The province of Neuquén, one of the worstly affected southern provinces week due to the ash fall caused by the Chilean Puyehue volcano ash cloud, will go to the polls to vote for their new governor.
The Electoral Tribunal of Córdoba province announced the prohibition of releasing election polls for the period of ten days; from Thursday until the day of the elections on August 7 when the province will elect its governor.
With 38.96 percent of the votes tallied, the preliminary recount in the Río Negro gubernatorial elections showed that Victory Front candidate Carlos Soria had beaten his opponent César Barbeito by a wide margin, becoming the province’s next governor.
US President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney went back on the attack, breaking a storm-induced campaign truce to hit the road and pound home their closing messages in the final stretch of a tight battle for the White House.
Cubans went to the polls to elect a Communist Party-selected slate of 612 deputies to the National Assembly at a time of change in how they live and work but not in how they vote.
Leftist Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa has maintained a huge lead over his nearest opposition rival in the run-up to the Feb. 17 elections, recent polls show.
Special report by Carolina Barros from Caracas