MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Bolivia’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) has decided not to use a new computer system for vote counting in the upcoming presidential election, TSE head Salvador Romero has announced. “The Supreme Electoral Tribunal has been testing the preliminary results distribution system (DIREPRE) in recent weeks. And we want to inform the country that the test results do not allow us to ensure the security […]
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Possible Recurrence Of OAS Electoral Fraud In Bolivia October 16, 2020 Possible Recurrence Of OAS Electoral Fraud In Bolivia2020-10-162020-10-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/protesterwithwiphalaflag.jpg200px200px Above photo: Indigenous woman, holding wiphala flag representing native peoples, joined massive anti-coup protests that erupted across Bolivia last November. Mass Peace Action. Washington, DC — Bolivia’s general elections on Sunday, October 18, could again be threatened by the involvement of the Organization of American States (OAS), […]
Political Trials And Electoral Bans By Guillaume Long, Open Democracy. September 20, 2020 Political Trials And Electoral Bans2020-09-202020-09-20https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/ecuador-e1600608073774.jpg200px200px Above photo: The outgoing President, Rafael Correa, right, received in the the Palace of Carondelet the president-elect Lenin Moreno for the official act of transition between the two governments in April 2017. Quito, Ecuador. Gabriela Mena / ACG/SIPA USA/PA Images. The Battle for Democracy in Ecuador. Amidst political trials […]
Introduction: American so-called democracy is a mess. Some would say a joke. The votes are counted, allegedly, by black-box machines. Only about half the population bothers to vote. Of those naive enough to vote, most are brainwashed by big money into pulling the lever for one of the two totally corrupt major parties. If they accidentally elect someone with principles, like JFK or RFK or Paul […]
Bolivia At The Gates Of An Electoral And Political-Military Coup D’état By Katu Arkonada, Resumen English. July 21, 2020 Bolivia At The Gates Of An Electoral And Political-Military Coup D’état2020-07-212020-07-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/7-20-katu-bolivia-e1595355120176.jpg200px200px Once the coup d’état was consummated in November, a series of devices were put in place in Bolivia aimed at legitimizing a coup president who came to power in an unconstitutional manner and anointed by the military, […]
Mother Jones: We are in a moment of reckoning over racism, not only taking down Confederate statues to eradicate these lingering odes to white supremacy but also examining how deeply our society has been shaped by slavery and its aftermath. Last year, the New York Times’ 1619 Project traced the influence of slavery on everything from American capitalism to the American diet. Today, individuals, brands, and lawmakers are taking […]
Many voters will go to the polls in November ignorant of or baffled by the system which is used to choose the US President. In 2016 the Democrat, Hillary Clinton, won the popular vote – with 65.8 million to Donald Trump’s 62.9 million – but it was the Republican who entered the White House, with 304 electoral college votes to Clinton’s 227. Presidents in Russia, Argentina, […]
In his high-profile Independence Day speech, President Donald Trump warned against the dangers posed by BLM protesters, frequently dubbed “left-wing fascists”, in light of the recent destruction on the country’s streets and the way many of the demonstrators approach US history. Many couldn’t hold back their reactions to President Trump’s emotional 4 July address at Mount Rushmore as he famously charged that the ongoing racial justice […]
Venezuela’s National Electoral Council on Wednesday set December 6 as the date for parliamentary elections. The opposition coalition, led by Juan Guaido, Venezuela’s self-proclaimed president, does not recognize the government-aligned Supreme Court’s rulings and has said that it will boycott the vote. The Supreme Court in June appointed a new National Electoral Council (CNE) ahead of the vote to elect lawmakers to the National Assembly, US News […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107960/61/1079606181_0:177:2048:1329_1200x675_80_0_0_903a41fe39223d2c141a745fa040983a.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/latam/202006141079606210-guaido-says-rejects-supreme-courts-appointees-to-electoral-council/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido has refused to recognize the new composition of the country’s National Electoral Council appointed by the Supreme Tribunal of Justice without the participation of the opposition-controlled National Assembly, he said in a statement on Sunday. “Our position has been clear since 2018, we do not participate in farce and we do […]