WATCH: January 11 Spanish Community Election to Proceed Even After No Challengers Register

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The January 11 leadership election within Antigua and Barbuda’s Spanish community will proceed with or without an opponent, after no challengers came forward to register by the deadline, according to long-time community representative Alex Martinez.

Martinez confirmed that the vote, called amid years of internal controversy over his claim to leadership, will go ahead unopposed, saying efforts to attract alternative candidates yielded no registrants.

The election was announced following mounting criticism from within the Spanish-speaking community, where some members questioned the legitimacy of Martinez’s role, arguing that he had never been formally elected or appointed.

Those concerns pushed the issue into the open and prompted calls for a transparent, democratic process to determine who should represent the community.

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Comments (8)

  • They taking over January 9, 2026, 8:10 AM

    Every nationality comes to Antigua and has a country in a country, nonsense we gave them amnesty and they mess up Antigua trash, shanty houses and bars playing until morning in neighborhoods and in close proximity to churches but no on help in Martin village 3 bars on one road
    Reply
  • Joalyne January 9, 2026, 11:01 AM

    Spanish people always messy
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  • ChinaDoll January 9, 2026, 11:04 AM

    Election mele lol
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  • Dark Chocolate January 9, 2026, 11:15 AM

    Wait so they form another group. lol Look commess.
    Reply
  • Apex Jones January 9, 2026, 3:48 PM

    Sounds like a bunch of confusion
    Reply
  • Tromos January 9, 2026, 7:08 PM

    This feels less like a vote and more like a formality
    Reply
  • Patriotic1 January 10, 2026, 3:18 PM

    Why cant we just try to get along. It seem to me that this man is very contentious also
    Reply
  • jani January 12, 2026, 9:07 AM

    This man is always in a drama
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