Chilean presidential candidate Kast says he is not 'far right'

Chilean presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast from far-right Republican Party meets with Chilean-based international media reporters in Santiago, Chile, November 12, 2021. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Conservative Chilean presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast said on Friday that he does not feel like a "far-right" politician, as he has been called in the press, but rather a candidate "of common sense."

With polls showing him neck-and-neck with his left-wing rival ahead of the Nov. 21 election, Kast told a news conference that it was journalists who have labeled him far-right. He said such categories are "old" and that his campaign seeks to break traditional patterns.