Peru Flirts with Leftism in Upcoming Election
Sergei Valenzuela Staff Writer In the coming months, Keiko Fujimori will face off against Pedro Castillo in Peru’s runoff presidential
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Presidential Elections
Brazilian Elections Devolve
In the first round Brazil’s elections on October 7, the right-wing presidential candidate, Jair Bolsonaro, failed to secure the 50 percent majority vote needed for an outright win, so the world must wait for the results of the second round.
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Nigerian President Buhari Seeks Reelection
President Muhammadu Buhari has announced his decision to seek a second term in office. The announcement comes from Twitter and marks the end of months of speculation as to whether the 75 year-old politician planned to run for reelection.
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Viktor Orban’s Election Win in Hungary
Orban and his Fidesz party won landslide victories across the country with one drawback, losing large swaths of the youth vote, as well as losing in majority the seats of parliament located in the capital, Budapest.
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Tensions Rise as Russian Election Nears
In light of Russian President, Valdimir Putin’s, aggressive movements towards the centralization of the Russian state, it is little wonder that this upcoming election is distinctly lacking any serious competition.
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Concern Remains Over Ethics of Kyrgyzstan Presidential Election
Though the election marked a peaceful transition in power, international election observers criticized the high amounts of vote-buying,the Babanov campaign was given three warnings by the Central Elections Committee for violating campaign rules.
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Campaigning Begins to Replace Ousted South Korean President
According to Korean law, a new president must be elected within sixty days of the ruling, a unanimous court ruling approved the South Korean National Assembly’s December vote to impeach former President Park Geun-hye.
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Elections in Somalia
Suspected Shabab militants launched a series of attacks on the Somalian capital of Mogadishu, including one in which two mortar rounds fired close to the airport. Somalia issued a traffic ban and sealed off major streets. The travel ban also included a ban on flights flying to and from Mogadishu.
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Ecuador Presidential Elections Head into Second Round
Ecuador’s presidential election will go into a runoff election on April 2 after February 19’s compulsory vote failed to produce a successor to the ten-year incumbent, President Rafael Correa.
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