August elections (+ audio)

Despite the apparently different ranks and political importance, Argentina And Ecuadorin South America, and GuatemalaIn the middle of the region, start or conclude an electoral process that begins on the thirteenth and ends on the twentieth, amid the expectations of the population seeking to bring about transformations in their now painful reality.

Argentina, in a complex scenario of political disagreements between the main leaders loyal to the government, attacks from the right, crises in some tops of the economy, but also an important international diplomatic movement, marked the period of government of President Alberto Fernandez and his deputy Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

This political cycle passed like a strong wind from the pampas, exposing divisions among the leaders of a nation already stricken by the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic and an unpaid debt of about $45 billion contracted by the right-wing regime. Mauricio Macri.

On August 13, in the so-called country of tango, the competition of party candidates is held in the primaries, open, simultaneous and mandatory elections (PASO), in which 3,539,425 voters are called, and the decision-makers of the contenders are not called. Only for the presidency but also from the 130 would-be national representatives, 19 MERCOSUR parliamentarians at the national level, 24 provinces and 24 senators in the eight provinces in which this class was elected this year.

To get to the PASO, and in the midst of squabbles between the parties to be in the first positions, months of tense negotiations and even last minute changes, it was finally formed. Lists with candidates of the main political fronts.

Some analysts even classify a frenzied shutdown in some political settings. There were injuries that caused surprise – like the one that occurred in Eduardo “Wado” de Pedro, Fernandez’s chief of staff, whose candidacy for the unity of the Peronist coalition declined and Facundo Manes, who applied in less than a day and also disappeared among those interested.

They are 14 political parties Who will compete: Union for the homeland, together for change, freedom advances, we work for our homeland, front Izquierda, Nuevo Mas, Politics of Labor, Libres del Sur, Federal National Front, Principles and Values, Demos, Liber.Ar, Peace, Democracy, Sovereignty and Left Movement Dignity for Youth.

Around the clock, he will lead the ruling party that presents itself as the Union of Port La Patria PASO as the ambition of the current Minister of Economy, Sergio Massa, and his deputy, Agustín Rossi, Chief of Staff.

Competing against Massa will be Juan Graboa, leader of the Grande Patria Front, who jumped back on the bandwagon at the last minute after abandoning those inmates.

However, in the National MPs category, there will only be one list.

Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, Governor of the City of Buenos Aires, accompanied by his counterpart from the province of Jujuy, Gerardo Morales, mired in a political crisis due to the repression of their opponents, organized in large popular protests against the taking of the anti-establishment. Popular actions.

The other team that will seek to reach the October elections is the team made up of the leader of the center-right Republican Party (forefront) Patricia Bullrich, along with Representative Luis Petri, while Libertad Avanza is the deputy and founder of that party, far-right and controversial Javier Milli, and liberal legislator Victoria Villarroel.

Ecuador and the citizen revolution

Ecuador is once again attracting global attention, after the last two The failed governments of Lenín Moreno and current President Guillermo Lasso, both close to neo-liberalism, allies of the United States (USA), linked to corruption and drug trafficking in the country known as the Meridian of the World.

Laso had called the upcoming general election after a process against him in the National Congress. After two years in the Carondelet Palace, to avoid a political trial against him and possible impeachment, the president, one of the richest men in Ecuador, owner of a bank and large estates, ordered his death on May 17. He dissolved the legislature and called early elections.

Eight couples present themselves for the fight on August 20, but attention falls on the couple of Revolución Ciudadana (RC), the movement led by former President Rafael Correa, who ruled for ten years and handed over power by popular vote to Moreno, traitor to progressive ideas, sold out to corporate interests the largest in that country.

For this party that, according to experts, is gaining new followers every day for the next vote, the only female candidate, former legislator Luisa Gonzalez, and former presidential candidate against Laso, economist Andrés Aráoz, will compete.

The new Ecuadorians will also choose 137 members of the National Assembly.

Elected authorities will rule until May 2025 to complete the process started by the lasso in 2021.

In order to win in the first round, according to the Basic Law on Elections and Political Organizations or the Law on Democracy, one of the eight pairs must have at least 40% of the valid votes and a difference of more than 10 percentage points from the second. place. If neither of them gets this result, there will be a ballot between the two with the most votes on the 15th of next October.

Gonzalez, a 45-year-old lawyer, has held important positions in Correa administrations and is considered the favorite in opinion polls, with 26.8%, according to Comunicaliza.

The race began against the clock last week and the candidates have 45 days to convince some 13 million voters, including a large number of undecided voters.

This weekend, new polls confirm Gonzalez as the favorite to win, but some votes raise the odds of a runoff.

In second place with 12.8% appears Oto Sonnenholzner40, who was Moreno’s vice-president and is now presenting himself accompanied by Erica Paredes Sanchez as a possible vice president, backed by the Actuemos coalition composed of the Sociedad Unida Más Acción (SUMA) and Avanza parties.

Yako Perez is in third place with 10.6% so far. aspire The 54-year-old argued in 2021 when he was in the same position. In its formula, Nory Pinela Morán is the Vice President and they are sponsored by the Claro que se Puede Alliance, which consists of the organizations Unidad Popular, the Socialist Party of Ecuador and Democracia Sí. The indigenous movements that supported him two years ago are now divided.

Outlook in Guatemala

On the same day, Guatemala will choose a new president in a ballot preceded by what specialists and politicians describe as a technical coup by the judiciary in that Central American country.

The exhibition, which will be held on the 20th of next month, will be attended by former First Lady Sandra Torres, a veteran center-right politician, wife of the late former President Alvaro Colom (2008-2012), of the Union for Hope (UN) and Bernardo. Arévalo, founder of the Seed movement, was the big surprise of the show on June 23, when he was in second place.

As First Lady between 2008 and 2012, Torres sponsored social programs and resource transfers among low-income families and became very popular in rural areas. Since then, he has directed the political process of Unity, a party deeply rooted in rural areas.

Arevalo (1958) Former national deputy, politician, career diplomat, writer and professor, perceived by the population, according to experts, as a possible change in national politics, permeated with corruption scandals in state authorities.

Ibn cJuan Jose Arevalo Bermejoa reformer who ruled the country in the forties, the candidate is considered a distinguished sociologist. In 2015, he, along with other politicians, founded the Seed Movement during major grassroots movements Against former corrupt boss Otto Molina.

The oligarch’s defender has been trained against him since he positioned himself as a danger to the system with biologist Karen Herrera in his badge, and he now walks, especially with the mass of youth, the path that tends toward the gates of the presidency.

The main themes of Arévalo’s campaign focus on combating corruption and insecurity, creating jobs and promoting policies to combat climate change.

In unprecedented situations, the Guatemalan judicial system broke the rules of its trade when it tried last week to suppress Similla’s legitimacy, in a maneuver that gave a glimpse into the dirty machinery of the right to prevent a progressive candidate from taking over the new government. .

El Mirador Elections filed a complaint against the Attorney General, Consuelo Porras, Head of the Office of the Special Prosecutor Against Impunity (FECI) Rafael Kuroshichi and Judge Freddy Orellana, for offenses in violation of the Constitution, decisions contrary to the Constitution, and abuse. Power and evasiveness.