Matador - elections

Support Fair Elections in El Salvador in 2009

Centro de Intercambio y Solidaridad — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:04:12 -0500

Each election cycle presents a different set of challenges, and the upcoming 2009 elections will be no different. Already the rightwing legislature has implemented obstacles to a fair process and there are serious threats to the rights of civil society to seek change (see below). It is less than...

The OTHER Election

deva — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:06:11 -0500

Here's a "shake-up-your-assumptions" moment for you: If Barack Obama wins in November, and - here in Canada - Stephen Harper (our current Prime Minister) also wins in October, Americans will have a more left-wing government than their supposedly socialist neighbours to the north. For the first time since...?...

VICTORY...............meh

Lauren Lim — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:47:29 -0500

If you’ve been paying (very very close) attention to the
BBC or my beloved NPR, you’ll have noticed that we had elections this past
Sunday in Poland. Out with the old super
conservative PM Jarosław Kaczynski! In with
the new...center conservative...PM Donald Tusk...