Ecuador Elections Update
Earlier this afternoon, a shooting attack was reported on the campaign motorcade of Daniel Noboa, from the MOVER Movement (Big Tent Socdem/Liberal Party). Fortunately, there were no injuries
"Supreme Court Judge of Brazil, Alexandre de Moraes, has authorized the request for international cooperation made by the Federal Police (PF) to the USA and the FBI to break the financial privacy of the accounts of Jair Bolsonaro, General Mauro Cid, Cid's father, and, if any, Bolsonaro's lawyer, Wassef."
"I want to make a public denouncement. Unfortunately, in these last hours we have received threats..."
On Monday, a few days before the presidential elections are to be held in the country, the president of the National Electoral Council of Ecuador (CNE), Diana Atamaint, denounced that she has received threats to her security and to the electoral authorities.
"I want to make a public denouncement. Unfortunately, in these last hours we have received threats, I have received threats from Mr. Captain Ortega, in social networks", she stressed.
Likewise, Diana Atamaint stated that she "holds Ortega responsible for these threats in which I am being continuously affected". "It is a harassment, a harassment", referred the official.
"In these last hours we have received threats from Mr. Captain Ortega, on social networks. They are going to bend us to make decisions that are outlawed," says Diana.
Furthermore, she also insisted that the electoral authorities "are not going to bend us with pressure in social networks so that we make decisions that are outside the law" and it is not the first time they occur.
On the other hand, the president of the Ecuadorian CNE requested this day to President Guillermo Lasso, "that in favor of citizen security and the election day of August, that the Armed Forces of the country be deployed and can guard the Electoral Precincts days prior to the Early Elections 2023."
the US and the oil companies are using violence to prevent people from voting for a popular left-wing president? 
"I don't do business with communists": Argentine presidential candidate Javier Milei says that if elected, Argentina will not trade with its second largest partner, China (after Brazil) - and will only trade with the "civilized" West.
This Tuesday, August 15, 2023, a bomb threat was reported in the vicinity of the bus terminal of Guayaquil, Ecuador. Five days before the Presidential Elections and in the midst of the violence suffered by the nation.
Very strange events are taking place in Ecuador. First, Lasso dissolves congress to avoid impeachment and rules unopposed for four months. Then the FBI arrives to "protect" the Ecuadorian elections and liberal and left-wing candidates start getting killed by foreign mercenaries. This is somewhat familiar to Haiti's situation.
Left-wing Political Leader Pedro Briones Shot to Death in Ecuador
The attack takes place less than a week before the presidential elections and after last week's shooting death of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio.
The leader of the leftist and correista political party Citizen Revolution Pedro Briones has been murdered this Monday by a gunshot wound in Ecuador.
Ecuadorian police released preliminary information in statements to local media stating that the attackers were members of a gang operating in Esmeraldas. Briones was reportedly shot twice in the park of San Mateo parish in the city of Esmeraldas.
Presidential candidate Luisa González denounced the attack through her official Twitter account: "Ecuador is living its bloodiest time. This is due to the total abandonment of an inept government and a State taken over by mafias. My solidarity embrace to the family of comrade Pedro Briones, fallen in the hands of violence. Change is urgent," González said.
Members of the political group Citizen Revolution confirmed that Briones was killed by a gunshot, although so far there is no official report from the authorities.
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has condemned the political violence in the South American country, noting that such situation is "framed in a context of serious deterioration of citizen security" due to organized crime.
The IACHR called on the government to act "with diligence" in the face of these violent events, which it considered "an attack on democracy."
This comes less than a week before the presidential elections are held and after the shooting death last week of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio. The candidate of the Construye lista 25 (MC25) movement was shot several times in an armed attack during a campaign rally in northern Quito last Wednesday.
He would hand in his resignation to President Edgars Rinkevics on Thursday. Karins would not seek reappointment as prime minister.
On Monday, Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins announced that he would resign amid differences with coalition partners.
Karins, who is the leader of the center-right New Unity, blamed the centrist United List and conservative National Alliance for thwarting attempts to improve the government's performance.
"A new government is needed," Karins said, adding that he would hand in his resignation to President Edgars Rinkevics on Thursday. He also mentioned that he would not seek reappointment as prime minister.
The move comes as a U-turn after his announcement last week that he will start consultations on forming a new cabinet with two opposition parties -- the center-left Progressives and centrist Greens and Farmers.
Earlier, New Unity's existing current partners did not agree to a government reshuffle within the coalition. New Unity plans to name its prime minister candidate on Wednesday.
Karins, a former economy minister and member of European Parliament, became prime minister in 2019 as a compromise candidate heading a five-party coalition in which New Unity was the smallest member.
After New Unity won the parliamentary election last year, Karins managed to form a three-party government with a slim majority. But the new coalition was marred by disagreements.
Germany is debating whether to ban the far-Right Alternative for Germany (AfD) as the party surges to 21 per cent in the polls, amid warnings from intelligence officials that its members are becoming increasingly extreme
In a rare move, the respected Der Spiegel news magazine weighed into the debate with a leader titled: “Ban the enemies of the constitution!” It warned that “the AfD has become more and more radicalised. It’s time to defend democracy with better weapons”.
The co-leader of Olaf Scholz’s ruling Social Democrats also said a ban should be considered if the AfD is categorised as a group of “proven Right-wing extremists” by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution.
They are only doing this because the US is afraid Germany will elect a government that is against NATO and Ukraine. Tbh, I hope the AfD gets banned, screw them, even if the reason for it is cringe. And I wonder if this will have an impact on other countries.
Iran is one of more than 20 countries formally seeking to join the economic bloc currently comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Friday that Pretoria fully supports Iran's membership in the BRICS group.
In a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, Ramaphosa said "South Africa is interested in Iran being accepted as a friendly country by the BRICS," Iran's Mehr news agency reported.
Ramaphosa told the 15th meeting of the Islamic Republic of Iran-South Africa Joint Commission in Pretoria that Tehran has the "full support of Pretoria Africa in this regard."
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will pay an official visit to the African country in which several documents on cooperation between the two countries will be signed, Ramaphosa said.
The tweet reads, "South African president supports Iran's entry into BRICS. "South Africa wants Iran to be accepted into BRICS as a friendly country," said South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during a meeting with Iranian Minister Hossein Amir."
For his part, the Iranian foreign minister said that the president of the Islamic Republic is scheduled to pay two visits to South Africa, the current BRICS chair. Raisi will attend the Friends of BRICS summit to be held August 22-24 in Johannesburg and in the fall he will travel to the African country to discuss bilateral relations.
Iran is one of more than 20 countries formally aspiring to join the economic bloc currently comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor recently confirmed that 23 countries, including Iran, have submitted formal applications to join the association. According to the minister, further expanding BRICS membership would be one of the items on the agenda of the upcoming summit.
Armenia has requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council due to the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh as a result of the blockade of the Lachin corridor, the press service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry reported on Saturday.
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