The Americas Blog

Analysis Beyond the Echo Chamber: A blog from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (@ceprdc).

[The Americas Blog @TheAmericasBlog]

Latin America is increasingly united around one goal: the urgency of regional integration that can lead to far greater resiliency and autonomy from US influence.
https://t.co/SrZdeFmxYC

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The top 20 emitters hold 64% of IMF voting power. Countries most devastated by—but contributing least to—#climatechange should have more decision-making power.

We propose changing the formula. Adjust vote shares based on emission levels since 1944.
https://t.co/ZktJQOR9vy

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Escobari and Hoover comparing #Bolivia's 2019 election to the 2016 referendum is yet another error in their indefensible attempt to justify #OAS fraud claims.

For starters, it's impossible to match polling stations from those years. https://t.co/5jTzrvfaBJ

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CEPR's @ViscidKonrad explains how the increase in Morales’s support during the 2019 election reporting is owed to geography, and precinct locations, not fraud, as researchers Escobari and Hoover have asserted.

https://t.co/CoUStiHRd0

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The increase in Morales’s support during the 2019 election reporting is owed to geography, and precinct locations, not fraud, as researchers Escobari and Hoover have asserted.

https://t.co/CoUStiHRd0

[The Americas Blog @TheAmericasBlog]

Days before the 2020 #Bolivian elections, two researchers, Escobari and Hoover, put out a deeply flawed analysis of party vote shares using unofficial sources. CEPR's @ViscidKonrad debunks the bad data used to justify baseless fraud claims by the #OAS. https://t.co/nlwmI9cp9G

[CEPR @ceprdc]

Run-off elections are underway in #Colombia. See our new report for important economic, social, and political context in the elections and what factors may be motivating voters. #ColombiaDecide #SegundaVuelta https://t.co/hSDd2WkdEd

[Megan Janetsky @meganjanetsky]

Confirmed! Leftist ex-rebel Petro and right-wing populist Rodolfo pass to the second round.

Polls show that the two populist candidates will be neck-and-neck in the second round if voter opinions stay as they are now.

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2nd report from electoral integrity NGO @moecolombia says it received 322 reports of “possible elector irregularities & crimes” by 3:30pm, including vote buying, voter intimidation, & voters finding that someone had already “voted for them" #ColombiaDecide https://t.co/8xEavevmuA

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@petrogustavo If no candidate receives more than 50% of the official vote, there will be a run-off election on June 19. #ColombiaDecides #ColombiaDecide

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With 25% of votes counted in the rapid count, @petrogustavo leads with 41%. He had been polling around 39% ahead of today's elections, according to various polls (https://t.co/YfEXgt5PVR). #ColombiaDecides https://t.co/AYy8n7R2OC

[Joshua Collins @InvisiblesMuros]

Anecdotal reports of high turnout in urban centers so far. Important to note we dont have any idea what numberd are right now. Im headed out to a few polling sites now https://t.co/usU8n3Cbb1

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@moecolombia MOE says it received 119 reports on “possible irregularities & electoral crimes in 48 municipalities, corresponding to 22 departments & Bogotá,” including observers’ problems in getting accreditation, vote buying, pressure by employers re how to vote, etc. https://t.co/3IyPQhyQuo

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Midday report from electoral integrity NGO @moecolombia finds jurors lacking in some polling places, jurors wearing campaign paraphernalia, late or missing voting tables, insufficient support for disabled voters, missing biometric readers. #ColombiaDecides https://t.co/3IyPQhyQuo

[Progressive International @ProgIntl]

REVEALED: Report of the Auditor shows he has only been allowed to review 10% of the software for the vote count due to 'IP protections'. "Because transparency is only rhetorical, it will be difficult or impossible to ensure that there is not code... that alters the results."

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#Colombia vice presidential candidate Francia Márquez, whose candidacy is making history, has cast her vote. #ColombiaDecides https://t.co/qY6rFKj8vW

[Alexander López Maya @AlexLopezMaya]

Francia Márquez votó en Suárez, Cauca - Noticentro 1 CM& https://t.co/L6HBJuJxqd

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Report of people from an Indigenous community (Usme) whose voting place was changed without notice #ColombiaDecide https://t.co/Xw5jzgGNPM

[Alirio Uribe Muñoz @AlirioUribeMuoz]

#GarantiasElectorales
A esta hora continuamos recibiendo denuncias ciudadanas. Esta vez desde la localidad de Usme donde 5 personas de una comunidad indígena se les cambio su puesto de votación, apareciendo en el territorio donde fueron desplazados. @Registraduria
@MovimientoMAIS

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Footage of long voting lines in Cali this morning. #ColombiaDecides https://t.co/jG6HxUquwv

[Susana Muhamad @susanamuhamad]

Así estaba Cali esta mañana, que esperanza ver a todos votando masivamente 👏
#Elecciones2022

[Just Foreign Policy @justfp]

Grateful for this strong group of @HouseDemocrats who care about protecting Colombian democracy, including @HouseForeign members @JoaquinCastrotx @RepAndyLevin @IlhanMN @RepSusanWild @RepJuanVargas, @RulesDemocrats chair @RepMcGovern, @FSCDems chair @RepMaxineWaters...

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Leading presidential candidate Gustavo Petro of Pacto Historico arriving to vote in today's elections. #ColombiaDecide https://t.co/zD3YbquXL3

[Revista Semana @RevistaSemana]

#EleccionesColombia | A la espera de su hija y su nieta, el candidato Gustavo Petro ejerció su derecho al voto en las elecciones presidenciales del 29 de mayo. #ColombiaVota2022

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