Angola: UNITA files injunction, requests elections results annulled
Lusa - Angola - 05/09/2022
Transgender candidates achieve historic result in elections in Brazil
AFP - Brazil - 16/11/2020
Several transgender candidates obtained historic results in Sunday’s municipal elections in the main cities of Brazil, where for the first time they were allowed to present themselves with their social names.
In São Paulo, the largest metropolis in the country…
One-by-one: Why is the US vote count so slow?
AFP - International - 06/11/2020
A slow grind of ballot counting has held the United States and the world in suspense since Tuesday’s presidential election.
Fresh updates were coming in at a painful rate of a few thousand votes at a time, so why is it taking so long?
“Fast is great, and we…
Iran ironic elections in the USA: “What a spectacle!”
Istoé - Brazil - 05/11/2020
Iran’s supreme guide, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, used his English Twitter account to mock the troubled electoral process in the United States.
“What a show! One person says this is the most fraudulent election in US history. And who says that? The president who…
Civil war in the USA? "It is not out of the question"
TSF - Portugal - 01/11/2020
The possibility is admitted by the director of the Luso-American newspaper, Luís Pires, who has lived in the USA for almost 40 years.
“Fear is the feeling that, at this moment, is more prevalent among the populations.” The description is by Luís Pires, director of…
Pandemic and economy at the top of the concerns of the Portuguese-American community
Lusa - Internacional - 26/10/2020
Less than 10 days before the election that will decide the future of the United States, the Portuguese-American community in the central valley of California highlights the pandemic and the economy as two of the biggest concerns.
“The priority at this point is to…
Bolivia polls transparent, Arce victory legitimate
AFP - International - 22/10/2020
International observers on Wednesday declared Bolivia’s presidential election transparent and Luis Arce’s incoming government legitimate as an official but not yet complete tally showed an overwhelming victory for the leftist.
“People voted freely and…
Why Beijing may want to keep Trump in the White House
AFP - China - 20/10/2020
DonaldTrumphas frustrated and enraged China during a tumultuous first term, butBeijingmay welcome his re-election as it scans the horizon for the decline of its superpower rival.
Relations are as icy as at any time since formal ties were…
Police will use system to identify facade candidates and criminals in elections
Folha de S.Paulo - Brazil - 09/10/2020
The participation of people linked to criminal factions is also among the priorities of investigators
This year the Federal Police will use an intelligence system to specifically detect the existence of applications for oranges. The program will automatically cross-check…
Joe Biden secures candidacy for U.S. presidency
Folha de S.Paulo - Brasil - 06/06/2020
Former president has gone from the number of delegates needed to run for the White House
Joe Biden, 77, guaranteed the number of delegates needed to officially be the Democratic Party’s candidate for the presidency of the United States on Friday night (5).
With…
Embalò election wrapped in backstage games divides ECOWAS
Plataforma - Lisboa - 21/04/2020
The governors of Niger, Senegal and Nigeria are maneuvering behind the scenes of the organization so that Sissoco Embalò will be recognized as president of Guinea-Bissau.
