Tag: leftwing
Chile’s land conflict is a difficult nut for left-wing leaders
The land conflict in southern Chile is often called the “Mapuche conflict”, after the name of the country’s largest indigenous group. Careless, many believe – so does President Gabriel Boric.…
Opposition wants to cooperate constructively with ‘the most left-wing college ever in Amersfoort’
The necessary congratulations came tonight for the Party for the Animals, which, as a newcomer, immediately left a recognizable mark on the agreement. The word animals comes up remarkably often.…
Colombia: Gustavo Petro, former guerrilla and first left-wing president
Historic vote in Colombia. Gustavo Petro became on Sunday the first left-wing Colombian president in history, with the ambition to “change” a country in crisis and which has never known…
Gustavo Petro: Left-wing candidate won the presidential election in Colombia
Gustavo Petro, a former member of the guerrilla movement, won the second round of the presidential election in Colombia. Petro, who will form the country’s first left-wing government, said the…
Colombia gets its first left-wing president
– The story we are writing today is a new story for Colombia, for Latin America and for the world, said a happy Gustovo Petro after the election victory. In…
Left-wing leader Gustavo Petro, President of Colombia
Petro succeeds the unpopular conservative Iván Duque, who was not allowed to stand for a new round due to the country’s election laws. At his side as vice president, Petro…
Left-wing Petro is Colombia’s next president – Hernandez admitted his defeat
Former rebel Gustavo Petro is Colombia’s first left-wing president. In Colombia, the left-wing, former rebel has won the rigorous second round of the presidential election Gustavo Petro. When all the…
Left-wing President of Colombia
Former left-wing rebel Gustavo Petro is Colombia’s new president. “Today is a party for the people,” Petro wrote on Twitter. With over 99.5 percent of the vote counted after the…
Left-wing President of Colombia
With over 99.5 percent of the vote counted after the second round, Petro leads by 50.5 percent against opponent Rodolfo Hernandez at 47.3 percent, a margin of 700,000 votes. –…
French vote in first round of parliamentary elections – Macron supporters and left-wing parties close by
In the previous election, five years ago, President Emmanuel Macron clearly got the majority behind him. An absolute majority in the National Assembly would require at least 289 representatives. France…