When Colombians on Sunday elected their first leftist president ever, they also voted for their country’s first Black vice-president. Francia Marquez, a Black single mother who worked as a maid before challenging international mining interests as a fiery environmentalist, now becomes Colombia’s first Black female vice-president. Her victory marks a turning point in a country plagued by
The early vote count in Sunday’s six-way presidential election in Colombia pointed toward a runoff in June, with leftist former rebel Gustavo Petro leading in a ballot held amid growing discontent over increasing inequality and inflation. Petro, a senator and front-runner throughout the campaign, had just over 40% of votes and was trailed by populist
Issued on: 07/05/2022 – 23:31 The son of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos wrapped up his presidential election campaign Saturday with a raucous rally of hundreds of thousands of supporters, as polls show him heading towards a landslide win. Victory in Monday’s election would cap a decades-long effort to rehabilitate the Marcos legacy after the
Far-right and hard-left supporters turned out for French presidential elections on Sunday, which saw traditional mainstream parties perform catastrophically. As voters gravitate more towards political extremes, France’s political landscape is witnessing a reorganisation experts have dubbed a ‘three-way split’. Projections have confirmed that President Emmanuel Macron will face far-right leader Marine Le Pen in the second
The sweeping no-show deepens a political crisis in the war-scarred nation which, practically 4 months after a basic election, still hasnt picked a brand-new prime minister.The assembly vote had actually been set for midday for the head of state– a post with a four-year required held by convention by a member of Iraqs Kurdish minority,
