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Ukraine's sensational presidential election campaign took another surreal twist on Friday, as the incumbent and his comedian challenger, Volodymr Zelensky, both underwent blood tests on live television ahead of a debate. Zelensky, a comedian with no political experience who played the role of the

También se propone regular la precampaña y prohibir la doble contabilidad en las organizaciones políticas. Asimismo, se propone la obligatoriedad de dos debates, para que la ciudadanía conozca de mejor manera las propuestas de los candidatos.

Cajamarca governor and presidential candidate Gregorio Santos will receive a special furlough from prison to participate in Peru’s debates on Sunday night.

How many Democrats are running for president? It’s not a trick question. And it’s not an easy question to answer. Unfortunately, it’s also not a question we can really avoid. We’ll be writing about the Democratic primary for the next [checks notes] 16 months here at FiveThirtyEight, until the

The third presidential debate, which is scheduled for Sunday night, will be the first and only vice-presidential candidate debate pitting senior Muslim cleric and non-active Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) chairman Ma’ruf Amin against businessman Sandiaga Uno. Sunday’s debate will revolve around

MPs hear praise for Sky News' campaign to establish an independent commission to oversee debates before UK elections. The government has been challenged to respond to the "massive" level of public support for TV election debates and make them compulsory. Conservative MP Peter Bone, who hailed Sky

Ganadores y perdedores, la propuesta más demagógica y el impacto de los debates en la juventud fueron algunos de los temas tratados este domingo en Radar, con un panel que realizó un análisis distinto del debate presidencial celebrado el pasado miércoles 20 de febrero en el Domo de la Universidad de

Quizás, para un grupo reducido de ciudadanos, los debates influyen en su decisión electoral. Para la mayoría, empero, partidismo, clientelismo o venganza determinan su escogencia. Pese a que aplaudo la libre postulación, las preferencias se diluirán en demasía y solo bastará un 30% para ganar. Una

El presidente de la Cámara de Comercio, Industrias y Agricultura de Panamá (Cciap), Gabriel Barletta, recomendó a los candidatos presidenciales que den respuestas al electorado en qué y cómo harán los cambios que plantean en sus propuestas, el próximo 10 de abril, cuando se lleve a cabo el segundo

Incumbent presidential candidate Joko “Jokowi” Widodo clarified his statement he mentioned in Sunday’s presidential debate against Prabowo Subianto regarding land ownership. Jokowi said that he personally has no issue with the ownership status of the land and that mentioning Prabowo’s hundreds of

It was too much to expect the two presidential candidates contesting the April 17 election to emulate the great minds when they squared off for the second time on Sunday. But the public’s reception, which was generally lukewarm, at least from the way some mainstream media reported the televised