Chile’s leading presidential candidate rides anti-migrant, pro-Pinochet sentiment

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Chile’s far-right presidential candidate José Antonio Kast has praised former dictator Augusto Pinochet and proposed digging a ditch along the border to stop migrants from illegally entering Chile. The World’s Latin America correspondent Jorge Valencia has our story.

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