Tag: political crisis

• Wednesday, November 11th 2020 - 09:45 UTC

  New President in Peru confirmed elections in April; third president since 2016

  

  The head of the Peruvian Congress, Manuel Merino, took office on Tuesday as the new president of the Andean country amid protests in the streets and market volatility, the day after the popular leader Martín Vizcarra was removed from office.

• Saturday, April 25th 2020 - 08:57 UTC

  Brazil in turmoil following the resignation of Moro complaining of “political interference” from Bolsonaro

  

  Sergio Moro, Brazil's justice and security minister resigned on Friday after clashing with President Jair Bolsonaro over the sacking of the federal police chief. Moro, a former anti-corruption judge, hit out at “political interference” in the federal police, saying he could not do his job without “autonomy” for the force.

• Friday, February 28th 2020 - 07:45 UTC

  Amnesty International: Major human rights events in the Americas 2019

  

  Amnesty International has documented grave violations of human rights in 2019 in 24 countries across the Americas. Examples of the major human rights events analyzed include:

• Friday, January 24th 2020 - 08:03 UTC

  Parliamentary election in Peru that hopefully will cut the influence of Fujimorism

  

  Peru will hold separate parliamentary elections for the first time on Sunday as President Martin Vizcarra looks to break the influence of the main opposition party of Keiko Fujimori.

• Saturday, January 11th 2020 - 09:31 UTC

  Hong Kong troubles ensure election victory for Taiwan's incumbent candidate

  

  By Gwynne Dyer – “Over the past few years, China’s diplomatic offensives, military coercion, interference and infiltration have continued unabated,” said Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen on New Year’s Day, as the Jan. 11 elections neared. “China’s objective is clear: to force Taiwan to compromise our sovereignty.” But every leader of her Democratic People’s Party (DPP) has always said that.

• Tuesday, January 7th 2020 - 09:38 UTC

  Maduro's puppet announces new electoral council to preside over “free and fair elections”

  

  A Venezuelan lawmaker sworn in by the ruling socialist party as the new head of parliament said on Monday that naming a new electoral council to preside over free and fair elections was the body’s main priority.

• Wednesday, October 2nd 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Peruvian vice-president resigns as interim president and supports general election

  

  Peru's vice-president has resigned from her post after declining the opposition's nomination to be interim leader, saying she hoped it would pave the way for a new general election. Mercedes Aráoz said the “constitutional order had broken” and that the country faced a “grave institutional crisis”.

• Wednesday, October 2nd 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  OAS General Secretariat statement on the situation in Peru

  

  It is the political responsibility of the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (GS / OAS) to ensure compliance with the effective exercise of representative democracy as the basis of the rule of law and constitutional regimes.

• Monday, September 16th 2019 - 08:58 UTC

  Nicaragua bars entry of OAS commission sent to broker end to the political crisis

  

  A commission from the Organization of American States seeking to help broker an end to a political crisis in Nicaragua said on Sunday the government of President Daniel Ortega had barred its entry into the Central American country.

• Friday, May 31st 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Falklands Association concerned about political events in UK and Argentina

  

  The local sub-committee of the Falkland Islands Association which has in various forms defended Falklands' interests since 1968, has sent out an email to all its members asking them “to give a rough outline of how they view the current political situation together with any ideas or fears they may have for the future and anything they would like to see the FIA doing on their behalf.”