Cuban municipal polls close as opposition deplores pressure
Cubans voted Sunday in municipal elections amid a grave economic crisis that some feared would weaken turnout and with the ...
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Venezuela appoints new electoral council
Venezuela’s new electoral commission has a majority that is favorable to president Nicolas Maduro. Venezuela on Tuesday installed a new ...
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Maduro seizes control of Venezuela after sweeping win
President Nicolas Maduro seized total control of Venezuela’s political institutions on Sunday with a sweeping victory in legislative elections that ...
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Venezuela to hold parliamentary elections in December: official
Venezuela will hold elections in December to renew the National Assembly, the only institution in opposition hands, the electoral authority ...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.