Tag: electoral fraud

• Friday, July 2nd 2021 - 09:43 UTC

  Bolsonaro vows not to concede defeat if he loses elections through fraud

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Thursday warned he would not hand over his sash to anyone if he is beaten through electoral fraud.

• Thursday, November 5th 2020 - 09:54 UTC

  US Supreme Court unwilling to be the arbiter of the election, constitutional experts said

  

  While President Donald Trump wants the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a presidential race that is still too close to call, it may not be the final arbiter in this election, legal experts said.

• Wednesday, November 4th 2020 - 09:59 UTC

  Biden urges Democrats to “keep the faith”, while Trump announces he will go the US Supreme Court

  

  U.S. President Donald Trump daringly claimed victory in the presidential election on Wednesday — despite no winner being declared and millions of votes waiting to be counted in several key battleground states — as Joe Biden urged Democrats to “keep the faith” and wait for the final results.

• Thursday, December 12th 2019 - 18:17 UTC

  Evo Morales and entourage in Buenos Aires to stay as a political refugees

  

  Former Bolivian President Evo Morales Thursday landed at Buenos Aires' Ezeiza international airport amid tight security and top secrecy to settle in the country where he has been granted political asylum, Foreign Minister Felipe Sola told reporters. “He feels better here than in Mexico,” Solá added. “He is here to stay,” he went on.

• Monday, November 11th 2019 - 18:07 UTC

  OAS identified “serious irregularities” and “clear manipulations”, questioning president Morales victory

  

  The Organization of American States recommended on Sunday that Bolivia hold a new election after it identified “serious” irregularities in the voting system in a report that called into question the victory of President Evo Morales.

• Monday, November 11th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Following electoral fraud, Bolivian president steps down, leaving the country in chaos

  

  Bolivian President Evo Morales, the first indigenous ruler of the country, announced his resignation in a televised address on Sunday after weeks of protests around “irregularities” in last month's elections.