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5 things you should know this November 25: elections in Uruguay, what happens in Bolivia and Colombia and much more

2019-11-25T11:29:15.739Z


This is what you should know to start the day: Uruguay went out to vote. A special day to reject gender violence. Colombia moves towards social dialogue. It makes its way to new ele ...


Uruguay went out to vote. A special day to reject gender violence. Colombia moves towards social dialogue. It makes its way to new elections in Bolivia. The traditional Macy's parade in New York might not have its giant balloons. Black Friday is coming. This is what you should know to start the day. First the truth. Subscribe to the newsletter.

1. Elections in Uruguay

The second round of the presidential elections in Uruguay, held this Sunday, ended up being more disputed than the polls anticipated. Until 11:57 pm local time, the Electoral Court of Uruguay had scrutinized more than 98% of the circuits, but without a conclusive result on the winner of the elections. The right-wing candidate Luis Lacalle Pou had a slight advantage in counting votes, but the president of the Electoral Court, José Arocena, said the final result will be known on “Thursday or Friday”.

2. New law in Bolivia

The interim president of Bolivia, Jeanine Áñez, promulgated this Sunday the law that opens the way to call new presidential elections. The Law of Exceptional and Transitory Regime for the Making of General Elections requires the election of new electoral authorities within a maximum period of 20 calendar days. Once the new Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) is in possession, a date for the general elections will be defined. The rule, besides leaving the elections of October 20 without effect, does not allow former President Evo Morales to present himself as a candidate.

3. Against gender violence

On the occasion of the commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, this Monday there will be marches in Mexico, Argentina and Brazil. Demonstrations began on Saturday 23 in Paris, where some 35,000 people protested against femicides in France. According to a 2017 report by the United Nations Development Program, Latin America has the highest rate in the world in sexual violence against women, while the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) notes that the same year At least 2,795 women were victims of femicide in 23 countries of the continent.

4. Social dialogue in Colombia

With a meeting this Sunday at the Casa de Nariño between the government and several elected mayors of the country, the national conversation proposed by President Iván Duque began after the national strike on November 21. The president announced that until next March 15, Colombians will be able to present their proposals on the following topics: Growth with Equity, Transparency and fight against corruption, Education, Peace with Legality, Environment and strengthening of institutions. The designated by Duke to coordinate this work will be Diego Molano.

5. AMLO, a year in power

Next Sunday December 1 marks a year since the inauguration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador as president of Mexico, who succeeded Enrique Peña Nieto. The CNN México Opina program with Mario González, analyzed the popularity of the first year of AMLO's government, along with survey experts Abundis, Roy Campos, Jorge Buendía and Ricardo Pérez.

At coffee time

Big storms

It is estimated that three storms could cause rain, snow and chaos in the Thanksgiving week. The strong wind could even leave the giant balloons of the Macy's Thanksgiving parade in New York on the ground.

Reggaeton Museum

Daddy Yankee opened a museum. It is called El Jefe and is located in the largest shopping center in Puerto Rico, in San Juan. He will tell the story of reggaeton since 1991.

American Music Awards

Taylor Swift received the Artist of the Decade award and performed on an evening where Post Malone was the most nominated. Meet the winners here.

Black Friday

November 29 will be the day that millions of Americans participate in the purchases offered by the famous Black Friday. Do you know when and where this commercial tradition began?

Pizza in 911?

Appearing to order a pizza, a woman called 911 to make a report of domestic violence. Read this story about how an emergency telephone operator acted in Oregon, Ohio, and what happened.

Figure of the day

$ 127 million

That was the collection of Frozen 2 at the box office in North America, during its first weekend. Five Disney movies have raised over a billion dollars at the box office this year. It seems that Frozen 2 is on its way to being the sixth.

Phrase of the day

“I know what it takes to beat Trump, because I've already done it. And I will do it again ”

This was said by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who officially entered the Democratic race to elect a presidential candidate for the 2020 elections.

And to finish…

A little kitten

A woman in Argentina found two cats and decided to adopt them. The female died and the male grew up without problem. When he took him to the vet, he realized that his cat was not a common cat, but a jaguarundi puma.

Source: cnnespanol

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