SOUTH AMERICA
Farida Adamu
Peru Legislative Elections; All You Need to Know
Early parliamentary elections are scheduled to hold in Peru on the 26th of January 2020. Why Early Elections? Elections were triggered after President Martin Vizcarra dissolved the Peruvian Congress on the 30th of September 2019, based on claims that the democracy of Peru was at risk. Congress responded by suspending Vizcarra’s presidency and appointing Vice […]
Farida Adamu
Inside Venezuela’s Controversial Parliamentary Vote
Juan Guaidó, Venezuela’s 36-year-old top opposition leader and head of the National Assembly was, in a dramatic twist of events, prevented by the police from entering parliament ahead of a legislative vote. A video showed Guaidó trying to scale the railings outside the building but was prevented by the national guards, while blows were being […]
Farida Adamu
Bolivia Picks Election Rerun Date
The president of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal in Bolivia, Salvador Romero, has announced that the country will now hold its rerun election on Sunday, the 3rd of May 2020. Both presidential and parliamentary elections will be held on the same day. Why A Rerun is Happening The election held in October was disputed by Bolivia’s […]
Mojisola Salaudeen
Bolivia: New Election Bill Bars Evo Morales
On the 23rd of November, the Bolivian Congress passed a bill to make way for fresh elections in the country. This comes after weeks of unrest following the hotly contested October 20 presidential election. Backstory Longtime president Evo Morales was declared the winner of the October election but allegations of vote-rigging and other election irregularities […]
Mojisola Salaudeen
Bolivia’s President Evo Morales Resigns
Bolivia’s President Evo Morales has announced his resignation. The embattled president made the announcement in a televised speech on Sunday, the 10th of November. What Happened? Morales has largely been criticised for overstaying his welcome and disrespecting Bolivia’s democracy and the October 20th Presidential election in which Morales claimed victory was marred by controversies. After […]
Mojisola Salaudeen
Argentina’s Incumbent Loses Presidential Election
The people of Argentina have handed a decisive victory to Alberto Fernandez in the country’s presidential election held on the 27th of October. Fernandez earned 48 per cent of the votes, comfortably sailing to victory and beating incumbent President Mauricio Macri who received only 40 per cent of the votes. According to Argentina’s electoral procedure, […]
Farida Adamu
Uruguay Heads to Run-Off Election
The top two presidential candidates in Uruguay will participate in a run-off election as neither of them received over 50 per cent of the votes as required by Uruguayan electoral law. Daniel Martinez from the ruling Broad Front received 38.6% of the votes while Luis Lacalle Pou of the centre-right National Party received a meagre […]