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Ecuadorians in Guayaquil vote in the South American nation's presidential election. The name of assassinated candidate Fernando Villavicencio appears on the ballot papers printed before his death. Ecuadorians are choosing a successor to Guillermo Lasso, who called an early election to avoid an impeachment trial just two years after his election. IMAGES
Buenos Aires, Jun 6 (EFE).- The Peruvian community in Argentina headed to the polls Sunday to participate in the presidential elections, in which they had to elect between the leftist Pedro Castillo and the right-wing Keiko Fujimori, amid the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. (Camera: JULIETA BARRERA).SHOT LIST: PERUVIANS LIVING IN ARGENTINA HEAD TO ELECT PRESIDENT AT POLLING STATIONS IN BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA.
Monterrey, Jun 6 (EFE).- Mexico's mid-term elections on Sunday, considered to be the largest in the country's history, are proceeding "normally" and just 14 of the more than 162,000 polling stations could not be brought online, the head of the National Election Institute (INE), Lorenzo Cordova, said."Of the 162,570 polling stations, it's been confirmed that 81.3 percent have been set up properly. In like manner, we have the report that 14 will not be set up, representing just 0.009 percent of the total," Cordova said in a statement issued shortly after noon.Expectations are that in the coming hours the rest of the polling places will be opened, the INE told EFE.The head of the INE said that "in all states ... the elections are being held normally," noting that on Sunday, Mexico is holding "the largest election in the history of our democracy." (Camera: PEDRO PABLO CORTÉS).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE GATHER AT POLLING STATION IN MONTERREY, MEXICO.
Polling stations open in Peru, with some 25 million people set to cast their ballot for a new president amid the country's deadliest week of the coronavirus pandemic and a surge in new infections. IMAGES
Lisbon (Portugal), Jan 21 (EFE), (Camera: Cynthia de Benito/Paula Fernández).- The lockdown decreed amid a soaring pandemic has slowed activity in Portugal but not its presidential elections, as the Portuguese are questioning whether it is the best time to go to the polls and hold campaign events. The elections remained marked for Sunday, January 24th, when more than 9 million voters will be able to leave their homes to cast their ballot.FOOTAGE OF AND STATEMENTS BY CITIZENS: ANSELMO, RUI DUARTE, DANIELSON.Anselmo"At this time of pandemic it is complicated, but it is something that should have been thought of earlier. There is not much to do now. In constitutional terms there can no longer be changes and from there we have to be subject to the conditions that exist and try to minimize the risk. But I think it was not the best time to hold elections.""There was no time to prepare things properly. There was not a great participation of people in the early voting process and on the other hand there are a series of logistical problems that could have been avoided if things were planned in advance as they should have been."Rui Duarte"There is still no way to vote digitally, which is what there should have been for quite some time. If we put in our fiscal data, if we put our data in the banks, I think it is a good way, and there should have been for some years now, a way to vote that is not face-to-face."Danielson"I think elections are always almost an obligation of the people, to choose who governs. At this moment I don't know if it will be the most favourable moment, because of covid and the pandemic situation we are facing.""The candidates campaigned enough to be known, and the campaigning they did beyond television should have been suspended with this very serious pandemic and lockdown situation."
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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