BOGOTA, Colombia — The European Union’s Electoral Observation Mission to Colombia on Tuesday dismissed President Gustavo’s Petro’s claims of fraud in Sunday’s bitterly contested presidential election, saying the vote count was carried out in a “transparent, orderly and fluid” manner. The mission’s chief, Esteban González Pons, said none of the 12 candidates in Sunday’s election … Read more
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Social Democrat Mette Frederiksen is set to begin a third term as Denmark’s prime minister, leading a center‑left coalition of four parties after two months of negotiations. Besides Frederiksen’s own party, the new government will include the centrist Moderate party of outgoing Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, the Green Left (SF) and … Read more
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Polls opened Monday in Ethiopia in an election that is widely expected to be won by the ruling party. A heavy military presence was observed in the capital, Addis Ababa, as observers called for a peaceful election in the country that is Africa’s second-most populous and hosts the headquarters of the … Read more
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Tough-on-crime outsider Aberaldo de la Espriella took the lead in Colombia’s presidential race in the first round of voting Sunday night, setting up a runoff with Iván Cepeda, an ally of Colombia’s outgoing President Gustavo Petro who questioned the results of the election. With no candidate taking an outright majority of the … Read more
Colombians voted to select a successor to President Gustavo Petro in an election Sunday, as armed guards and police kept watch. Candidates Iván Cepeda and Abelardo de la Espriella advanced to the second round. This gallery was curated by AP photo editors. AP photography: https://apnews.com/photography AP News on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apnewshttps://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js Source link
CARACAS — CARACAS (AP) — Venezuela ‘s former opposition candidate Edmundo González called on Saturday for presidential elections as the five-month mark of interim President Delcy Rodríguez’s administration approaches in the wake of the U.S. military intervention that ousted Nicolás Maduro in early January. The 76-year-old former diplomat was recognized by several countries as the … Read more
BOGOTA — Colombia’s government on Saturday rejected a move by Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa to eliminate tariffs on Colombian imports because of a tariff commitment made to an opposition candidate, calling it “deliberate interference” in the ongoing electoral process. Noboa said Friday after talks with Colombian presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella that he was … Read more
RIGA, Latvia — Latvian lawmakers on Thursday approved a new coalition government that will lead the European Union and NATO member country in the coming months after its predecessor collapsed following an argument over its handling of stray drones suspected to be from Ukraine. The parliament, or Saeima, approved the four-party coalition under new Prime … Read more
SAO PAULO — Brazil was set to join other Latin American countries that have shortened working hours as the lower house approved a constitutional amendment Wednesday establishing a 40-hour, five-day workweek. The proposal is widely popular in Brazil ahead of presidential elections in October, and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sponsored the move and … Read more
DHARAMSHALA, India — DHARAMSHALA, India (AP) — Penpa Tsering was sworn in Wednesday for a second consecutive term as the president of Tibet’s government-in-exile following his reelection earlier this year. Tsering, 58, has led the exile government based in Dharamshala, India, since 2021. He secured another five-year term in elections held in February among Tibetans … Read more