elections

Miguel Diaz-Canel congratulates Peruvian president-elect

Published on: July 20, 2021
12:27

Havana, Jul 20 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Tuesday congratulated Peruvian President-elect Pedro Castillo, who won the second round of elections (June 6) with large popular support.

Bolivian government links U.S. to coup d’état in 2019

Published on: July 20, 2021
07:15

La Paz, Jul 20 (Prensa Latina) A senior US official met and discussed in 2019 with other countries´ diplomats an alleged fraud in the Bolivian elections in order to touch off a coup against former President Evo Morales, the Bolivian government confirmed.

President Bashar al-Assad sworn in for 4th term

Published on: July 17, 2021
11:15

Damascus, Jul 17 (Prensa Latina) The President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad sworn in for a fourth seven-year term at the presidential palace in Damascus.

Haji Adam, first woman to run for president in Somalia

Published on: July 14, 2021
16:59

Mogadishu, Jul 14 (Prensa Latina) Somalia´s former Deputy Prime Minister Fawzia Yusuf Haji Adam on Wednesday turned into the first woman to file her candidacy for the presidential elections scheduled for upcoming October 10.

Haitian government plans to hold elections despite crisis

Published on: July 13, 2021
07:44

Port-au-Prince, Jul 13 (Prensa Latina) The Haitian government plans to hold elections this year, despite the crisis caused by the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, the refusal of the political forces and insecurity, it was reported on Tuesday.

Zakharova denounces US pressure on Nicaragua prior elections

Published on: July 9, 2021
12:50

Moscow, Jul 9 (Prensa Latina) Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday that prior to the November 7 general elections in Nicaragua, the United States has increased the level of pressure on that Central American nation.

VP Kamala Harris announces M DNC voting rights campaign

Published on: July 9, 2021
07:14

Washington, Jul 9 (Prensa Latina) In her first move as leader of the Joe Biden administration´s efforts to bolster voting rights, Vice President Kamala Harris announced a million Democratic Party investment into voting education and access on Thursday.

Peruvian President asks to win with humility and lose with nobility

Published on: July 6, 2021
00:59

Lima, Jul 6 (Prensa Latina) President Francisco Sagasti reflected the eve on the sporting virtue of knowing how to lose and win, while the candidate Keiko Fujimori insisted on refusing to accept her defeat against the virtual president-elect of Peru, Pedro Castillo.

Venezuela’s indigenous peoples ready to nominate candidates

Published on: July 1, 2021
07:16

Caracas, Jul 1 (Prensa Latina) The indigenous peoples of Venezuela on Thursday are reviewing the final details to develop on July 2 and 3 the nomination of candidates for the November regional and municipal elections.

Leaders in Uruguay call for final effort to plebiscite

Published on: June 30, 2021
14:00

Montevideo, Jun 30 (Prensa Latina) Former Uruguayan President Jose Mujica and other leaders of Frente Amplio (Broad Front - FA in Spanish), called on Wednesday for a final effort to get the necessary signatures to submit 135 articles of the Urgent Consideration Act (UCA) to a referendum.

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