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Seis candidatos presidenciales fueron invitados para debatir en Arequipa en torno a cinco temas de interés regional, de acuerdo a lo que informaron voceros de la llamada “Agenda para el Desarrollo de Arequipa”

The debate brings into our living rooms the contest of ideas. More importantly, the live debates unite in one space all our leaders who would ordinarily find it unacceptable to share the same space with sworn political opponents.

Republican presidential contender Carly Fiorina is lashing out over a decision to exclude her from Saturday's ABC GOP debate.

Thursday night brought us simply the MSNBC debate.

The Inter-Religious Council of Uganda says the last presidential debate ahead of the February 18 general election will proceed as planned on February 13, despite local media reports that incumbent President Yoweri Museveni will not be available to participate.

Mr Museveni who also snubbed the inaugural debate in January dismissed it as a childish event that wasn't worth his time. His pulling out of the debate marks the third time he has withdrawn from presidential debates including declining to participate in the 1996 debate with Dr Paul Ssemogerere.

How MSNBC scrambled, with the help of a conservative newspaper, to get the Democratic encounter it always craved.

Four televised debates for party leaders have been scheduled for the general election campaign.

Precisó que la postulación de Santos, quien se encuentra actualmente en prisión, es un hecho sui géneris e inédito en la historia del Perú, y el JNE le ha reconocido el derecho de participar.

Nancy Kacungira recently co-moderated the presidential debate. Before that, she had a stint at the BBC, having won the BBC Komla Dumor award.

Dans le cadre de la présidentielle du 28 février 2016, la Haute autorité de l’audiovisuelle et de la communication (HAAC) dirigée par le président Adam Boni Tessi vient de faire une grande innovation.

The following are examples of criteria used by debate sponsors from a range of countries to determine which candidates are invited to debate.