Fuel Price Hikes in Chile Test Kast as Supporters Start to Balk

Customers wait in line to fuel up vehicles at a gas station in Santiago on March 24.Photographer: Cristóbal Olivares/Bloomberg

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By Antonia Mufarech and James Attwood

March 25, 2026 at 2:00 PM UTC

Updated on

March 25, 2026 at 3:05 PM UTC

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Fuel pumps are running dry in parts of Chile as drivers rush to tank up before prices jump by as much as 54% Thursday. Angered by the fuel price hikes, some Chileans on Wednesday evening banged pots while student protests briefly shut a key metro line in the capital Santiago.