Chileans overwhelmingly elected Jeannette Jara, the country's former labor minister, on Sunday to be the incumbent government's candidate and face off against a field of right-wing contenders in ...

Communist candidate Jeannette Jara has won Chile’s leftwing primary with over 60% of the vote, setting up a high-stakes presidential showdown against far-right frontrunner José Antonio Kast—often ...

Jara warned that after 50 years since the defeat of the right, his political descendants are trying to reinstate in Chile a ...

SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Chileans overwhelmingly elected Jeannette Jara, the country's former labor minister, on Sunday to be the incumbent government's candidate and face off against a field of right-wing ...

Chilean Communist Jeannette Jara, the country’s former labor minister, won the primary election for left-wing parties Sunday ...

SANTIAGO, Chile, June 30 (UPI) -- Former Labor Minister Jeannette Jara, a member of Chile's Communist Party, won more than 60% of the vote in Sunday's presidential primary for the ruling coalition, ...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chilean Communist Jeannette Jara, the country's former labor minister, won the primary election for left-wing parties Sunday with surprising ease, beating out a more ...

Just over a hundred years after its creation, Chile’s Communist Party may have unexpectedly found one of its best-ever presidential hopefuls.

Chilean communist Jeannette Jara defeated her center-left rival to win the presidential nomination for Chile’s left-wing coalition in a landslide. Jara secured over 60% of the vote, signaling ...