Chile: Kast halts transition talks with Boric, citing lack of trust over China-linked subsea cable briefings

Chile: Kast halts transition talks with Boric, citing lack of trust over China-linked subsea cable briefings

Chile’s president-elect José Antonio Kast said on Tuesday he is suspending the handover process with outgoing President Gabriel Boric, arguing his team cannot trust the information it has received on key issues, including a China-linked subsea fiber-optic project that would connect central Chile with Hong Kong.