Uruguay Elects its First Leftist President
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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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Leftist candidate Tabare Vazquez claimed victory in Uruguay&#39;s presidential election on Sunday, while his closest challenger conceded and ruled out the possibility of a runoff.
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Socialist Tabare Vazquez scored a historic victory late on Sunday in Uruguay&#39;s presidential voting as exit polls showed his coalition that includes former guerrilla fighters with more than 50 per cent of votes cast.
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Argentina on course for first elected woman president after Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner declares victory.
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MEXICO CITY -- A leftist opposition leader who says he was robbed of victory in a July election was sworn in as Mexico's "legitimate president" yesterday in a challenge to his conservative rival, President-elect Felipe Calder&#xF3;n.
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A leftist rival of Colombia's President Uribe is elected Bogota mayor as local polls pass off largely peacefully.
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Leftist economist Rafael Correa, who calls himself a friend of Venezuela's anti-U.S. leader Hugo Chavez, officially was declared president-elect on Monday by Ecuador's top electoral court.
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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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In its first electoral test since taking power 21 months ago, the party of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva emerged stronger from nationwide municipal elections but did not win in the country's biggest city, Sao Paulo.
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Uruguayan physician and former Montevideo Mayor Tabare Vazquez declared victory as the nation&#39;s next president after exit polls showed he won a majority of votes in the South American country.
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Mexican leftists, who say the July  2 election was stolen, declared their candidate the "legitimate  president" on Saturday, a symbolic move reducing the risk of  street protests to make the country ungovernable.
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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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A millionaire soccer boss from Argentina's center-right opposition was elected mayor of Buenos Aires in a run-off vote on Sunday, defeating a candidate backed by President Nestor Kirchner.
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Mexican leftists, who say the July   2 election was stolen, declared their candidate their   "legitimate president" on Saturday, a symbolic move reducing   the risk of street protests to make the country ungovernable.
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BUENOS AIRES - The presidency of Argentina was handed from husband to wife yesterday, as first lady Cristina Fern&#xE1;ndez de Kirchner crushed 13 opposition candidates on the promise of adhering to the political principles that made President N&#xE9;stor Kirchner one of Latin America's most popular leaders.
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Uruguay&#39;s first leftwing president in its 170-year history yesterday celebrated his election victory, consolidating a political swing to the left across South America.
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BRASILIA : Brazilians voted in local elections for mayors and city councilors in a key mid-term test for leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.