Belém (Brazil) (AFP) – Images of people arriving at the COP30 venue and security measures in place for the start of the second week of talks at this summit held in Belém, in northern Brazil, the main gateway to the Amazon. IMAGES
Santiago (AFP) – Chile is heading for a high-stakes presidential run-off between leftist candidate Jeannette Jara and far-right leader Jose Antonio Kast, as rising violent crime and migration fears dominate voter concerns and sharpen the country’s political divide.
Santiago du Chili (AFP) – Far-right presidential frontrunner Jose Antonio Kast greets supporters following first round results. Chile’s leftist former labor minister Jeannette Jara and far-right leader Kast will go head-to-head in a presidential run-off after topping the first round of voting in an election dominated by violent crime. IMAGES
Santiago (AFP) – Electoral staff start counting votes in a Providencia neighborhood polling station, in Santiago, in Chile’s general elections dominated by far-right calls for an iron fist on crime and mass migrant deportations. IMAGES
Quito (AFP) – Electoral staff count votes in a polling station in Quito, as Ecuadorans decide whether to allow the return of foreign military bases and begin a constitutional overhaul that could give Trump-friendly President Daniel Noboa more power. IMAGES
Olon (Ecuador) (Equateur) (AFP) – Polls close in Ecuador for a referendum on the return of foreign military bases and the drafting of a new Constitution that aims to give more power to the president. IMAGES
Santiago du Chili (AFP) – The polling stations for the presidential election in Chile start closing in Santiago, and the vote counting begin to elect the successor of the leftist Gabriel Boric. The favorites, according to surveys conducted before the blackout period, are the leftist Jeannette Jara, affiliated with the Communist Party, and the far-right José Antonio Kast, closely followed by the libertarian Johannes Kaiser. IMAGES
Manglaralto (Equateur) (AFP) – Ecuadorans in the coastal town of Manglaralto vote on whether to allow the return of foreign military bases and the drafting of a new constitution that could give the country’s Trump-friendly president more power. IMAGES
Santiago du Chili (AFP) – Chile’s main left-wing candidate, Jeannette Jara, casts her vote in the country’s general election, dominated by rising crime and immigration, fueling far-right calls for an iron fist and Donald Trump-style threats of mass deportations. IMAGES
Santiago du Chili (AFP) – Chileans vote in elections dominated by rising crime and immigration, fuelling far-right calls for an iron fist and Donald Trump-style threats of mass deportations. IMAGES
Santiago (AFP) – Presidential candidate and far-right leader Jose Antonio Kast votes in Santiago, in elections dominated by rising crime and immigration, fuelling far-right calls for an “iron fist” and Donald Trump-style threats of mass deportations. IMAGES
Quito (AFP) – In the capital city of Quito, Ecuadorans vote on whether to allow the return of foreign military bases and the drafting of a new constitution that could give the country’s Trump-friendly president more power. IMAGES
