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Taipei (Taiwan), Sep 25 (EFE / EPA).- (Camera: Ritchie Tongo) The newly elected president of the Kuomintang (KMT), Eric Chu, chanted slogans this Saturday during a press conference after confirming his victory in the elections of the KMT presidency in Taipei, Taiwan.FOOTAGE OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE OF NEWLY KUOMINTAG PRESIDENT-ELECT (KMT), ERIC CHU, IN TAIPEI, TAIWAN.
As Taiwan gets ready to inaugurate its first female president, residents in Tsai Ing-wen's ancestral hometown hope she doesn't forget them. Yiming Woo reports.
Panama's president-elect Jose Raul Mulino says he is "nobody's puppet," a reference to former president Ricardo Martinelli (2009-2014), whom he replaced as a candidate after being convicted of money laundering and taking refuge in the Nicaraguan embassy. "I'm not here because someone put me here," he says to cheers from the crowd during his victory speech at a Panama City hotel. SOUNDBITE
Right-wing lawyer Jose Raul Mulino accepts victory as Panama's president-elect with 34% of the vote, nine points above his immediate follower, announced the Electoral Tribunal after 90% of the polling stations had been counted. "I accept the results expressed, which represent the will of the majority of Panamanians within our democracy," he says. SOUNDBITE
People protest and clash with police in front of the Congress of Guatemala as the swearing-in ceremony of president-elect Bernardo Arevalo was delayed. The Congress, controlled by his opponents, was locked in debate over the admission of new lawmakers. IMAGES
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