French municipal elections: Voters stay home, socialists trounced, right surges
The right wing Union for a Popular Movement declared victory and the far right National Front surged.
Socialist Bachelet returns to Chile presidency
For the second time, Michelle Bachelet was sworn in as president of Chile, Mar. 11. Bachelet's first term as president of Chile ran from 2006 to 2010.
Canadians fight voter suppression efforts
Opposition continues to grow against efforts by the right-wing Conservative government of Stephen Harper to impose voter suppression legislation in Canada.
South Africa: Parties split over Zuma corruption claims report
ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe took issue with the timing of the report's release, noting that it had "provided some ammunition to many of these parties that have nothing to offer to the electorate."
Left candidate wins in El Salvador elections
The candidate of the left wing FMLN, Salvador Sanchez Ceren, appears to have won the Mar. 9 presidential runoff elections.
Left surges in Salvador presidential elections
Shocking pollsters and pundits, the left surged in the presidential elections in El Salvador, giving a substantial plurality to the candidate of the left-wing FMLN Salvador Sanchez Ceren.
In Okinawa, anti-base mayor's re-election sends a message
In Okinawa's Nago City mayoral election, which centered on the plan to construct a new U.S. military base in the city, anti-base incumbent Inamine Susumu won with a wide margin.
Venezuela municipal elections bolster Maduro’s leftist policies
Venezuelans went to the polls to elect mayors and municipal councils on Dec. 8.
Honduras’ Libre Party says election was stolen
The TSE named right-wing National Party candidate Juan Hernandez as winner and a large Libre Party march through Tegucigalpa was protesting election fraud.
Right-wing candidate declared winner in Honduras vote
The Supreme Electoral Tribunal gave 774,757 votes to National Party presidential candidate Juan Orlando Hernandez and 623, 080 votes to Libre party candidate Xiomara Castro de Zelaya.
