Upcoming Elections
Argentina Presidential – October 27, 2019
Reuters: “Argentina’s populist ex-president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner passed through a crowd of ardent supporters and into a Buenos Aires courthouse on Tuesday to undergo a graft trial she derided as a “smokescreen,” days after kicking off her campaign for vice president on social media.”
DW: “Fernandez faces multiple other corruption investigations into her administration and that of her late husband, President Nestor Kirchner, but this case is the first one to reach court.”
Reuters: “Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, a former president with an ardent support base who is unloved by global investors, surprised locals and international observers on Saturday by saying she would run for vice president alongside former cabinet chief Alberto Fernandez, a veteran political operator who has both backed and criticized her in the past.”
Financial Times: “Markets are expected to take fright at the possibility that Mr Fernández, who stayed on as cabinet minister under Ms Fernández (no relation) for just a few months after she replaced her husband as president in 2007, might have a better chance of winning than Argentina’s first female president.”
AFP: “AFP and Argentine fact-checker Chequeado are among 85 media outlets and organizations to launch Reverso, the largest global alliance against electoral disinformation, ahead of the South American country’s October poll.”
Bolivia Presidential – October 2019
Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald: “Bolivia has become a ‘tolerable dictatorship,’ a country whose president breaks the rule of law, but is not condemned by the world’s democracies. That’s exactly what Venezuela and Nicaragua were until massive bloodshed on the streets forced the United States and other countries to pay attention.”
José Maria Leyes, Miami Herald: “‘I believe in democracy. That’s why Bolivian strongman Evo Morales put me in prison’ | Opinion”
Venezuela – Ongoing Political Crisis (snap elections possible)
Reuters: “Norway said on Saturday that representatives of Venezuela’s government and opposition will return to Oslo next week following an initial round of preliminary talks about how to address the country’s political crisis.”
Alejandro Arreaza, Americas Quarterly: “Venezuela’s Transition Is Stalled, Not Derailed”
Jennifer Cyr and Jessica Maves Braithwaite, Washington Post’s Monkey Cage: “Here are 4 ways that Venezuela’s crisis could end”
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Argentina Presidential - October 27, 2019
Reuters: “Argentina’s populist ex-president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner passed through a crowd of ardent supporters and into a Buenos Aires courthouse on Tuesday to undergo a graft trial she derided as a “smokescreen,” days after kicking off her campaign for vice president on social media.”
DW: “Fernandez faces multiple other corruption investigations into her administration and that of her late husband, President Nestor Kirchner, but this case is the first one to reach court.”
Reuters: “Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, a former president with an ardent support base who is unloved by global investors, surprised locals and international observers on Saturday by saying she would run for vice president alongside former cabinet chief Alberto Fernandez, a veteran political operator who has both backed and criticized her in the past.”
Financial Times: “Markets are expected to take fright at the possibility that Mr Fernández, who stayed on as cabinet minister under Ms Fernández (no relation) for just a few months after she replaced her husband as president in 2007, might have a better chance of winning than Argentina’s first female president.”
AFP: “AFP and Argentine fact-checker Chequeado are among 85 media outlets and organizations to launch Reverso, the largest global alliance against electoral disinformation, ahead of the South American country’s October poll.”
Bolivia Presidential - October 2019
Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald: “Bolivia has become a ‘tolerable dictatorship,’ a country whose president breaks the rule of law, but is not condemned by the world’s democracies. That’s exactly what Venezuela and Nicaragua were until massive bloodshed on the streets forced the United States and other countries to pay attention.”
José Maria Leyes, Miami Herald: “‘I believe in democracy. That’s why Bolivian strongman Evo Morales put me in prison’ | Opinion”
Venezuela - Ongoing Political Crisis (snap elections possible)
Reuters: “Norway said on Saturday that representatives of Venezuela’s government and opposition will return to Oslo next week following an initial round of preliminary talks about how to address the country’s political crisis.”
Alejandro Arreaza, Americas Quarterly: “Venezuela’s Transition Is Stalled, Not Derailed”
Jennifer Cyr and Jessica Maves Braithwaite, Washington Post’s Monkey Cage: “Here are 4 ways that Venezuela’s crisis could end”
Upcoming Elections
Argentina Presidential – October 27, 2019
Reuters: “Argentina’s populist ex-president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner passed through a crowd of ardent supporters and into a Buenos Aires courthouse on Tuesday to undergo a graft trial she derided as a “smokescreen,” days after kicking off her campaign for vice president on social media.”
DW: “Fernandez faces multiple other corruption investigations into her administration and that of her late husband, President Nestor Kirchner, but this case is the first one to reach court.”
Reuters: “Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, a former president with an ardent support base who is unloved by global investors, surprised locals and international observers on Saturday by saying she would run for vice president alongside former cabinet chief Alberto Fernandez, a veteran political operator who has both backed and criticized her in the past.”
Financial Times: “Markets are expected to take fright at the possibility that Mr Fernández, who stayed on as cabinet minister under Ms Fernández (no relation) for just a few months after she replaced her husband as president in 2007, might have a better chance of winning than Argentina’s first female president.”
AFP: “AFP and Argentine fact-checker Chequeado are among 85 media outlets and organizations to launch Reverso, the largest global alliance against electoral disinformation, ahead of the South American country’s October poll.”
Bolivia Presidential – October 2019
Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald: “Bolivia has become a ‘tolerable dictatorship,’ a country whose president breaks the rule of law, but is not condemned by the world’s democracies. That’s exactly what Venezuela and Nicaragua were until massive bloodshed on the streets forced the United States and other countries to pay attention.”
José Maria Leyes, Miami Herald: “‘I believe in democracy. That’s why Bolivian strongman Evo Morales put me in prison’ | Opinion”
Venezuela – Ongoing Political Crisis (snap elections possible)
Reuters: “Norway said on Saturday that representatives of Venezuela’s government and opposition will return to Oslo next week following an initial round of preliminary talks about how to address the country’s political crisis.”
Alejandro Arreaza, Americas Quarterly: “Venezuela’s Transition Is Stalled, Not Derailed”
Jennifer Cyr and Jessica Maves Braithwaite, Washington Post’s Monkey Cage: “Here are 4 ways that Venezuela’s crisis could end”
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