Chile has elected its youngest president Gabriel Boric, a left-wing former student protest leader with a track record of being fiercely critical of illegal Israeli settlement in occupied Palestine. The 35-year-old – who called Israel a “murderous state” – has previously campaigned for a boycott of goods, services and products from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights. His victory over far-right opponent Jose Antonio Kast, in which he clinched 56 percent of the vote in a record turnout, has been hailed as a triumph for the global left and a…

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