Chile's hard-right president-elect Jose Antonio Kast said Tuesday that he would back efforts to end Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro's "dictatorship," giving Washington yet another regional ally in its showdown with Caracas.
Kast said he supported "any situation" to do away with Maduro’s government as he visited Argentina -- his first foreign trip since he easily defeated a leftist candidate in Sunday's election run-off.Â
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