Tag: electoral
An electoral division deemed unfavorable to African-Americans studied by the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the United States is examining this Tuesday, October 4, a division of constituencies in the state of Alabama accused of diminishing the influence of black voters,…
Presidential election in Brazil: arrests for electoral fraud
The elections in Brazil are overshadowed by several cases of attempted vote rigging. Electronic ballot boxes are transported to polling stations in Rio de Janeiro. Ricardo Moraes / Reuters (dpa)…
Thousands of people in the Angolan capital protest against alleged electoral fraud
Angola’s Constitutional Court has rejected a complaint filed by the leader, the opposition party UNITA, during the August 24 elections. UNITA, a former rebel group that fought the ruling Popular…
The trade unionist Aboubakar Soumahoro, a voice that stands out in the Italian electoral campaign
Aboubakar Soumahoro, trade unionist defender of the rights of migrants, is a candidate for the Italian Greens-Left alliance in Modena for the legislative elections of September 25, here in Rome,…
Ecology absent from the Italian electoral campaign despite repeated climatic disasters
Demonstrators including members of Extinction Rebellion and Fridays for Future protest to demand more action as G20 climate and environment ministers meet in Naples on July 22, 2021. FILIPPO MONTEFORTE…
The Japanese government faces the risk of a new electoral snub in Okinawa
Denny Tamaki in Uruma (Japan), August 25, 2022. KAZUTOSHI NAKAJIMA / THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN VIA AFP White and green polo shirt, rainbow mask and white gloves, Denny Tamaki has a…
In Sweden, the supervision of private companies in schools and hospitals is invited in the electoral campaign
In Stockholm, on August 30, 2022, electoral posters of the Moderates (the conservative party), with their leader Ulf Kristersson, and of the Social Democrats of Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson,…
The mini-Davos of Italian bosses heckled by electoral fever
Carlo Bonomi, president of Confindustria, the main employers’ organization, in Paris, November 20, 2021 (AFP/Archives/Eric PIERMONT) Sharp rise in borrowing rates, explosion in energy costs, war in Ukraine and political…
Brazil: Bolsonaro and Lula clash in a first electoral debate
The two main candidates for the Brazilian presidential election have accused each other of lies. The two main candidates for the presidency of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro and Lula, accused each…
In Trump-style, Brazil’s president stirs up doubts about the electoral system
The Brazilian president is already preparing the ground for continuing to govern despite an election defeat. In front of foreign diplomats, he now attacked the electronic voting system and the…
facing foreign ambassadors, Jair Bolsonaro torpedoes the electoral system
Jair Bolsonaro and his running mate, General Braga Netto, after a meeting with ambassadors, at the official residence of the Alvorada Palace, in Brasilia, July 18, 2022. ERALDO PERES /…
Tokyo hails the electoral success of the ruling coalition in Japan
Tokyo (awp/afp) – The Tokyo Stock Exchange opened sharply higher on Monday, appreciating the large victory of the ruling coalition in Japan in the by-elections to the Senate on Sunday,…