News of ballot

Bolivia's Evo Morales says he has taken back control of his party

18-11-2020 00:05 Former Bolivia president Evo Morales announced Tuesday he had re-taken the leadership of the ruling Movement for Socialism (MAS) party he founded, a week after returning from exile.

PRESIDENT SWORN-IN

Luis Arce takes power in Bolivia facing deep challenges

09-11-2020 14:46 Luis Arce assumed the Bolivian presidency on Sunday in a ceremony attended by foreign leaders including President Alberto Fernández.

Ex-Bolivia president

Evo Morales confirms Bolivia return – with Alberto Fernández as his chaperone

08-11-2020 22:48 Bolivia's former president confirms that he will return to his homeland from exile on Monday – though he said that President Alberto Fernández would accompany him "for security reasons."

US ELECTION 2020

Trump fraud claims meet with limited Republican criticism

06-11-2020 18:42 Trump's unfounded accusations of fraud in the US presidential election condemned by some Republicans, but top party figures refuse to criticise remarks.

US ELECTION 2020

US state of Georgia says will recount razor-thin vote

06-11-2020 18:31 The US state of Georgia said Friday it will recount votes from the election in which Joe Biden has eked out a razor-thin lead over President Donald Trump.

US ELECTION 2020

Could the US election be decided in the courts?

04-11-2020 16:29 Donald Trump's objections raise the spectre of the US presidential election being ultimately decided, as in 2000, by a high court ruling on how states can tally votes or conduct recounts.

US ELECTION 2020: LONG READ

'Raw exposed nerves': Anxious United States awaits Election Day

02-11-2020 17:25 As Election Day closes in, many US citizens are exhausted from constant crises, on edge because of volatile political divisions, and anxious about what will happen next.

BOLIVIAN ELECTION

Bolivia's Morales calls for calm after protesters demand junta

27-10-2020 17:33 Exiled former Bolivian president calls for calm after right-wing protesters in Santa Cruz demand a "military junta" to replace socialist president-elect Luis Arce.

Referendum on constitution

Chileans look to future after referendum result

26-10-2020 17:43 Focus shifts to Chile's next chapter, as the country begins the tricky task of forging a new constitution.

Ex-Bolivia president

Evo Morales says his return to Bolivia doesn't depend on him

26-10-2020 17:25 Former Bolivia president admitted on Monday that his return to his homeland is out of his hands, as a judge lifted a preventative detention order against him over alleged "terrorism."

Constitutional referendum

'Now there are real changes coming' – Chileans hail landmark vote

26-10-2020 08:10 Amid a year of Covid-19 contagion and social turmoil, Chileans vote for a new dawn.

Chile votes

Chileans overwhelmingly vote to scrap Pinochet-era constitution

25-10-2020 22:42 Chile voted overwhelmingly on Sunday to scrap its Pinochet-era constitution and draft a new one. With more than half the votes counted, 77.9% backed a fresh charter, a key demand by protesters that took to the streets last year in huge numbers.

Constitutional referendum

Sniffing the winds of change in Chile referendum

25-10-2020 14:50 A year to the day after more than one million people thronged downtown Santiago in the biggest march of Chile's social uprising, Chileans vote Sunday on whether to change the country's dictatorship-era Constitution.

BOLIVIAN ELECTION

Electoral authorities confirm Arce's landslide win in Bolivian election

23-10-2020 14:22 Bolivia's electoral tribunal on Friday published official results from last weekend's presidential election, confirming leftist Luis Arce's landslide victory.

BLOOMBERG - OPINION

Bolivia’s new president can’t ride Latin America’s ‘pink tide’

22-10-2020 14:49 The Bolivia that Luis Arce will govern is far from the economic juggernaut Morales commanded during the commodities boom. Coronavirus has clobbered the country. Set to shrink by 7.9 percent this year, its economy is hurtling toward a balance of payments crisis.

by Mac Margolis

BOLIVIAN ELECTION

Hundreds protest in Bolivia with Arce set for presidential poll win

21-10-2020 15:50 Authoritative exit polls suggest Luis Arce, 57-year-old economist from the Movement for Socialism (MAS) and heir to former president Evo Morales, has beaten centrist former leader Carlos Mesa by a wide enough margin to avoid a run-off.

EVO TO EXIT ARGENTINA

Evo Morales says he will return to Bolivia after ally's election victory

19-10-2020 15:34 "Sooner or later we are going to return to Bolivia, that is not up for debate," exiled Bolivian leader tells a press conference in Buenos Aires.

Bolivian election

Luis Arce, key Morales ally, claims victory in Bolivia's election redo

19-10-2020 09:50 Evo Morales’ party claimed victory in Bolivia’s presidential election as official results trickled in from Sunday’s high-stakes redo of last year’s annulled ballot.

BOLIVIAN ELECTION

Bolivia 'has recovered democracy,' says Luis Arce, as exit poll suggests win

19-10-2020 09:34 Bolivian presidential candidate Luis Arce, leftist heir to former leader Evo Morales, headed to a first-round election victory in Bolivian election. Interim president Jeanine Áñez, who was not a candidate, congratulates Arce and his running mate on their apparent win.

BOLIVIAN ELECTION

Bolivia's outgoing president calls for patience amid slow vote count

18-10-2020 22:21 Bolivia's interim President Jeanine Áñez called for "patience" and urged citizens to avoid violence as they wait for the results from Sunday's general election.

Bolivia election

Bolivians fear 'upheaval' on nation's 'historic' election day

18-10-2020 08:08 Polls open at 8am this morning for an election that will not feature former president Evo Morales for the first time in 20 years.

BOLIVIAN ELECTION

Bolivians hope election can help ease year of pain, turmoil

15-10-2020 19:15 Sunday's presidential election gives Bolivians at least a chance for a political reset as they struggle with the dramatic costs of the Covid-19 pandemic.

BOLIVIAN ELECTION

Economic headache awaits victor in Bolivian election

14-10-2020 23:27 Bolivians go to the polls to elect a new president on Sunday, in the midst of the country's biggest economic crisis for 40 years.

Bolivian election

Bolivian rivals end campaigns ahead of Sunday vote

14-10-2020 23:19 Opinion polls show left-wing presidential candidate Luis Arce and centrist former president Carlos Mesa out ahead in race for Bolivian presidency.

Election 2019

Record numbers of Argentines cast ballots abroad in 2019 elections

30-10-2019 07:00 Long lines and waiting times were recorded at consulates across the world on Sunday. Miami, Barcelona, Madrid, London, and Santiago de Chile were cities with the largest numbers of registered voters.