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Added on the 24/01/2021 13:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Portugal votes for a new president in an election that could prove key to the country's shaky governing coalition as it struggles to enact budget cuts required by the European Union. Diane Hodges reports.
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado holds a rally ahead of the July 28 presidential election. Machado, who overwhelmingly won the opposition primary, was declared ineligible by a Maduro-aligned court. However, she refuses to step down despite being barred from public office for 15 years based on charges widely dismissed as spurious. IMAGES
President of the centre-right Social-Democratic Party Partido Social Democrata (PSD) since May 2022, Luis Montenegro holds his final rally ahead of the March 10 general election. The 51-year-old led its parliamentary group when it was in power from 2011 to 2015 and imposed severe austerity measures. Despite the far right's potential for depriving the PSD of a parliamentary majority, Luis Montenegro has insisted he will not accept entering into a coalition with Chega. IMAGES
Presidential candidate and former president of Brazil (2003-2010) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds a final rally in Sao Paulo the day before the first round of presidential elections. IMAGES
Flanked by cheering crowds, presidential candidate William Ruto makes his final push for votes in the upcoming presidential election on August 9. Incumbent Deputy President William Ruto and Raila Odinga, a veteran opposition leader now backed by the ruling party, are fighting for the chance to lead the East African powerhouse as it grapples with a cost-of-living crisis. IMAGES