Election Archives

Journalist and presidential candidate for the Construye party, Christian Zurita (C), gestures next to his running mate, vice presidential candidate Andrea Gonzalez (R), in Quito on August 13, 2023

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Party of slain Ecuador candidate taps reporter as replacement

Ecuadoran journalist Christian Zurita will take the place of slain presidential cadidate Fernando Villavicencio in the South American country’s elections later this month, the...

AFPAugust 13, 2023

People vote during primary elections at a polling station in Buenos Aires on August 13, 2023

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Argentines head to polls in wide open presidential primary

Argentines headed to the polls Sunday in a primary election to determine the candidates for October’s presidential vote, amid an economic crisis that has...

AFPAugust 13, 2023

Incumbent Liberian President George Weah will be seeking a second term in October's election

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Rising prices, peace on Liberian voters’ minds

Cecelia Johnson has voted in five Liberian presidential elections and lived through two brutal civil wars, but the 65-year-old small trader says the past...

AFPAugust 11, 2023

Presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, who was assasinated on the campaign trail, stood at the forefront of Ecuador's anti-corruption struggle

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Fernando Villavicencio, a fierce opponent of corruption

Presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio stood at the forefront of Ecuador’s anti-corruption struggle, denouncing irregularities in public contracts just days before being assassinated in the...

AFPAugust 10, 2023

A woman is assisted after being wounded by shots fired during the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio after a rally in Quito

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Ecuadoran presidential candidate shot dead after rally

Ecuadoran presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was shot dead after holding a rally in Quito on Wednesday evening, top officials said. President Guillermo Lasso blamed...

AFPAugust 9, 2023

Belarusian people and their supporters, many with historical Belarusian flags, take part in a march in Vilnius in neighboring Lithuania three years after a disputed election and protests

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West imposes new sanctions three years after Belarus crackdown

Western powers on Wednesday imposed new sanctions on Belarus three years after mass pro-democracy protests crushed by strongman President Alexander Lukashenko, whose government lashed...

AFPAugust 9, 2023

A day after his visit to largely hostile Washington, Trump received a warm reception at the Republican summer dinner in Montgomery, Alabama's state capital

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Trump, in friendly US south, calls indictment ‘ridiculous’

Former president Donald Trump appeared before ardent supporters in the deeply conservative southern state of Alabama on Friday.

AFPAugust 5, 2023

Bangladesh police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse stone-throwing crowds blockading major roads in the capital Dhaka

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Bangladesh police clash with protesters blockading capital

Bangladesh police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse stone-throwing crowds blockading major roads in the capital Dhaka on Saturday in the latest...

AFPJuly 29, 2023