NPR reports that Chile's far-right president José Antonio Kast, whose government cut sentences for 56 prisoners including child rapists and skipped an anti-inflation tool as fuel prices spiked, faces protests and a truckers' blockade that ended only after he sent Congress a bill reversing planned fuel price rises. The article says Kast, at 24% approval, is floundering as cost-of-living anger grows, with similar discontent challenging Trump-aligned leaders like Javier Milei and Keiko Fujimori.