steady smile despite criticism or attacks.

RM