Chilean author Isabel Allende heralded the young and female-dominated incoming government of President-elect Gabriel Boric on Monday and said it marked a much-needed changing of the guard of the Andean country's political leadership.
"It's a new generation rising to power. It's time for the old windbags to go home and play bingo," the 79-year-old writer said during a Zoom press conference to mark the launch of her latest novel "Violeta," a tale inspired by her mother.
