Alexis Tsipras, Greek 'Che Guevara' on the brink of power

Athens (AFP) - Alexis Tsipras, whose Syriza party won the Greek general election for the first time in its history on Sunday, is set to become the country's first radical left-wing prime minister, and the youngest in over 150 years.

He brings to the job a burning passion to dump the austerity policies that his party says have brought a "humanitarian crisis" to Greece.

"Greece is turning a page, leaving behind disastrous austerity... and five years of humiliation," Tsipras told a jubilant crowd of supporters in central Athens after his party won a clear victory .... http://news.yahoo.com