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The term New Right ( Spanish: Nueva derecha ) has come into mainstream political discourse since the election of Sebastián Piñera in 2010, when interior minister Rodrigo Hinzpeter used it to describe his government.

Hinzpeter's introduction of the term caused a buzz among newspapers, politicians and analysts.

According to a column published in The Clinic, the New Right is different from the old autocratic right of Augusto Pinochet, in the sense that it embraces democracy.

It is also different from the religiously conservative Unión Demócrata Independiente party, in that it is more open to discussing issues like divorce.

According to the same analysis, the New Right is becoming increasingly pragmatic, as shown by their decision to increase taxes following the 2010 Chilean earthquake.