STORY: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro criticized Chile's president-elect, Jose Antonio Kast, on Monday (December 15) in a government broadcast, accusing him of being a "nazi" and issuing warnings over potential actions against Venezuelan migrants residing in Chile.

"Chile is a noble, progressive, beautiful country, but it faces a great challenge because it is going to have a Nazi Pinochetist president," Maduro said during a televised interview, referring to Kast.

Kast, who secured a commanding runoff win against leftist candidate Jeannette Jara on Sunday (December 14), has been on the right-wing fringes of Chilean politics for years, with two previous failed presidential runs under his belt and both personal and family support for the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet in his past. He has frequently railed against crime, migrants and abortion.

While asserting that Venezuela would not interfere in Chile's internal affairs, Maduro warned Kast against targeting Venezuelan migrants in Chile. "Venezuelan migrants have rights, and the Chilean Constitution must guarantee them," he added.

Kast's proposals include building walls, trenches and electric fences along the border and forming a police force similar to the U.S.'s Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain and expel migrants. He's also vowed to expel all migrants in the country illegally and encouraged them to leave before he takes office.

Continuing his pointed criticism, Maduro labeled Kast a "Nazi" and a follower of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. He further criticized outgoing Chilean President Gabriel Boric, arguing that his leadership had paved the way for the return of right-wing politics in the country.

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SHOWS: CARACAS, VENEZUELA (DECEMBER 15, 2025) (VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT TV - Access all)

1. VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT NICOLAS MADURO SPEAKING WITH PRESENTER DURING BROADCAST

2. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT, NICOLAS MADURO, SAYING [SOUNDBITE CONTINUES OVER DIFFERENT SHOTS OF BROADCAST]:

"Now, the people of Chile face a great challenge. Chile is a noble, progressive, beautiful country, but it faces a great challenge because it is going to have a Nazi Pinochetist president (referring to incoming Chilean president Jose Antonio Kast). It faces a great challenge. We don't get involved in that; those are Chile's internal affairs. What I do get involved in is telling this Mr. Kast that he may be a follower of Hitler and educated in Hitler's values, he may be a Pinochet supporter, but he better be careful about touching a Venezuelan, because Venezuelans must be respected. Be very careful about that, listen to me carefully. Anyone who messes with Venezuela will wither away, and you can wither quickly, Mr. Kast. I am telling you this from Caracas, the capital that gave birth to the giants of America."

3. MADURO SPEAKING WITH PRESENTER DURING BROADCAST

4. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT NICOLAS MADURO SAYING [SOUNDBITE CONTINUES OVER DIFFERENT SHOTS OF BROADCAST]:

"Then ‘Sayona’ (referring to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado), Leopoldo Lopez (Venezuelan opposition leader), this old man, Gonzalez (referring to Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez), come out in support of Mr. Kast threatening Venezuelan migrants, giving them a deadline and saying that he is going to detain them, take away their cars, houses, and bank accounts, and expel them as if they were criminals. Mr. Kast, be careful, leave those who are at peace alone. Venezuelan migrants have rights, and the Chilean Constitution must guarantee them."

5. MADURO SPEAKING WITH PRESENTER DURING BROADCAST

6. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT NICOLAS MADURO SAYING [SOUNDBITE CONTINUES OVER DIFFERENT SHOTS OF BROADCAST]:

"Today, the Nazi (referring to Kast), raised in a Nazi family and a self-confessed Pinochet supporter, defender of the greatest criminal in the history of Chile and perhaps in the history of Latin America in the last 100 years. He is a self-confessed Pinochet supporter. I saw him entering the office at La Moneda, where Allende (referring to former Chilean socialist president) was killed. (Chilean president Gabriel) Boric was waiting for him, without a tie, and this man entered wearing his suit and tie, and I thought, the only difference is that one didn't wear a tie and the other did, because in the end, Boric's so-called progressivism, which was not progressivism at all, ended up giving way to the left (to get out) and the right to get in."

7. MADURO SPEAKING WITH PRESENTER DURING BROADCAST