El domingo 4 de febrero de 2024 se realizaron en Costa Rica los sextos comicios para elegir autoridades municipales por los próximos 4 años en los 84 municipios y 492 distritos del país, para un total de 6,212 autoridades locales que resultaron electas.
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El domingo 4 de febrero de 2024 se realizaron en Costa Rica los sextos comicios para elegir autoridades municipales por los próximos 4 años en los 84 municipios y 492 distritos del país, para un total de 6,212 autoridades locales que resultaron electas.
Este trabajo analiza la participación política de las mujeres en Paraguay y sus posibilidades de acceso a la representación bajo el cambio de reglas electorales sancionado en 2019 por el cual se incorpora el sistema de voto preferente o de desbloqueo de lista.
What does it mean to talk about risks in the electoral context? At what point does a risk become a threat? How can we prevent that threat from turning into a crisis that jeopardizes electoral integrity and democracy as a whole? These questions were addressed during the visit of International IDEA’s expert Sead Alihodzic to Panama City between 16 to 20 January 2024.
¿Qué significa hablar de riesgos en el contexto electoral? ¿En qué momento un riesgo se convierte en amenaza? ¿Cómo podemos evitar que esa amenaza se convierta en una crisis que ponga en peligro la integridad electoral y la democracia en su conjunto? Estas preguntas fueron abordadas durante la visita del experto de IDEA Internacional, Sead Alihodzic, a la Ciudad de Panamá entre el 16 y el 20 de enero de 2024.
En un mundo que cada vez tiene más acceso a la información, la percepción de la realidad se ve amenazada por una fuerza insidiosa: la posverdad. Durante los cursos impartidos para candidaturas inscritas en las elecciones del 5 de mayo del 2024, así como para funcionarios del Tribunal Electoral de Panamá, el personal académico de la institución educativa ALEPH, advirtió sobre esta distorsión deliberada de la realidad que, mediante la manipulación de creencias y emociones, busca moldear la opinión pública y dirigir actitudes sociales.
Online campaigning has been gaining prominence in Chile since the 2017 elections, featuring heavily especially during the five elections held after 2019. This case study highlights critical challenges related to online campaign finance, some of which are not unique to Chile.
The 9 January election in Bhutan saw the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) led by a seasoned political leader, Dasho Tshering Tobgay, returned to the government after being ousted in the 2018 elections. As part of its electoral process, Bhutan has two rounds of elections.
With nearly 2 billion voters expected to head to the polls, 2024 has been dubbed a ‘super election year’. In fact, over the next 12 months, more than 70 countries will head to a presidential, legislative, or subnational election. Among them are seven out of ten of the world’s most populous countries, including India, the United States, Indonesia, Pakistan, Russia, and Mexico. Similarly, in South Asia, five out of its eight countries have held/are also planning to hold elections in 2024.
This Report discusses the constitutional options that decision makers in Sudan can use as guidance in forming a government in conditions similar to what Sudan is going through. The Report discusses and analyses the essential forms of interim governments that can be applied in such situations of political and armed conflicts. It supports
such options with the international practices of those models for interim governments.
In 2024, nearly 3 billion people will have the opportunity to cast ballots in democratic elections all around the world. Safeguarding the integrity of these elections will require, in part, the availability of reliable election-related information, confidence in credible journalism and access to a diversity of viewpoints.
The Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE), one of the seven partners within the Women In Political Participation (WPP) Project, recently convened a strategic 2-day gender-responsive training for select Kenyan journalists, editors and social media influencers drawn from various Kenya television, print media and radio stations.
The rule of law, a political ideology that all citizens, irrespective of status, are accountable before the law, is a fundamental pillar of a robust democracy.
Between December 7th and 9th, 2023, International IDEA’s Tunis Office collaborated with the non-profit organization "The Model African Union" to organize a Model African Union event in Tunis, Tunisia. The event brought together 28 students from Tunisia and Sub-Saharan Africa, with a thematic focus on climate change and migration.
La literatura especializada ha advertido repetidamente sobre el riesgo de los sistemas multipartidistas y de la falta de apoyo legislativo del presidente para la estabilidad de los regímenes democráticos (Linz, 1990; Mainwaring, 1993; Mainwaring & Shugart, 1997, entre otros).
In recent years, social media and online communication have become increasingly vital components of the news and information environment and have consequently amplified the impact and reach of disinformation. Social media is designed to boost content that generates engagement, in political contexts.
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