Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso speaks to the press after casting his vote during the local election at the Ileana Espinel Cedeño school in Guayaquil, Ecuador on Feb 5, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) QUITO – Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso on Thursday reshuffled his governing team and appointed four new provincial governors after the ruling party got […]
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Greece bans parties with convicted leaders from running in elections
Members of the government and lawmakers of the ruling new democracy party applaud Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (left) after his speech on a vote of no confidence against the government in Athens on Jan 27, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) ATHENS – The Greek parliament paved the way for banning political parties whose leaders have […]
Peru Congress shelves President Boluarte’s bill for early elections
General view of the Peruvian Congress chamber in session in Lima on Feb 1, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) LIMA – Peru's Congress shelved President Dina Boluarte's bill to bring elections forward to 2023 on Friday night, leaving a major demand of demonstrators whose protests have rocked the country in recent weeks up in the air. […]
Tunisia sees 11.3% election turnout
A Tunisian votes in the second round of the legislative elections in Tunis, Tunisia on Jan 29, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) TUNIS – The preliminary turnout of Tunisia's second round of legislative elections was 11.3 percent, the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) said on Sunday."The turnout in the second round of legislative elections in […]
Peruvian president urges Congress to approve early polls
Peruvian President Dina Boluarte addresses lawmakers after being sworn-in at Congress in Lima, Peru on Dec 7, 2022. (PHOTO / AP) LIMA – Peruvian President Dina Boluarte on Friday called on Congress to move general elections forward to December 2023, in order to get the country out of the "quagmire" with near-daily protests. The Peruvian […]
OAS backs Peru’s president as protests mount
Riot policemen take position during a protest against the government of Dina Boluarte asking for her resignation and the closure of Congress, in Lima on Jan 24, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) The Organization of American States' permanent council expressed its "full support" for Peruvian President Dina Boluarte on Wednesday, following weeks of anti-government protests that […]
Tunisia holds 1st legislative polls since parliament’s dissolution
A Tunisian voter casts his ballot at a polling station in Kasserine on Dec17, 2022, during the parliamentary election. (HATEM SALHI / AFP) TUNIS – Tunisia held on Saturday the first parliamentary elections since President Kais Saied disbanded the legislative body in March. At 8 am local time (0700 GMT), Tunisians began casting ballots at […]
Slovak president dismisses government, urges early elections
Slovak President Zuzana Caputova delivers a speech during a plenary session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on Oct 19, 2022. (FREDERICK FLORIN / AFP) Slovak President Zuzana Caputova dismissed Prime Minister Eduard Heger's government on Friday after it fell in a no-confidence vote, raising political instability and a possible path to early […]
US’ political balance may shift after elections
A child waits at a privacy booth as his parent fills out his ballot while voting at Sabillasville Elementary School, Nov 8, 2022, in Sabillasville, Maryland. (JULIO CORTEZ / FILE / AP) Democrats and Republicans fought for control of Congress in midterm elections in the United States on Tuesday that could shape the future of […]
US midterms: Race for Congress is tight, no Republican red wave
People vote at a fire station in the midterm elections on Nov 8, 2022, in Hialeah, Florida. (LYNNE SLADKY / AP0 WASHINGTON/PHOENIX, Arizona/BIRMINGHAM, Michigan – Control of Congress was up for grabs early on Wednesday after the US midterm elections, with many of the most competitive races uncalled, leaving it unclear whether Republicans would crack Democrats' […]
Republicans, Democrats in tight race for control of US Congress
People vote at a fire station in the midterm elections on Nov 8, 2022, in Hialeah, Florida. (LYNNE SLADKY / AP0 WASHINGTON/PHOENIX, Arizona/BIRMINGHAM, Michigan – Control of Congress was up for grabs after Tuesday's US midterm elections with many of the most competitive races uncalled, leaving it unclear whether Republicans would seize control from President Joe […]
Control of US Senate up for grabs in midterm elections
People vote at a fire station in the midterm elections on Nov 8, 2022, in Hialeah, Florida. (LYNNE SLADKY / AP) WASHINGTON/PHOENIX, Arizona/BIRMINGHAM, Michigan – Senate incumbents including Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and senior Republican John Thune won re-election in Tuesday's US midterm elections, on a day Republicans were expected to wrest control of Congress away from […]
Concerned voters go to polls in divided US midterm elections
David Walchesky (left), judge of elections, and Evelyn Cain, majority inspector, prepare the ballot scanner at a polling place inside a private resident’s garage for the US midterm election in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Nov 8, 2022. (REBECCA DROKE / AFP) WASHINGTON – Concerned voters across the United States are going to the polls to cast […]
Venezuela’s Maduro not ruling out early elections
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro gestures after a meeting with Colombia's Foreign Minister Alvaro Leyva, (out of frame) at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas on Oct 4, 2022. (YURI CORTEZ / AFP) CARACAS – Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro is not ruling out bringing forward the country's 2024 presidential election, his office said on Friday in a […]
Presidency: Venezuela’s Maduro not ruling out early elections
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro gestures after a meeting with Colombia's Foreign Minister Alvaro Leyva, (out of frame) at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas on Oct 4, 2022. (YURI CORTEZ / AFP) CARACAS – Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro is not ruling out bringing forward the country's 2024 presidential election, his office said on Friday in a […]
Chad delays elections by two years
Transition President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno (second left) gestures during the opening ceremony of the national dialogue at the Jan 15 Palace in N'Djamena, on Aug 20, 2022. (AURELIE BAZZARA-KIBANGULA / AFP) N'DJAMENA – Chad has adopted resolutions that push back elections by two years and allow interim leader Mahamat Idriss Deby to stay in […]
Exit polls: GERB-UDF coalition leads in Bulgaria parliamentary polls
Voters wait to cast their ballots at a polling station during Bulgaria's parliamentary elections in Sofia, Bulgaria on Oct 2, 2022. (NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV / AFP) SOFIA – GERB-UDF coalition leads in Bulgaria's early parliamentary elections, according to exit polls reported by the Bulgarian National TV on Sunday. GERB-UDF coalition is expected to have 25.5 percent […]
Senegal kicks off legislative elections
People stand in line outside a voting station in Ziguinchor on July 31, 2022. (MUHAMADOU BITTAYE / AFP) DAKAR – Senegal kicked off legislative elections at 8 am Sunday (local time and GMT) to elect 165 new deputies to the National Assembly for a five-year term across national territory and abroad. Some seven million Senegalese […]