Socialist ally loses re-election in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (my title)

[jmyrlefuller]

Original title:
One of world’s longest serving democratic leaders loses election in St. Vincent and the Grenadines

https://apnews.com/article/st-vincent-grenadines-gonsalves-godwin-friday-election-19dae7a73c91ccad643ade4b1ed08cba
November 28, 2025

 St. Vincent and the Grenadines is preparing to welcome a new prime minister for the first time in 24 years after preliminary election results show that Godwin Friday of the New Democratic Party beat Ralph Gonsalves of the Unity Labor Party.

Gonsalves was first elected in March 2001, making him one of the world’s longest serving democratic leaders in recent history. He was a staunch supporter of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel.

(excerpt)

[jmyrlefuller]

It wasn't even a loss, it was a bloodbath. Gonsalves's party lost 14 out of 15 seats, oversaw rampant unemployment and poverty, and even demanded that anyone trying to shelter or flee from the volcano in April 2021 would be required to be vaccinated.

[Kamaji]

Gonsalves was first elected in March 2001, making him one of the world’s longest serving democratic leaders in recent history.

I wonder just how honest those elections actually were.