(2021-06-07). Peru: Castillo Takes the Lead In Election Runoff's Vote Count. telesurenglish.net Having counted 92.82 percent of the ballots cast in Sunday's elections, Free Peru presidential candidate Pedro Castillo overtook his rival, the right-wing politician Keiko Fujimori, by securing 50.10 percent of the votes. | RELATED: | Castillo took the lead for the first time after Fujimori had tamed the voting count in Lima and other largest cities in Monday's first hours. | He gained strength as the vote count ex…
(2021-06-07). Peru: Fujimori Holds Thin Lead Over Castillo – Urban Vote. telesurenglish.net Peru's National Office for Electoral Processes (ONPE) reported Monday midnight that Keiko Fujimori, representing the Fuerza Popular party is leading Pedro Castillo from Peru Libre Party by a razor-thin margin. | RELATED: | The ONPE confirmed participation at 78%. The first results represented primarily the urban vote close to the ONPE installations. The electoral authorities emphasized that these results were "an advance of re…
(2021-06-07). Exit Poll Shows Technical Tie in Peru: Difference Between Castillo and Fujimori 0.6%. orinocotribune.com According to the exit polls from Ipsos Peru / América TV, Keiko Fujimori has got 50.3% of the votes cast in Peru, while Pedro Castillo received 49.7%. | The pollster Ipsos published this Sunday the exit polls of the second round of the presidential elections in Peru. With a difference of 0.6% of votes, the candidate Keiko Fujimori, from Fuerza Popular, and her rival, Pedro Castillo, from Peru Libre, are in a technical tie, considering that the margin of error of the study is +/- 3 %. | "We have a statistical tie, within the margin of error, a very tight tie. There is no way to declare a winner at this moment," th…
(2021-06-07). Peru: Exit Poll Shows Technical Tie. popularresistance.org The pollster Ipsos published this Sunday the exit polls of the second round of the presidential elections in Peru. With a difference of 0.6% of votes, the candidate Keiko Fujimori, from Fuerza Popular, and her rival, Pedro Castillo, from Peru Libre, are in a technical tie, considering that the margin of error of the study is +/- 3 %.
(2021-06-07). Pedro Castillo Calls On Supporters to Defend Vote. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News Supporters of Peru Libre march to Plaza San Martín in Lima demanding a clean and fair electoral process. Leftist presidential candidate Pedro Castillo has called on his supporters to be vigilant and defend each vote from possible foul play as an IPSOS exit poll has indicated a technical tie. "From Tacabamba I ask…
(2021-06-07). Free Peru Candidate Castillo Advances in the Runoff Vote Count. telesurenglish.net Having counted 89.1 percent of the ballots cast on Sunday's presidential runoff, Peru's National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) informed that the Popular Force candidate Keiko Fujimori leads with 50.32 percent of the votes against 49.67 percent secured by Pedro Castillo from the Free Peru party. | RELATED: | Fujimori maintains the lead with 0.65 percentage points ahead of the leftist candidate, who received the largest ele…
(2021-06-07). Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Visits Colombia. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, a mission from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) will start an official visit to Colombia to analyze human rights violations committed by the Military Police (ESMAD) amid nationwide protests whipping the country since April. | RELATED: | The mission will analyze denunciations of excessive use of force, forced disappearances, eye injuries, sexual and gender-based violence committed by…
(2021-06-07). OPINION: The Racialization of Violence in Colombia. latinorebels.com As protests grip Colombia, old wounds of structural racism have resurfaced through the criminalization of Indigenous and Black communities.
(2021-06-07). Colombia's Police Used Bus Stations as Detention Centers. telesurenglish.net In response to a petition filed by Bogota's councilman Diego Cancino, TransMilenio confirmed that the Mobile Anti-Riot Squadron (ESMAD) used its stations as centers for the detention of citizens during the National Strike. | RELATED: | TransMilenio is a rapid transit bus system that serves Bogota with raised-floor stations distributed along the main routes. According to information provided by the company's manager,…
(2021-06-07). Brazil: 17 Million Women Suffered Aggressions in the Last Year. telesurenglish.net The Brazilian Public Safety Forum (FBSP) on Monday published a Datafolha survey stating that 25 percent of women over 16 years of age suffered some type of violence in the last year. | RELATED: | During the COVID-19 pandemic, 17 million women were victims of physical, psychological, or sexual violence. At least 4.3 million women were physically assaulted, which means that eight Brazilian women are beaten every minute. | Th…
(2021-06-07). House Democrats Call for Answers on US Involvement in Brazil. thenation.com House Democrats Call for Answers on US Involvement in Brazil…
(2021-06-07). Victims of Femicides Left 1,095 Orphan Children in Ecuador. telesurenglish.net University of the Armed Forces (ESPE) and Aldea Foundation presented a study showing that 1,095 children were orphaned as a result of the femicides that occurred in Ecuador between 2014 and 2020. | RELATED: | The provinces of Pichincha, Guayas, and Manabi concentrate over 50 percent of orphaned children tallies, while Sucumbios and Santo Domingo are the provinces with the highest incidence rate of orphanhood due to…
(2021-06-06). Leftist Candidate Castillo Calls on Peruvians To Remain Calm. telesurenglish.net Peru's leftist candidate Pedro Castillo called on the population to remain calm in Sunday's presidential election runoff in which he is contesting Keiko Fujimori. | RELATED: | Castillo voted in the Tacabamba district in the Cajamarca department, where he asked citizens to participate actively and comply with COVID-19 regulations. | "I call on Peruvian people for good sense and I thank them for allowing us to participate…
(2021-06-06). Poll close in Peru, IPSOS Exit Poll Shows Technical Tie. telesurenglish.net The ballots started to be counted in Peru ¥s election as the IPSOS exit poll, which is not an official figure, grants an advantage to candidate Keiko Fujimoi with 50.3 percent over candiate Pedro Castillo with 49.7 percent, only a 0.6 margin. | RELATED: | Alfredo Torres, president of IPSOS, maintains that the quick count will be done today and that it will be much more accurate than the exit poll because, among other thing…
(2021-06-06). Live Updates: Peruvians Await Official Runoff Election Results. telesurenglish.net The two candidates in the June 6 presidential runoff elections for the Peru Libre and Fuerza Popular parties, Pedro Castillo and Keiko Fujimori, closed their electoral campaigns on Friday, and Peruvians now choose the next president of the country in what analysts predict could be a technical tie. | 11: 30 PM EST – Ipsos Peru has published results from their quick count | It maintains a technical tie with a slight advantage to Pedro Castillo with 50.2% over Keiko Fujimori | "As reflected in the exit polls, these quick count results show a technical tie between both candidates. We will have to wait for the offic…
(2021-06-06). Peru Elections: Will There Be A Left-Wing Resurgence? popularresistance.org On June 6, 25 million Peruvians will elect their next president and two vice presidents for the period 2021-2026. Leftist candidate Pedro Castillo of the Free Peru political party will face off against far-right candidate Keiko Fujimori of the Popular Force party. All major polls have predicted a victory for Castillo. With inputs from Daniela Ramos of ARG Medios who is in Lima.
(2021-06-06). Argentina Criticizes Almagro's Interference in Mexican Elections. orinocotribune.com Argentina warned that the statements made by the head of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro against the Mexican Foreign Affairs Minister demonstrates his intention to influence the legislative and regional elections of Mexico, scheduled for this Sunday, June 6. | On Friday, June 4, Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister Felipe Solá criticized the statements of the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, against the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Marcelo Ebrard, alluding to the latter's service as the governor of Mexico City from 2006 to 2012. | Solá…
(2021-06-06). President Duque Disguises State Terrorism With Police Reform. telesurenglish.net After one month of ignoring police brutality reports, Colombia's President Ivan Duque on Sunday announced that his country will undergo a police reform to put an end to human rights violations. | RELATED: | "We will modernize the Defense Ministry and transform the Mobile Anti-Riot Squadron (ESMAD) and the National Police," Duque said during a police officer promotion ceremony in Bogota. | The Duque administration hopes to a…
(2021-06-06). Colombia: Another Signatory to the Peace Agreement Is Killed. telesurenglish.net Colombia's Institute for Development and Peace Studies (INDEPAZ) on Sunday reported the assassination of Jose Alonso, a social leader from Tulua in the Valle del Cauca Department. | RELATED: | This 56-year-old man was a signatory of the 2016 Peace Accord between the Colombian state and the then Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). | The social leader was killed in La Moralia by a group of armed men while he w…
(2021-06-06). Colombia: The Regime of Terror in Cali. libya360.wordpress.com Luis Alfonso Mena S. In a failed attempt to crush the National Strike and the youth resistance, Ivan Duque established a regime of terror in Cali and on Friday, June 4, 2021, unleashed a campaign of horror in the north of the city, which left more dead, wounded, disappeared and detained. According to the Union…
(2021-06-06). Uruguay Hasn't Curved COVID-19 Despite Vaccinating 28%. telesurenglish.net Uruguay holds the higher death rate in the American region for 14 days in a row despite its express vaccination campaign, which has reached over a million people completely immunized. | RELATED: | "The last report reads that eight out of ten intubated patients die. This is a really alarming figure, " says the Intensive-Care doctor Jose Luis Fajardo. | The country was among the last ones on the continent to start the vacc…