Overview
- Chile’s foreign minister Alberto van Klaveren said a diplomatic note was delivered to Colombia’s ambassador on the president’s instructions after Gustavo Petro’s comments on the Chilean election.
- Van Klaveren called Petro’s remarks a lack of respect and an improper intrusion that denigrates the president-elect and the sovereign decision of Chile’s voters.
- Petro posted on X that “vienen los vientos de la muerte” and wrote “jamás le daré la mano a un nazi y a un hijo de nazi,” linking José Antonio Kast to fascism, Hitler and Pinochet.
- News reports cite Kast’s decisive win with about 58.17% of the vote over Jeannette Jara, as Chile’s institutions proceed with the transition.
- President Gabriel Boric met Kast at La Moneda to begin the handover set for March 11, while in Colombia opposition figures criticized Petro’s tone as counterproductive.