Ecuador's Correa party claims victory
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QUITO, Ecuador  - Ecuadorean presidential candidate Rafael Correa's political movement "Alianza Pais" claimed victory in Sunday's run-off election, a spokesman told reporters.
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QUITO, Ecuador  - Ecuadorean leftist Rafael Correa, an admirer of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, was headed for victory following Sunday's presidential run-off after promising broad reforms in the unstable Andean country.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - With a cry of "long live the revolution," anti-U.S. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez won re-election in a landslide after his challenger conceded on Sunday.
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Togo's governing RPT party wins a majority of seats in parliamentary elections, the electoral commission says.
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President Evo Morales&#039; party won a majority Sunday in elections for an assembly that will retool Bolivia&#039;s constitution but fell short of the two-thirds needed to push through its leftist agenda, according to unofficial preliminary results.
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The Puerto Rico elections commission on Tuesday certified that Anibel Acevedo Vila won the governor race, a victory for a politician who supports the island's status as U.S. territory.
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QUITO, Ecuador, Nov. 25 -- No matter who wins Ecuador's presidential election on Sunday, many outside the country will view it as a decision between dueling political stereotypes: Venezuelan President Hugo ChÃÂ¡vez's dream of a unified region liberated from U.S. influence, or that of free-market...
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QUITO, Ecuador  - Ecuador's leftist Rafael Correa, an ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, appeared close to victory in Sunday's presidential run-off election after exit polls and unofficial counts showed he had surged ahead of his banana magnate rival.
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An audit by international observers supported official elections results that gave President Hugo Chavez a victory over a recall vote against him, the secretary-general of the Organisation of American States announced.
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MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay - Leftist candidate Tabare Vazquez declared victory in Uruguay&#39;s presidential election Sunday after exit polls showed him surging past two rivals with a majority of the votes.
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Ecuador reached the second round of the World Cup for the first time after beating Costa Rica 3-0 Thursday.
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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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Puerto Rico's congressional envoy who favors the island's status as a U.S. territory narrowly won a recount in the governor's race, election officials announced Thursday.
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Conservative ruling party candidate  Felipe Calderon won Mexico's ferociously contested July 2  presidential election, the country's top electoral court said  in a preliminary ruling on Tuesday.
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Uruguay&#39;s leftist candidate Tabare Vazquez won a historic victory in Sunday&#39;s presidential elections with more than 50 percent of the ballot.
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Ruling party conservative Felipe   Calderon finally won Mexico's presidency on Tuesday, ending a   two-month legal battle over fraud claims at a July election   that has plunged the nation into a crisis.
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QUITO, Ecuador  - Ecuadorean leftist Rafael Correa, a friend of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, appeared close to securing the presidency of the politically unstable country, partial official results showed on Monday.