Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Chile’s millennial president takes office with plans for change

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SANTIAGO: Leftist ex-student activist Gabriel Boric was sworn in Friday as Chile’s youngest-ever president and hailed the country’s Marxist former leader Salvador Allende in his inaugural address to the nation. Standing in front of tens of thousands of supporters at La Moneda Palace in the capital Santiago, the 36-year-old said Allende — who killed himself … Read more