Change for Chile
Change for Chile (Spanish: Cambio por Chile, CpCh) is a Chilean electoral coalition between the far-right Republican, Christian Social and National Libertarian parties, created ahead of the 2025 parliamentary election. Before its official registration in August 2025, the coalition was known by the names New Right (Spanish: Nueva Derecha) and United Right (Spanish: Derecha Unida).
Change for Chile Cambio por Chile | |
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| Abbreviation | CpCh |
| Leaders | José Antonio Kast Johannes Kaiser |
| Founders | José Antonio Kast Johannes Kaiser Sara Concha |
| Founded | 15 April 2025 |
| Registered | 8 August 2025 |
| Preceded by | Christian Social Front |
| Ideology | National conservatism Right-wing populism Christian right Pinochetism Right-wing antiglobalism Anti-communism Antifeminism Anti-immigration Economic liberalism |
| Political position | Far-right |
| Coalition members | Republican Party National Libertarian Party Christian Social Party |
| Colours | Blue and red |
| Chamber of Deputies | 42 / 155 |
| Senate | 8 / 50 |
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Change for Chile (Spanish: Cambio por Chile, CpCh) is a Chilean electoral coalition between the far-right Republican, Christian Social and National Libertarian parties, created ahead of the 2025 parliamentary election.[1] Before its official registration in August 2025, the coalition was known by the names New Right (Spanish: Nueva Derecha) and United Right (Spanish: Derecha Unida).
History
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Establishment
[edit]On 15 April 2025, three far-right[2][3] parties (PRCh, PSC, PNL) had announced a preliminary agreement to compete together in the 2025 parliamentary election in a coalition called "New Right".[4][5] With this decision, the parties closed the door to the option of creating a single right-of-centre list together with Chile Vamos, which sought a rapprochement with all the forces opposed to the government of Gabriel Boric.[6] In July 2025, the parties ratified their intention to form a parliamentary alliance by concluding a pact, albeit renaming it the "United Right".[7] In parallel, the Republican Party opened up to a negotiation with Chile Vamos to reach an omission pact in the senatorial election in the binomial regions (where two senators are elected).[8]
The alliance was not replicated for the 2025 presidential election, as the parties that formed it support different presidential candidates: the Republican Party and the Christian Social Party supported José Antonio Kast;[9][10] while the National Libertarian Party supported the candidacy of Johannes Kaiser, all parties in the coalition endorsed Kast in the second round, which he won.[11]
Registration
[edit]The Republican, Social Christian, and National Libertarian parties formalized their pact before the Electoral Service (Servel) on 8 August 2025, under the name "Change for Chile".[1] The list announced the presentation of 183 candidates for the Chamber of Deputies.[12]
Composition
[edit]The coalition is made up of the following parties:
| Party | Abbr. | Ideology | Political position | President | ||
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Republican Party of Chile Partido Republicano de Chile |
PRCh | Right-wing populism National conservatism Pinochetism |
Far-right | Arturo Squella | |
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National Libertarian Party Partido Nacional Libertario |
PNL | Paleolibertarianism National conservatism Christian libertarianism |
Far-right | Johannes Kaiser | |
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Christian Social Party Partido Social Cristiano |
PSC | Christian right Christian fundamentalism Ultraconservatism |
Far-right | Sara Concha | |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Partidos de derecha inscriben pacto "Cambio por Chile" y cierran puerta a lista única con Chile Vamos". Emol. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ "Renovada extrema derecha de Chile alcanza acuerdo para elecciones legislativas". Bloomberg News. 14 April 2025.
- ^ Palazzo, Mauricio (15 April 2025). "La "nueva derecha" chilena acordó un pacto parlamentario con miras a las elecciones de noviembre próximo". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ "Republicanos, libertarios y socialcristianos anunciaron pacto parlamentario". Cooperativa.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ ""Nueva derecha": Republicanos, Social Cristiano y Nacional Libertario anuncian preacuerdo electoral". El Mostrador (in Spanish). 14 April 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ "Chile Vamos sigue buscando acercamiento con Republicanos para lista única". Cooperativa.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ Rosas, Pedro (6 August 2025). "Republicanos, libertarios y socialcristianos inscribirán este viernes el pacto "Derecha Unida" en el Servel". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ Rosas, Pedro (25 July 2025). "Chile Vamos y republicanos acuerdan primer encuentro por negociación parlamentaria". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ "Partido Republicano proclama a José Antonio Kast como su carta presidencial para las elecciones de 2025". Emol (in Spanish). 8 January 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ "Kast es proclamado candidato del PSC y acusa a Jara de representar el "continuismo" « Diario y Radio Universidad Chile". radio.uchile.cl (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 July 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ "Con la tercera estrofa del Himno Nacional y una bendición: Así fue la proclamación de Kaiser como candidato presidencial". T13. 12 July 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ Rivas, Claudia. ""Cambio por Chile" es el pacto que cobijará la lista parlamentaria de republicanos, libertarios y social cristianos | Diario Financiero". www.df.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2025.
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