Chileans are preparing to go to the polsl on Sunday in an election whihc could see the ruling left coalition voted out of power for the first time in close to 20 years.
In the lead is conservative billionaire Sebastian Pinera, who has investments in a popular TV channel, a football team and Chile’s main airline.
Al Jazeera’s Lucia Newman reports from Santiago, Chile’s capital.
The presidential election in Chile was supposed to be a race betewen two candidates.
But that was before Marco Enriquez Ominami, a 36-year-old filmmaker with only a few years of political experience, erupted onot the scene.
In an outspoken campaign, he has been calling for major social and political changes.
Al Jazeera’s Lucia Newman reports from Santiago.
Voters in Bolivia go to the polls on Sunday to decide if President Evo Morales deserves anotehr term in office.
If Morales wins, as is expected, he will have consolidated his mandate to bring fundamental changes to Bolivia, including his socialist-based economic model and an indigenous power movement meant to reverse centuries of discrimination.
The preidsent’s support comes largely from Bolivia’s indigenous majority.
Since he took office in 2006, Morales has put quotas to give Indians posts in the military and created a special school for aspiring diplomats with native backgrounds. He’s also started three indigenous universities.
Al Jazeera’s Teresa Bo visited one to see if students feel their lives have improved under Morales.
Iraq’s Electoral Commission has now stopped preparations for the vote in January.
The move came after Tariq al-Hashemi, the Iraqi vice-president vetoed a law crucial to implementing the election.
In an interview with Al Jazeera, he says he did so because the law did not give enough representaiton to Iraqis outside the country.
Al Jazeera’s James Bays discusses the potential fallout of opposition candidate Abdullah Abdullah’s decision to pull out of Afghanistan’s presidential runoff vote.