Chile Transition Tainted by Rare Acrimony Over China Cable Plan

Gabriel Boric speaks to members of the media following a private meeting with Jose Antonio Kast at La Moneda Palace in Santiago on March 3.Photographer: Cristobal Olivares/Bloomberg

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By Matthew Malinowski and Antonia Mufarech

March 3, 2026 at 3:51 PM UTC

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Chile’s outgoing and incoming presidents clashed over a proposed Chinese fiber-optic cable fiercely opposed by the US, tainting what is normally a staid transition with rare acrimony days before a high-profile Americas summit in Miami.