candidate

Position

News

BBC World News, 22.04.13 00:50 UTC

Horacio Cartes wins Paraguay presidential election

Businessman Horacio Cartes has been elected president in Paraguay.

Paraguayan Football Association Liberal Party Colorado Party Fernando Lugo Efrain Alegre Horacio Cartes +8 more

Seattle Times, 21.04.13 20:53 UTC

Taliban threat could skew Pakistan election result

Moderate politicians from some of Pakistan's most violent areas are risking the threat of Taliban attack to run in upcoming nationwide elections, but they are increasingly being forced to rely on social media, phone calls and even short documentaries that allow them to campaign at a distance.

Haroon Ahmad Bilour Pakistan social media Khyber Pakhtunkhwa TWITTER, INC. FACEBOOK, INC. +15 more

Reuters - Top News, 21.04.13 18:37 UTC

Rich political novice the favorite to win Paraguayan presidency

By Daniela Desantis and Hilary Burke ASUNCION | Sun Apr 21, 2013 2:14pm EDT ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguayans voted on Sunday in a presidential election that could return the center-right Colorado ...

Reuters Television first leftist leader President teacher bishop politician , led corruption probes +15 more

Telegraph, 21.04.13 18:23 UTC

Giorgio Napolitano's re-election raises hopes for new government in Italy

Italian president Giorgio Napolitano, who was elected to an unprecedented second term on Saturday to break Italy's political gridlock, is now expected to appoint a new prime minister, with former premier Giuliano Amato a front-runner.

centre-left leader leader Rome Premier President Democratic Party +14 more

Reuters - Top News, 21.04.13 05:17 UTC

Analysis: Rough start to post-Chavez era augurs badly for Venezuela

By Andrew Cawthorne CARACAS | Sun Apr 21, 2013 1:07am EDT CARACAS (Reuters) - About the only tranquil place in Caracas over the last few days is a hilltop military museum housing the remains of late ...

Hugo Chavez Nicolas Maduro Henrique Capriles Manuel Pereira Diosdado Cabello Elias Simancas +13 more

Seattle Times, 21.04.13 04:01 UTC

Mixed signal from Venezuela election body

A top official from Venezuela's electoral council says the audit of the vote from last Sunday's presidential election isn't about "revising" the outcome and warned against "false expectations."

Council Vice President Henrique Capriles Sandra Oblitas Hugo Chavez Venezuela candidate +3 more

Seattle Times, 20.04.13 12:24 UTC

Montenegrin opposition rally, claim election fraud

More than 5,000 opposition supporters have rallied in Montenegro claiming their leader was cheated of victory in this month's presidential ballot in the small Balkan country, which is striving to join the European Union.

European Union Miodrag Lekic Filip Vujanovic Montenegro candidate

Seattle Times, 19.04.13 13:51 UTC

Election council to audit vote in Venezuela

Government supporters began filling the streets of Venezuela's capital early Friday to celebrate the inauguration of their leader, even as opponents greeted officials' surprise announcement they will accept an audit of the disputed vote that handed a narrow margin of victory to the heir of late President Hugo Chavez.

Hugo Chavez Nicolas Maduro Tibisay Lucena David Smilde Henrique Capriles Peru +14 more

CNN World News, 19.04.13 11:58 UTC

Official: Venezuela to audit votes

(CNN) -- Venezuela's top election official said Thursday that authorities will complete a 100% audit of votes cast in Sunday's presidential election. Tibisay Lucena, president of Venezuela's National ...

Tibisay Lucena Jose Vicente Haro Venezuela CNN International candidate President +9 more

Seattle Times, 19.04.13 01:32 UTC

Venezuela crackdown deemed worst in years

National Guard troops beat dozens of opposition supporters inside a barracks for refusing to accept the government-certified electoral victory of Hugo Chavez's heir, a leading human rights lawyer charged Thursday in what he called Venezuela's worst political repression in six years.

Lima Caracas Barquisimeto Valencia Venezuela Brazil +42 more

Accuracy