By John Merolla, Reporter Life News Today   During 2025, the global political landscape was shaped by an extraordinary election calendar. Presidential elections took place in numerous countries throughout the year, marked by re-elections, shifts in governing parties, political transitions, and several highly contested votes. Some of the year’s earliest contests took place in Europe. In Croatia , President Zoran Milanović was re-elected on Jan. 31, following a decisive second round that...

By John Merolla Reporter The Central African Republic went to the polls on Dec. 28, 2025, to hold general elections in which a president, representatives of the National Assembly and local authorities were elected. The electoral process took place in a sensitive political context and under strong national and international attention, due to the country's institutional situation and recent reforms that modified the rules of the political system. According to the authorities and various...

José Antonio Kast, a 59-year-old conservative leader and leader of the Chilean far right, won the second round of the presidential election and was elected the new president of Chile. The leader of the Republican Party defeated the ruling party candidate Jeannette Jara, of the Communist Party, and will take office on March 11 to replace current President Gabriel Boric.