Kast Debuts First 'Digital Chain' Address as Approval Keeps Sliding

President José Antonio Kast recorded a five-minute 'cadena digital' — a new government communication format distributed via social media rather than broadcast television — to mark the start of Fiestas Patrias, promising that 'after the storm, the sun always comes out' and that Chile would 'recover peace, confidence and development.' The format shift came as Kast tried to reach audiences outside traditional media following a run of record-low approval polls, and after he attributed the earlier slide chiefly to the 'bencinazo' fuel-price increases; the address avoided defending specific policies in favor of patriotic and unifying themes.