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After two years without a political party, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro joins the Liberal Party ahead of the upcoming presidential elections, that will take place next year. IMAGES
Brasilia, Aug 10 (EFE) .- Brazil’s lower house of congress on Tuesday rejected a proposal backed by President Jair Bolsonaro to change the electronic voting system to paper ballots.The move required 308 votes to pass, but only received 229, with 218 against and one abstention.Bolsonaro has claimed the electronic system is open to fraud, without providing any evidence, and threatened not to recognize the result of the 2022 presidential election if paper ballots are not adopted. (Camera: ALEX MIRKHAN). SHOT LIST: SPEAKER OF THE CHAMBER, ARTHUR LIRA, ARRIVES FOR CONGRESS MEETING, IN BRASILIA, BRAZIL.
Brasilia, Aug 10 (EFE) (Camera: Alex Mirkhan).- The plenary session of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies buried this Tuesday by the majority the proposal sponsored by President Jair Bolsonaro to change the electronic voting system, as a result from which a serious institutional conflict has been unleashed.
Supporters of Brazil's far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro gather outside his residence moments before the first electoral results are expected to be announced. IMAGES
Images of El Salvador's Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) employees loading boxes containing electoral material in San Marcos, for the presidential and legislative elections on February 4, to be distributed across the different municipalities. President Nayib Bukele is all but guaranteed a resounding victory, with his no-holds-barred war on gangs having earned him approval ratings hovering around 90 percent. IMAGES
A car allegedly carrying former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro's son Carlos arrives at the Rio de Janeiro Federal Police headquarters, where he will be questioned on allegations of illegal spying on political opponents during his father's 2019-2022 presidency. IMAGES