Analysis • By Carlos Polo | On Sunday, April 11, presidential elections were held in Peru. The great majority of Peruvians were (unhappily) surprised to see a communist candidate and admirer of Chavism, Pedro Castillo, come in first with 19% of all valid votes. Only two weeks before, neither of the pollsters had prognosticated him […]
Redacción
Coming up next in Transatlantic Dialogues: The future of Christian Democratic values in the European Union
Political Network for Values (PNfV) will address “The future of Christian Democratic values in the European Union” in its next webinar of the Transatlantic Dialogues series next Monday, April 19. The speakers will include Katalin Novák, Hungarian Minister for Families, Vice President of the Fidesz Party and President of PNfV; and Lorenzo Fontana, former Italian […]
Guillermo Lasso, pro-life and pro-family ex-banker is elected President of Ecuador
With a conservative and an openly pro-life and pro-family profile, businessman Guillermo Lasso was elected as president of Ecuador last Sunday, April 11. With 53% of the votes, in the second round Lasso defeated the socialist Andrés Arauz, economist and protégé of former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa. Lasso ran for presidency in 2013 as well, […]
In the European Parliament the right to life is under attack
In May, a draft resolution by the Croatian MEP Predrag Matić, member of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, who presents abortion as it was a fundamental right, calls on the member states to abolish their national laws that limit the practice of abortion and to repeal conscience clauses. The text affirms that the […]