SOUTH AMERICA
Conrad Omodiagbe
Fake News and its role in Brazil’s 2018 Elections
According to an investigation carried out by a Brazilian publication, Folha, supporters of the new president elect of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, made use of the Facebook-owned social media platform, WhatsApp, to disperse unverified information about his major opposition during the October polls. With 55 percent of the votes casted in October, Bolsonaro allegedly benefited from […]
The Election Network
What to expect from Ecuador’s presidential elections
Ecuadorians head to the polls today to vote in the first round of the presidential elections. Incumbent Rafael Correa is reluctantly standing down after serving the country for a decade. Former Correa ally and vice-president Lenin Moreno is a popular political figure in Ecuador. He became paraplegic after being shot in the back in 1998. […]
The Election Network
Bolivia’s Constitutional Referendum
A constitutional referendum was held on 21 February 2016. The proposed constitutional amendment was to grant the President and Vice President the mandate to run for a consecutive third term under the 2009 constitution. A 51.3% majority voted down the referendum. The 2009 constitution allows the President and Vice President stand for re-election only once, […]