SECOND ROUND FOR SOCIALISM.

Ricardo Lagos

Lagos, city, Nigeria

Lagos (lā`gŏs, lä`gôs), city (1991 est. pop. 1,274,000), SW Nigeria, on the Gulf of Guinea. It comprises the island of Lagos. Lagos is Nigeria's largest city, its administrative and economic center, and its chief port. is Chile's new president. The 61-year old economist and lawyer narrowly defeated right-wing candidate Joaquin Lavin in a second-round election. Lagos is the country's first socialist president since Salvador Allende, who was ousted in 1973 by General Augusto Pinochet.

Lagos has vowed to bring the politically polarized A one-way direction of a signal or the molecules within a material pointing in one direction. country together by focusing on everyday issues such as housing, education and health.

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Title Annotation:	Socialist candidate Ricardo Lagos elected president of Chile
Publication:	Latin Trade
Article Type:	Brief Article
Date:	Apr 1, 2000
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