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Harris’ campaign augurs “adjusted” elections and calls for calm in the face of vote counting

The campaign of the vice president of the United States Kamala Harris augured “incredibly tight” elections and called for calm in the face of the vote count, which she hopes will delay the final results of the elections for several days.

In a call with journalists, Jen O’Malley Dilon, Harris’ campaign director, indicated that the Democratic team expects to see the “almost complete” results of the count in only a few states on the same election night. Among them, several hinged states: Georgia, North Carolina and Michigan.

On the other hand, the Democratic campaign expects the results of Pennsylvania, Winsconsin and Arizona and Nevada to be delayed until after Wednesday.

“We believe that this race is going to be incredibly close, so we may not know the final results of this election for several days,” O’Malley stressed, adding that “we are focused on maintaining calm and confidence during this period.”

“We will not allow Trump to denigrate the elections,” Harris’ team

Harris’ campaign also indicated that it expects former President Donald Trump to take advantage of that period of uncertainty to denounce alleged electoral fraud, disseminate misinformation and “proclaim a premature victory.”

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“These actions will fail because it will be the voters and not Trump who will elect their next president,” said Dana Remus, counselor and lawyer for the Harris team.

The advisors expressed confidence in the US electoral system, assuring that these elections will be “the safest in the country’s history.

However, they indicated that hundreds of lawyers have already deployed throughout the country to face possible lawsuits by the Republican team that call into question the count or results of the different regions of the country.

“It will not be a quick process but the facts are on our side (…) and we will not allow Trump to denigrate the elections or institutionality with his constant attempts to create chaos and doubt,” Remus said.

Trump’s background

After the 2020 elections, in which the Republican lost to current President Joe Biden, Trump’s lawyers filed dozens of lawsuits in courts across the country alleging “electoral fraud.”

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Most of those appeals were dismissed by judges at the federal and state levels. In turn, both experts and different studies have shown that instances of electoral fraud in the United States are extremely scarce.

During this electoral cycle, both Trump and important Republican figures have already promoted the false narrative that “millions” of migrants who do not have American nationality will vote in these elections to favor the Democrats.

In turn, both the Republican Party and politicians within the party have already filed several lawsuits in states such as Pennsylvania, Virginia and Texas to “purify” voter lists prior to the elections.

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Security Council to Hold Emergency Meeting on Middle East Crisis

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday condemned the “military escalation in the Middle East” following attacks by the United States and Israel against Iran and Tehran’s retaliatory strikes, just hours before an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council.

“I call for the immediate cessation of hostilities and de-escalation,” Guterres said in a statement.

The Security Council is scheduled to meet on Saturday at 21:00 GMT (4:00 p.m. in New York) to address “the situation in the Middle East,” the United Nations announced.

The meeting, during which Guterres will deliver remarks, was convened at the request of France, Bahrain, Colombia, Russia and China, according to a diplomatic source.

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Trump Floats “Friendly Takeover” of Cuba Amid Rising Tensions

U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that his administration is considering what he described as a “friendly takeover” of Cuba, as Washington continues to increase pressure on the island’s communist government.

“The Cuban government is talking to us and they have very serious problems, as you know. They have no money, they have nothing at this moment, but they are talking to us and maybe we will see a friendly takeover of Cuba,” Trump told reporters as he departed the White House for a trip to Texas.

Earlier in the week, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Cuba needed a “radical change,” shortly after Washington eased restrictions on oil exports to the island for what officials described as “humanitarian reasons,” amid a deep economic crisis.

The United States has imposed an energy blockade on Cuba since January, citing what it calls an “extraordinary threat” posed by the communist-run island, located roughly 150 kilometers (90 miles) off the coast of Florida, to U.S. national security.

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Argentina’s Senate Reviews Milei-Backed Labor Overhaul

Argentina’s Senate on Friday began reviewing the Labor Modernization Law promoted by the administration of President Javier Milei, a proposal that would significantly reshape labor rules across the country.

The upper chamber opened its final discussion of the contentious initiative, which revises the method used to calculate severance payments — lowering the amounts owed in dismissal cases — and introduces an “hour bank” mechanism that allows overtime to be offset with paid leave rather than extra wages.

The legislation also broadens the classification of essential services, a change that would place new limits on the right to strike in designated sectors.

The bill was initially approved by the Senate on February 11 and then moved to the Chamber of Deputies, where lawmakers passed it with amendments. It has now returned to the Senate for definitive approval.

Outside the Congress building in Buenos Aires, workers, trade unions and left-wing organizations staged demonstrations beginning at midday. The gathering later thinned out amid reports of disturbances and a strong police presence. Security forces had secured the area surrounding the legislature since early morning hours.

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Union leaders contend that the reform weakens labor protections, while many business representatives back the measure but stress that sustainable formal employment will require economic expansion, improved credit conditions, greater investment and a more dynamic domestic market.