Portugal: Right-wing Andre Ventura heads to second round after historic presidential election, but the left holds an edge (opens in new tab)

Antonio Jose Seguro of the center-left Socialist Party (PS) won the first round of Portugal’s presidential elections on Sunday. With more than 99 percent of votes counted, Seguro received 31.1 percent, beating Andre Ventura, the leader of the right-wing populist Chega party, who took 23.5 percent, reports Politico, citing data from the country’s Ministry of […]