ChÃ¡vez says attack on ballot rival foiled
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CARACAS -- President Hugo Ch&#xE1;vez yesterday said during a marathon news conference that authorities had foiled a planned sniper attack against his main opponent in this weekend's elections.
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Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez rounds on opponents for alleging fraud in a referendum he seems to have won.
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Mexico's leftist presidential candidate threatened to disrupt the swearing in of his ruling party rival Saturday, a day after lawmakers blocked the outgoing president from delivering his state-of-the-nation speech to Congress in an escalating crisis over the July 2 election.
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LIMA, Peru, Dec. 13 -- Argentina's new president berated the United States on Thursday for alleging that the government of Venezuelan President Hugo ChÃÂ¿vez had tried to illegally funnel cash to her recent presidential campaign, labeling the accusations "garbage."
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CAIRO -- Lines of police barred opposition voters from some polling stations yesterday, and violence erupted among supporters of rival candidates, killing one person and marring the elections for Egypt's upper house of parliament. The balloting was the latest showdown between the ruling party and the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's most powerful opposition group. More than 400 Brotherhood members were arrested. ...
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The liberal challenger in a closely fought  presidential election in Ukraine threatened on Friday to bring  his supporters onto the streets if the authorities tried to  deny him victory by cheating.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has accused opposition presidential candidates of taking orders and receiving secret funding from the U.S. government during campaigning ahead of this year's elections.
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MEXICO CITY, Sept. 1 -- In a historic rebuke, opposition lawmakers seized control of Mexico's congressional chamber Friday and blocked President Vicente Fox from delivering his final State of the Nation address.
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A Democrat whose organization spent about &#36;6 million to get out the Hispanic vote for Sen. John Kerry criticized the campaign's effort on Tuesday and warned that Democrats risk becoming a permanent minority if they don't do a better job.
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A suspected Islamist linked to the Madrid train bombings on March 11 says Spain was targeted because of its support for the United States in Iraq, local media reported on Friday.
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As attacks continue, some officials call for poll delay
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A terrorist attack believed to be aimed at the national court in Madrid seems to have been foiled by the arrest in the past two days of eight alleged radical Islamists.
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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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Venezuela's president, Hugo ChÃ¡vez, last night denied turning his country into a dictatorship and said democracy was blossoming despite an "imperialist conspiracy" to overthrow his government.
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Mexico's rivals in the July 2 presidential election quibbled over a few thousand votes recounted by election officials, as followers of the losing candidate claimed police brutality outside Congress.
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Washington's close ally in Latin America is railing against judges and journalists who question his political record
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Lawmakers investigating the Madrid train bombings censured the previous government's handling of the attack, while former Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar insisted Monday the Socialists might not have ousted his party were it not for Spain's worst terrorist assault.