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Source/Author: Patricia Bravo Farias

Published: 21 June 2021

The Battle for Santiago.

After the last May elections, where inexplicably the citizenship elected candidates for the constituent convention from independent sectors, but with a Marxist cut (with minimal participation of voters) and where the main commune of the country, Santiago, elected a communist candidate (with minimal voting and dubious scrutiny), the citizenship woke up from its lethargy and achieved an unprecedented (informal) union between sectors of the population, The citizenship woke up from its lethargy and achieved an unprecedented (informal) union between sectors of the Christian Democracy and the right wing in order not to elect as Governor of the Metropolitan Region (the main area of the country) the candidate of the Frente Amplio (Broad Front) as Governor of the Metropolitan Region (the main area of the country). 

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Source/Author: REUTERS

Published: 07 June 2021

Uncertainty in Peru's election results. Peruvian socialist Pedro Castillo overtook right-wing rival Keiko Fujimori in the country's presidential election vote count on Monday, taking the lead in the official tally on the back of a late surge of rural votes.

The official count from Sunday's election showed outsider candidate Castillo with 50.1% and Fujimori on 49.9%, with over 94% of the vote counted. The leftist candidate had trailed in early counting, but taken as much as 75% of some newly counted vote updates to steadily haul himself clear. 

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Source/Author: Patricia Bravo Farias

Published: 19 May 2021

CHILECIDIO (or how a country is capable of committing suicide). The blindness of Chileans is shocking, and has led them to the suicide of the country, as the saying goes: "There is no worse blind person than the one who does not want to see".

The mental health problems of Chileans have long been a matter of concern. According to data from the National Health Survey (ENS), one in five people have had a mental illness in the last year.

Mental health problems affect to a greater extent people with lower educational levels, younger people, women and have a particular impact on people of indigenous peoples.

Chile has one of the highest suicide rates in the region, with 11 people per 100,000 inhabitants dying of self-harm. Suicide is the act of deliberately taking one's own life. Suicidal behavior is any action that could lead a person to die.

While some people have or have had suicidal behavior or suicidal ideation throughout their lives, can a society engage in suicidal behavior? 

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Source/Author: The Post Millennial

Published: 12 May 2021

Trump Blames Biden/Harris for Attacks on Israel and over escalating violence in Middle East, Democrat anti-Semitism.

Trump attacked Democrats for not standing with Israel as it faces continued terror attacks.

In a statement released Tuesday, Trump slammed Biden and the Democrats for not standing up for Israel and "continue to stand by crazed anti-American Rep. Ilhan Omar." Trump touted the peace deals he brokered in his final months in office and claimed he was "the Peace Presidency".

Trump's statement read, "When I was in office we were known as the Peace Presidency, because Israel’s adversaries knew that the United States stood strongly with Israel and there would be swift retribution if Israel was attacked. Under Biden, the world is getting more violent and more unstable because Biden’s weakness and lack of support for Israel is leading to new attacks on our allies. America must always stand with Israel and make clear that the Palestinians must end the violence, terror, and rocket attacks, and make clear that the U.S. will always strongly support Israel’s right to defend itself. Unbelievably, Democrats also continue to stand by crazed anti-American Rep. Ilhan Omar, and others, who savagely attack Israel while they are under terrorist assault." 

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