Just before dawn on 30 April, the Venezuelan opposition launched yet another attempt at a military coup. By the end of the day, the botched coup attempt seemed to have failed, with one of its leaders seeking refuge in the Spanish embassy, 25 of the soldiers involved requesting asylum at the Brazilian embassy and Juan Guaidó in hiding or on the run.
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2019 Australian Federal General Election Results
Majority 76 Seats required
|
Party |
Vote count |
Vote % |
%Swing |
Seats Changed |
Seats |
|
Coalition |
4,794,801 |
41.6 |
-0.7 |
3 |
73 |
|
Labor |
3,940,393 |
33.3 |
-0.8 |
-4 |
65 |
|
Greens |
1,168,226 |
10.3 |
-0.2 |
0 |
1 |
|
United Australia Party |
390,436 |
3.4 |
3.4 |
0 |
0 |
|
One Nation |
346,902 |
3 |
1.7 |
0 |
0 |
|
Others |
966,775 |
8.4 |
-2.3 |
5 |
5 |
Projected totals 19/05/19
The Liberal / National Coalition, after being behind in the polls for years, have won the general election. At the time of writing the Federal Parliament is hung with the Coalition being three short of a majority, on 73 seats, and Labor on 65 seat, with 7 seats too close to call. There is a strong possibility of the Coalition returning to the government benches with a small majority and not having to rely on the cross benches to get through their legislation.
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On Saturday, eight and half years of Liberal/National coalition rule came to an end in Western Australia with the landslide election of a Labor government. Labor won 42.6%, an increase of over 9% on its previous vote, while the Liberals won 31.6%, losing 15.5% on its previous result. Labor are on track to win 41 seats out of 59 in the legislative assembly (lower house) and be the biggest party in the senate (upper house) once all preference votes are counted.
Read more: Landslide victory for Labor in Western Australia...
In normal times, the Dutch general elections would not make headline news around the world. But we are not in normal times. The Netherlands, for decades were considered one of the solid, stable, north European countries. That is no longer the case, as the crisis of world capitalism impacts on this small country.
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One hundred years ago the Russian Revolution shook the capitalist world order to its foundations. Here for the first time ever, the Russian workers, led by Lenin and the Bolshevik party, took power into their own hands. The ruling classes have never forgiven this.
