Just south of Santiago, the tiny rural town of Paine is a quiet grid of painted abode facades, shaded squares and shuttered shop fronts as the summer holidays draw to a close. But the white-knuckle fear of crime that propelled its most famous son, José Antonio Kast, to a resounding victory in December’s presidential election is as present in sleepy Paine as it is the length of Chile. “We have so much crime here – robberies, guns, drugs, you name it,” said María Elena Balcázar at a table in her roadside cafe opposite the Parroquia Santa María Virgen de Paine,...
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