Argentine first lady wins presidential vote, polls show
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First lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner won Argentina's election on Sunday to become the country's first elected woman president, television exit polls showed.
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A millionaire soccer boss from Argentina's center-right opposition won an election on Sunday to become the capital city's mayor but garnered too few votes to avoid a second round, exit polls showed.
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New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton won a close but clear-cut win in Saturday's Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses. The former first lady pulled in just more than half the votes with nearly all precincts reporting and held a lead of several percentage points over her chief rival for the nomination, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama.
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Hillary Clinton easily wins her Democratic primary in New York, and will now stand for re-election in November.
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First lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner swept to victory in Argentina's presidential vote on Sunday to become the first woman elected to lead the country, television exit polls showed.
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BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 27 -- If the latest polls are right, the only real suspense that remains in Sunday's election is whether Argentine first lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will receive enough votes to win the presidency outright or be forced into a runoff next month.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has won 46.79 percent of the votes in Brazil's presidential election with 41.37 percent of the votes tallied, the top electoral court said on Sunday.
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Europeans overwhelmingly support Hillary Clinton in her bid to become the next US president, a poll shows.
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Argentina's first lady closed her campaign to take over her husband's job Thursday after spending much of the presidential election season abroad, holding few major rallies and no debates.
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The second and final round of voting for a new mayor is to take place in Argentina's capital, Buenos Aires.
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Former president Carlos Menem was greeted by hundreds of cheering supporters Wednesday as he returned to Argentina following months abroad to avoid arrest. Menem announced he would run again for the presidency after an Argentine judge last week dismissed a warrant against him.
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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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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazilian President Luiz   Inacio Lula da Silva would win the October 1 presidential   election outright despite a smear campaign scandal that forced   several of his top aides to resign this week, two polls showed   on Saturday.
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Sen. Hillary Clinton won the Nevada contest for the Democratic presidential nomination on Saturday, defeating her rivals in their first test of strength among Hispanic voters and boosting her campaign after a narrow victory in New Hampshire, U.S. media projected.
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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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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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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.