Chile’s Power Transition Collapses Over Chinese Cable Row

2026-03-04 - 11:53

Key Points — President-elect José Antonio Kast ended all transition meetings with outgoing President Gabriel Boric after a 22-minute meeting at La Moneda collapsed into mutual accusations of dishonesty — The rupture centers on a proposed 19,873-kilometer Chinese submarine cable linking Chile to Hong Kong, which triggered U.S. visa sanctions against three Chilean officials on