News of left wing

Petro meets his arch-enemy Uribe as Colombia outreach continues

29-06-2022 22:44 Colombia's newly elected leftist leader meets with the nation’s most powerful leader in recent history, Álvaro Uribe.

NEW ERA IN COLOMBIA

Colombian president's challenges: military, rebels, congress and markets

23-06-2022 00:16 Gustavo Petro, who beat construction magnate Rodolfo Hernández in last Sunday’s run-off by 50% of the votes against 47%, will take office on August 7.

COLOMBIA ELECTIONS 2022

Colombia election signals return of Latin America's left

22-06-2022 13:12 After the election of leftist leaders in Argentina, Mexico, Chile and now Colombia – and with Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva seemingly on track to return to office – a new political wave is sweeping Latin America.

COLOMBIA ELECTIONS 2022

Brazil congratulates Petro – but Bolsonaro remains silent

21-06-2022 15:37 Foreign Ministry in Brasilia says it looked forward to "the continuity and deepening of bilateral relations" with Colombia under Gustavo Petro.

COLOMBIA ELECTIONS 2022

Latin American leftist leaders hail Petro's victory in Colombia

20-06-2022 14:58 Gustavo Petro's election as the first left-wing president in Colombia's history sparks joy among similarly aligned Latin American leaders.

COLOMBIA ELECTIONS 2022

Here’s how radical Gustavo Petro can be as Colombian president

20-06-2022 14:26 Investors in Colombia are trying to gauge how radical Gustavo Petro's government will be. Here's a look at some of the leftist leader's main proposals for the economy.

COLOMBIA ELECTIONS 2022

Colombia election front-runner Petro beefs up security over violence threat

12-05-2022 12:53 Colombia is the only major country in Latin America that’s never had a leftist leader, and polls suggest it’s about to get one in Gustavo Petro. That’s raising the campaign temperature in a country with a history of political violence.

Colombia election 2022

Colombian presidential hopeful Petro signs oath against expropriation

19-04-2022 08:36 Gustavo Petro, who leads in opinion polls ahead of Colombian elections next month, signs oath not to expropriate property if he becomes next president.

LATIN AMERICA

Gabriel Boric has the chance to rewire Chile – and Latin America’s left

10-01-2022 10:24 Once the region’s no-frills, free-market poster child, Chile needs more government spending, not less, to sustain its growth trajectory.

ELECTIONS 2021: ANALYSIS

Left’s great election provides support for the battles to come

20-11-2021 12:13 We know that we’re living in hard times for the working-class majorities who expressed their social discontent at the ballot box.

by Nicolás del Caño, via Noticias Argentinas

Elections in Chile

Chile violence a boost to far-right ahead of elections, say experts

22-10-2021 02:49 Violent clashes between protesters and security forces on the streets of Chile this week could be playing into the hands of the far-right with a general election just one month away, experts say.

BRAZIL

Brazil's Lula seeks latest upset: win back the centre

26-05-2021 16:16 As Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva eyes run against President Jair Bolsonaro next year, the 75-year-old leftist leader is seeking to overcome another challenge: winning back Brazil's political centre.

EUROPEAN POLITICS

Strains test Spain's leftist coalition government

19-02-2021 13:53 Tensions once again surface between Socialists and Podemos, sparked by protests against the arrest of famous rapper Pablo Hasel for controversial tweets.

News of left wing

Petro meets his arch-enemy Uribe as Colombia outreach continues

Colombian president's challenges: military, rebels, congress and markets

Colombia election signals return of Latin America's left

Brazil congratulates Petro – but Bolsonaro remains silent

Latin American leftist leaders hail Petro's victory in Colombia

Here’s how radical Gustavo Petro can be as Colombian president

Colombia election front-runner Petro beefs up security over violence threat

Colombian presidential hopeful Petro signs oath against expropriation

Gabriel Boric has the chance to rewire Chile – and Latin America’s left

Left’s great election provides support for the battles to come

Chile violence a boost to far-right ahead of elections, say experts

Brazil's Lula seeks latest upset: win back the centre

Strains test Spain's leftist coalition government

Argentina plows ahead with utility-subsidy cuts key to IMF deal

Tobacco consumption falling in the Americas, says PAHO

Taiwanese find their feet in Argentina

Bolsonaro, Lula kick off campaigning for Brazil's October election

Ex-Elliott lawyer builds creditor group for Argentine rematch

La llamativa foto de WhatsApp de uno de los jueces federales señalados por Cristina Kirchner

Elisa Carrió no para y dice que la jueza Arroyo Salgado respalda la veracidad de sus dichos

Las 3 propiedades de lujo apuntadas por Malena Galmarini para ilustrar "la distorsión" en las tarifas de agua

Sandra Arroyo Salgado denunció que la apartaron de una causa y señaló a Ritondo y Borinsky

Las 5 profecías de Baba Vanga que mantienen en vilo al mundo entero: ya se cumplieron dos