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After Trump and Abinader, Haitians face the Chilean far right
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The victory of José Antonio Kast in the Chilean presidential election has reignited fears within migrant communities. Among them, Haitians, already severely impacted by hostile immigration policies in the United States under Donald Trump and in the Dominican Republic under Luis Abinader, fear a further hardening of these policies. As Haiti sinks deeper into an unprecedented security, political, and humanitarian crisis, exile appears to be a trap with no way out.
On the evening of December 14th, in a modest apartment in Antofagasta, northern Chile, silence fell in front of the television screen. When José Antonio Kast's victory appeared in white letters, Isarela's husband lowered his head.
"We'll have to repack our bags," he murmured.
In this mining city of 400,000 inhabitants, where nearly 20% of the population is foreign, this phrase sums up the mindset of thousands of migrants today. With the announcement of the far-right candidate's election, anxiety spread like wildfire.
Fear as a political horizon
Elected on a platform of law and order and nationalism, José Antonio Kast made the fight against illegal immigration one of the pillars of his campaign. Promises of a tough stance, increased deportations, and rhetoric linking immigration and insecurity: all these elements are fueling a climate of anxiety among foreigners living in Chile today.
Isarela, a Peruvian woman who has lived in Peru for over eleven years, has been living with a residence permit that expired in 2019. Despite several attempts to resolve the issue, her case remains stalled. "They tell me to wait, but when Kast takes office in March 2026, won't I be arrested before I even get a response?" she wonders.
This administrative uncertainty has become a silent weapon against the most vulnerable migrants.
Haitians, an invisible but constant target
Among the most vulnerable communities are Haitians. Arriving en masse in Chile starting in 2015, they saw the country as an alternative to exile in North America. Today, many feel they made the wrong choice.
Language barriers, racial discrimination, precarious employment, bureaucratic delays: their daily lives are already marked by instability. The victory of the far right only exacerbates a feeling of abandonment.
“We fled Haiti to survive, not to be hunted down,” says a Haitian who has been living in Santiago for seven years. “But everywhere we go, we are made to understand that we are not welcome.”
A hostility that crosses borders
The situation of Haitians in Chile is part of a broader regional dynamic.
In the United States, the presidency of Donald Trump has left a lasting mark on the Haitian community through mass deportations and the questioning of temporary protection mechanisms.
In the Dominican Republic, President Luis Abinader has adopted a policy of brutal hardening: raids, accelerated expulsions, nationalist speeches explicitly targeting Haitian migrants, including pregnant women and children.
With the election of José Antonio Kast, Chile could join the list of countries where Haitian immigration is becoming a political problem rather than a human reality.
Returning to Haiti: A Dead End
For these migrants, the idea of returning to Haiti is almost absurd. The country is going through one of the worst crises in its history: armed gangs controlling entire territories, daily kidnappings, collapse of public services, acute humanitarian crisis, total absence of economic and political prospects.
“Going back today is risking your life,” a Haitian father stated firmly. “Many of us no longer have a home, no job, sometimes no family left there.”
Exile, intended to be a temporary solution, has turned into a permanent trap.
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Before José Antonio Kast took office, calls mounted for outgoing President Gabriel Boric to take urgent action. Human rights organizations and migrant groups advocated for an exceptional regularization program to protect thousands of families from arbitrary deportations.
Because beyond ideological debates, human lives are at stake. Essential workers, parents, school-aged children, who contribute to the Chilean economy while remaining legally invisible.
An exile without refuge
For Haitians in Chile, the victory of the far right is not just an electoral event. It symbolizes a world that is closing in.
Between increasingly hostile host countries and a Haiti given over to chaos, they find themselves stuck in a cruel limbo: neither truly accepted here, nor able to return there.
Their situation reveals the complete failure of regional and international solidarity in the face of the Haitian crisis.
And one nagging question remains: how long will it take for the dignity of migrants to cease being a political variable?
@Liberation_Blk "Neocolonialism really did a number on us"- on "US"?! these Nigerians cheering the attack are just another version of the pro-intervention Venezuelans. it's the same phenomena appearing from different populations.
Donald Trump absurdly claimed to be "anti-war" and a "peacemaker", but he is just another imperialist war criminal.
Trump has bombed 9 countries: Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen.
He is also waging war on Venezuela, while still overseeing the genocidal colonial war in Gaza (and threatening to colonize Greenland and the Panama Canal).
Link: https://t.co/n781FNXPvY
@EbnHussein1424 "We are at the end of times". I think it's going to get much worse. Alhamdulilaah, to be Muslim is better than anything. I believe end times life will require much sabr. But will give much food for thought. Then the ajr is with Allah insha'Allah.
@Ollie_Vargas_@Katauroraaa my thing is... I'm against US interventionism but.... I hate how 🇨🇺 and 🇻🇪 it's "we have 2 support them cuz interventionism".... rather than "they represent a positive good". its like the democrats- "support us cuz the other guy is worse!"... I agree but... it isnt vry inspiring
@Haqiqatjou are you going to accuse Mao and Fidel Castro of being "like Bernie Sanders"? your line on this is wrong and serves imperialism by concealing that the Zionist entity is only a node in a larger imperialist network.
@HasbaraBuster1@Haqiqatjou "Diaspora western Muslims over-exaggerate role and influence of Israel to ease their conscience on US"- yes- exactly. this is a move to avoid being upfront about the real US role- and bcuz... that is a much riskier stance than the "safer" approach of only criticizing 🇮🇱 and 🇮🇳.
@Haqiqatjou Nah, you are pushing a wrong and false line that serves imperialism. Hugo Chávez here says that "Israel" serves as a "brazo asesino" (murderous arm) of the US. Are you going to accuse Hugo Chávez of being "like Bernie Sanders"? https://t.co/aPOXEZ9k26
#ChávezInvicto | Israel se convirtió en un brazo asesino del imperio norteamericano
El 01 de abril de 2009, el Líder de la Revolución Bolivariana, Hugo Chávez Frías, denunciaba que el Estado sionista de Israel se convirtió en el brazo asesino del imperio norteamericano