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Added on the 12/09/2021 03:04:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Far-right lawmaker Javier Milei celebrates with his supporters after he was chosen in the primary election as a candidate for the upcoming presidential election in October. Milei emerged as the leading candidate, taking more than 30 percent, with 93 percent of the votes counted. IMAGES
Buenos Aires, Sep 12 (EFE) .- Argentina held Sunday primaries for the legislative elections next November, the first electoral test for President Alberto Fernández and for his administration which has been marked by the pandemic and a complex economic situation. (Camera: ALBERTO CARATOZZOLO)SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF POLLING STATIONS IN BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA.
New York City, Jun 22 (EFE).- Primary elections for mayor of New York City are being held on Tuesday with a clear focus on the Democratic contest, the winner of which will be in pole position ahead of the Nov. 2 general balloting.The front-runner among the Democrats, retired police officer and current Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, cast his ballot at 6.30 am at a polling station in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, joined by just a handful of fellow early risers. (Camera: JORGE FUENTELSAZ).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE HEAD TO POLLING STATION IN WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, US.SOUND BITES: VOTER CHERYL AND NEW YORK CITY MAYORAL CANDIDATE, ANDREW YANG (IN ENGLISH).
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.