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Se­nior Mul­ti­me­dia Re­porter

Cel­e­bra­tions con­tin­ued af­ter dawn yes­ter­day as Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment strong­holds of La Brea and Point Fortin went to the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress, mark­ing a his­toric shift that left res­i­dents reel­ing with dis­be­lief, awe, and ju­bi­la­tion.

Ernesto Ke­sar from the Oil­field Work­ers Trade Union and Clyde El­der from the Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Work­ers Trade Union se­cured un­prece­dent­ed vic­to­ries in Point Fortin and La Brea, two con­stituen­cies long plagued by pover­ty, un­em­ploy­ment, and ne­glect.