Regional and municipal elections in Peru: empty tables show lack of interest in elections | International

Although 24.7 million Peruvians are called to the polls for the municipal and regional elections, the first days left postcards that showed the lack of interest of the citizens with the politics of that country. This is because the polling places were empty and many summoned members (spokespersons) were absent. Empty tables due to the … Read more

Gustavo Petro goes to the second round in Colombia with surprising second place Rodolfo Hernández | International

Gustavo Petro achieved first place in the first presidential round in Colombia. He will go to the second round with Rodolfo Hernández, surprising second place who unseated the right-wing “Fico” Gutiérrez. With 99% of the votes counted, Gustavo Petro and the surprising second place Rodolfo Hernandez They will dispute the second round of the presidential … Read more

Jackson ruling party senators “agree” with Amnesty

Leonardo Rubilar | ONE Agency visits Segpres Minister Giorgio Jackson was available to postpone the vote on the Amnesty project in the Senate for a week if they do not have the necessary support or the quorum is not met. He also assured that no pro-government parliamentarian has indicated that he will reject the initiative. … Read more

La Jornada – In an atypical democratic exercise, the West Bank elects municipal councils

Ramallah. Palestinians voted on Saturday to elect representatives to municipal councils in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, a rare democratic exercise after a decade and a half of delays in Palestinian elections. It was the second phase of the municipal elections, after a first round of voting in December in 154 West Bank villages. Turnout was … Read more

The weight of history in the avalanche of blank votes in Medicine

The significant number of blank votes that were registered in the elections of representatives of the Faculty of Medicine professors has a greater meaning than the eventual discrepancies before the next election of the dean of that superior institute. The fact shows that a long-standing conflict is still latent in which the university ruling party … Read more