Santiago, Chile, March 12, 2026 (AFP) - The Chinese cable that could trip up Chile's new leader

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2026-03-12

Chile's new president Jose Antonio Kast faces a tough choice in his first weeks in office. Will he bow to US pressure to nix a project to link China and Chile across the Pacific via an undersea fiber optic cable? Or will Kast, who took office Wednesday, revive an initiative cherished by Chile's biggest trading partner, at the risk of incurring Washington's wrath? The Chile-China Express would carry data nearly 20,000 kilometers (over 12,000 miles......

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