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Thu 12 Dec 2008Chile's Lagos bows out of presidential race
Former Chilean President Ricardo Lagos ruled out running in next year's presidential race today, leaving the ruling but weakened center-left coalition without its main contender.
"I am not, nor will I be, a presidential candidate," Mr Lagos said at a news conference in the capital Santiago. He completed his 2000-2006 term as Chile's most popular president since the late General Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship ended in 1990.
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