Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Left eyes historic win in Colombian presidential election

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Colombians voted in the first round of presidential elections on Sunday, with a leftist candidate poised to win for the first time in the country’s turbulent history. The vote takes place in a tense atmosphere, a year after a brutal security crackdown on street protests fueled by deepening socioeconomic woes. Polls opened at 8:00 am … Read more

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