Ecuador president threatens to resign
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New leftist President Rafael Correa said Saturday he will resign if his supporters do not win control of an assembly to rewrite Ecuador's constitution.
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The speaker of India's parliament has threatened to resign, saying some members' accusations that he was behaving like a "dictator" had caused him agony.
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Cristina Kirchner, wife of the country's popular president, startles the nation by announcing a bid to succeed him
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President Hugo Chavez threatened on Saturday to take control of banks that fail to meet state-imposed loaning requirements designed to benefit Venezuela's farmers.
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Angry protesters sabotaged a   home-town public appearance by Mexico's president-elect on   Friday in what may be a taste of resistance to his rule vowed   by a leftist rival claiming election fraud, media reported.
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Political tension is rising in Ecuador over a referendum on rewriting the constitution, planned for April.
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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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Sacked Ecuadorean legislators clash with police, amid an escalating power struggle with the president.
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By Marco Aquino and Jude Webber LIMA, Peru  - The leader of an armed group whichtook over a police station in a southern Peruvian town threedays ago and demanded the president's resignation made a freshpromise on Monday to surrender.
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Tens of thousands of Ecuadorians take part in marches for and against the government in the capital, Quito.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who often accuses the U.S. of plotting to overthrow him, warned Bolivia&#039;s president Friday he could be facing the same prospect.
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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.
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Ecuador forged ahead with its complaint against the European Union's banana import regime Thursday, asking the World Trade Organisation to form a panel to rule on the dispute, trade sources said.
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QUITO, Ecuador -- Ecuador's leftist President Rafael Correa proposed Saturday pardoning the lengthy jail sentences of low-level drug couriers known as "mules" and drafting new laws that better reflect the severity of drug crimes.
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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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Sean Harrigan, president of California's public employee pension fund, said Tuesday that he is likely to be forced from his job.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Saturday threatened opposition governors with jail if they lose in the upcoming Oct. 31 election and refuse to give up their posts.