The end of October brought some breathtaking news out of Bolivia - twenty years of socialist/Marxist rule had been overturned in favor of a fellow whose slogan was Capitalism for All. It was an election that saw the United States Secretary of State beaming alongside the president-elect, Rodrigo Paz, with both pledging that a new era of cooperation was beginning.
And, with his inauguration, Rodrigo Paz ordered all symbols of the failed Marxist dogma stripped from his country's national symbols.
We are, he said, going to bring Bolivia into the world and bring the world back to Bolivia.
The new right-wing President of Bolivia immediately got to work by eliminating all socialist symbols from the country's flag and coat of arms.
— George (@BehizyTweets) November 9, 2025
He also promised to start a capitalist revolution in the country: "We're going to put Bolivia in the world and let the world come to… pic.twitter.com/N7XiX30OeX
...Capitalism for everyone, capitalism to produce, capitalism to have resources..."
Whatever it was that had to be in the water in the continent over these past decades of peasant and student revolutions with socialist governments promising Communist paradises must finally be clearing from the system. It's turning out to be a miracle of nature healing itself.
There was the Javier Milei shock in Argentina, which has turned out to be far more successful and enduring than anyone gave it any chance of. The predicted implosion of his 'unpopular' government had vaporized as soon as the mid-term election results came in a few weeks ago.
Argentine President Javier Milei’s party cruised to victory in midterm legislative elections as voters handed him a mandate to keep pushing through his radical overhaul of the economy despite widespread discontent with his deep austerity measures.
A relief to Milei, whose poll numbers had sagged in recent weeks, the results are also likely to please US President Donald Trump, whose administration had faced criticism after providing Argentina with a hefty financial bailout.
Analysts said the stronger-than-expected showing could reflect fear of renewed economic turmoil if the country abandoned Milei’s austerity policies which, while slashing subsidies long relied on by many Argentines, have succeeded in drastically slowing inflation.
Then Bolivia decided to jettison decades of socialist decline, and last night?
In the national elections, the Left in Chile suffered its worst showing in the 90 years of the country's democracy, and the Right has taken control of the National Chamber of Deputies (the lower house of their bicameral National Congress) for the first time in its history.
🇨🇱‼️| HISTÓRICO — La derecha logra la mayoría en la Cámara de Diputados de Chile por primera vez en toda la historia democrática.
— Agustín Antonetti (@agusantonetti) November 17, 2025
🔵 Derecha: 79 diputados (51%)
🔴 Izquierda: 62 diputados (40%)
🟡 Centro: 14 diputados (9%) pic.twitter.com/cTtQtCLopd
...The right achieves a majority in the Chamber of Deputies of Chile for the first time in the entire democratic history.
Right: 79 deputies (51%)
Left: 62 deputies (40%)
Center: 14 deputies (9%)
The Right also took the upper house, the Chamber of Senators.
Senators:
Right 27
Left 22
Where the communist (far-left) candidate, also dubbed 'the official' candidate, was expected to triumph in the first round, there were hopes enough voters would go for the Republican or Libertarian liberal, that she would be forced into a run-off.
This is a sample of her deep philosophical reasoning skills and transparent public dialogue.
¿Cuba es una dictadura?
— Emmanuel Rincón (@EmmaRincon) November 15, 2025
Responde Jara, la candidata presidencial de izquierdas en Chile: "Bueno es que allá hay muchos problemas porque hay muchos huracanes."pic.twitter.com/ZfCe8uul8R
...Is Cuba a dictatorship?
Jara responds, the left-wing presidential candidate in Chile: "Well, there are many problems there because there are many hurricanes."
That was the state's 'official candidate' and predicted to be the next president of Chile.
Those predictions were blown out of the water when a gobsmacking 70% of the electorate voted for right or center-right candidates, and the crafty lefty lady pulled less than 27%.
The "Javier Milei" trend continues…
— Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) November 17, 2025
Chile’s Presidential Election:
🔴Jara 26.7% (Far Left)
🔵Kast 24.1% (Right Wing)
🟡Parisi 19.5% (Right Wing)
🟣Kaiser 13.9% (Right Wing)
🟢Matthei 12.6% (Right Wing)
70%+ went right wing.
Kast is a huge favorite vs. Jara in the runoff. pic.twitter.com/mlJuCpr3Nx
The top two leaders in the vote count, Leftist Jeannette Jara and the Republican challenger José Antonio Kast, will now head to a run-off to determine who will be the country's president.
In an election marked by high voter turnout and a climate of profound disillusionment with Gabriel Boric 's administration , Chile took a decisive turn to the right . 70.2% of the electorate voted for opposition candidates , while the left failed to surpass 30% of the vote , confirming the crisis within the ruling coalition and the consolidation of conservative leadership.
As the polls predicted—although with a less narrow margin than expected—the official candidate Jeannette Jara (26.58%) and the Republican leader José Antonio Kast (24.32%) emerged as the two leading candidates , advancing to the runoff election that will determine the presidency on December 14 .
It was obvious Chileans were ready for a change. They came out in droves to cast their votes.
...By 8:00 PM, with 52% of the polling stations reporting , the preliminary results already showed the irreversible trend. More than 14 million Chileans participated in the process, which proceeded normally except for some long lines and isolated disputes at polling stations in Santiago , where many poll workers were serving for the first time.
It's also apparent that the Right is looking at this as a momentous one for the country, and the candidates who came in behind the two front-runners - all right and centrists - are almost unanimously coalescing to throw their combined support behind Kast.
Johannes Kaiser, the Libertarian who came in fourth, announced his support.
La derecha empezó a unirse en Chile para la segunda vuelta y Johannes Kaiser anuncia su apoyo a José Antonio Kast. Fuera izquierda miserable de Latinoamérica!pic.twitter.com/AVBXAdJdsr
— AbueloEmberracado (@Criticolombia2) November 16, 2025
The right began to unite in Chile for the second round and Johannes Kaiser announces his support for José Antonio Kast. Out, miserable left of Latin America!
Evelyn Mattei swung to Kast in her concession speech and went to Kast's campaign headquarters last night to personally congratulate him.
...Evelyn Matthei , the standard-bearer for Chile Vamos and a symbol of the traditional right, finished in an unexpected fifth place with 13.25%, despite having led in the polls for months. Matthei was the first to concede defeat and, in a decisive political move, immediately announced her support for Kast: “Others have been chosen to advance in the presidential race; I congratulate them ,” she stated before personally going to the Republican campaign headquarters to offer her congratulations.
A big day with a lot of promise if Kast takes the whole thing.
Muchas gracias Chile !! 🇨🇱🖐️
— José Antonio Kast Rist 🖐️🇨🇱 (@joseantoniokast) November 17, 2025
Hoy hemos dado un gran paso para que el cambio llegue a Chile!!
A trabajar con todo! Vamos a ganar!! pic.twitter.com/TJvtFWIUT2
Thank you very much Chile !!
Today we have taken a big step so that change reaches Chile!!
Let's work with everything! We're going to win!!
There is an overwhelming sense of purpose to change the country's path, and it very much looks as if like-minded Chileans are determined to see this finished.
Felicitaciones a Chile
— Ariel Ricardo Armel (@arielarmelv) November 17, 2025
La derecha gana la mayoría en la cámara de senadores y diputados
José Antonio Kast pasó a segunda vuelta y toda la derecha y centro derecha llegará unida
La izquierda sacó su peor resultado en 90 años
América Latina cada vez más libre del comunismo pic.twitter.com/ycKcKrJtZA
...Congratulations to Chile
The right wins the majority in the chamber of senators and deputies José Antonio Kast advances to the second round and the entire right and center-right will arrive united
The left achieved its worst result in 90 years
Latin America increasingly free from communism
Just imagine that in our lifetime - a Latin America 'increasingly free from communism.' And getting to watch those dominoes fall.
And then, being here to watch them start to make their way back and do it well.
The great story of today in Chile is the triumph of the right in votes added up for the first time in nearly a century. And the crushing defeat of the left. The country has changed culturally, the mentality is different, the battle of ideas has been won and that is the most important thing.
Man. I wonder if the communists have noticed their shrinking empire of influence, failure, and destruction?
Si armas una foto con todos los presidentes comunistas actualmente en latinoamerica incluyendo españa, lo que tienen en común es que les estan por pegar un boleo en las próximas elecciones, no va a quedar ninguno
— Dani🇦🇷🇮🇹 𝕰𝓁 𝓂𝖆ℊ𝖔(𝖗𝒹𝖔) 🧙🏾♂️ (@daniTderiver) November 14, 2025
If you put together a photo with all the current communist presidents in Latin America including Spain, what they have in common is that they're about to get kicked out in the next elections, none of them will be left.
I hope they're worried.
That exclusive little club is getting awfully...exclusive.
I can't wait until they have to close the doors.
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