Uruguay&#39;s Left Celebrates First Presidential Win
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Uruguay&#39;s left celebrated its first presidential victory into the wee hours Monday while partial election returns indicated Tabare Vazquez would win and his main challengers conceded on exit poll results.
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First lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was winning Argentina's presidential election on Sunday, preliminary official results showed.
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Uruguayans are casting ballots Sunday in a highly charged presidential race that might result in the election of the nation&#39;s first leftist leader.
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Uruguayan opposition candidate Tabare Vazquez captured enough votes to win the presidency in today&#39;s first-round vote, exit polls from the country&#39;s four-biggest pollsters showed.
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Uruguay strengthened South America&#39;s political tilt to the left, electing the country&#39;s first leftist president as part of a regional shift by voters disenchanted by US
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President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday praised his opponents for accepting defeat and said his overwhelming re-election victory shows Venezuela supports a radical turn toward socialism.
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Uruguay has elected its first leftist president, Tabare Vazquez, who joins a growing list of left-leaning leaders in South America.
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Nicaragua's Sandinistas marked the 28th anniversary of their 1979 revolution on Thursday and this year's celebrations were particularly sweet &#151; the leftist party is back in power and surrounded by allies.
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Uruguay have put their World Cup qualifying campaign back on course with a controversial 1-0 win over Ecuador while Chile and Colombia shared four red cards and no goals in a grim encounter.
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Uruguay's Congress approves a bill which could make it the first Latin American country to allow civil unions.
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Cristina FernÃ¡ndez de Kirchner has become the first woman to be elected president in Argentinaâs history.
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First lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner declared victory in Argentina's presidential vote on Sunday and was set to become the first woman elected to lead the country.
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Uruguay tapped Tabare Vazquez as its first socialist president in Sunday&#39;s election, joining a growing group of South American countries embracing leftist governments.
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Supporters of Jacob Zuma celebrate his election as leader of South Africa's governing ANC.
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MONTEVIDEO : Polls closed across Uruguay, following a presidential election that Socialist Tabare Vazquez was widely expected to win at the head of a coalition that includes former guerrilla fighters.
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Bill Clinton says it&#39;s the kind of reception that does his heart good. He was welcomed by an enthusiastic crowd to an outdoor rally for John Kerry in Philadelphia today -- Clinton&#39;s first
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Argentines appeared certain to choose their first elected female president on Sunday, with first lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner favored to win by a wide margin over her closest rival, another woman.