In Chile’s pivotal December 14 runoff, progressive candidate Jeannette Jara faces far-right contender José Antonio Kast in a high-stakes contest defined as a clash between equity and austerity. Mandatory voting mobilizes 15.8 million citizens, amplifying voices shaped by the social unrest of 2019. The election is widely seen as a defining moment for the nation, with two antagonistic national projects competing to set Chile’s political, social, and economic course for the coming years.
00:00In Chile's pivotal December 14th runoff, Janet Hara and Jose Antonio Gast will clash in a high-stakes fight over equity versus austerity.
00:08Monetary voting mobilizes 15.8 million voters amid fears of inequality.
00:14The Chile runoff on December 14th, 2025, pitted progressive candidate Janet Hara against a far-right candidate Jose Antonio Gast.
00:22This election will define the future of the nation.
00:25This is a mere politics. It's a clash between equity and austerity.
00:29With the monetary voting thrown out searches, amplifying the voices of those who experienced social unrest in 2019.
00:36Once again, the process is defined as a conflict between two absolutely antagonistic national projects.
00:48Now, let's take a look at the presidential candidate for the governing Unity for Chile coalition, Janet Hara.
00:53Flap beggar for the eight-and-left-wing social, democratic and progressive parties, as well as the Christian Democrats.
01:00Hara was born in 1974 in Santiago de Chile.
01:03She was undersecretary of Social Security during Michelle Bachelet's second term, overseeing key reforms in pensions and social security.
01:11In March 2022, with the arrival of President Gabriel Boric to power, she was appointed Minister of Labor and Social Security.
01:18Among her most notable contributions is the implementation of the 40-hour workweek law, approved in 2023.
01:26Her political career has been strongly linked to the defense of social and labor rights.
01:30Let's also take a look at José Antonio Castro, candidate for the Republican Party.
01:44Castro is a 59-year-old lawyer, representative of the conservative right, who has been presidential candidate in the 2017, 2021 and 2025 elections.
01:54He has been a representative for District 24, Metropolitan Region, from 2014 to 2018.
02:00And a representative for District 30, Metropolitan Region, for three consecutive terms.
02:06Among his political proposals are a great support for the police, a prison reform that seeks to restore state control in prisons,
02:13a commitment to the North to restore order and protect the borders.
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