Guatemala heads for run-off vote
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Guatemala is set for a second round in the presidential poll as no candidate won a majority on Sunday.
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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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Guatemala's new president, Alvaro Colom, pledged on Monday to fight violence and drug trafficking as he took power in a country racked by crime.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva looked almost certain to face a run-off election after a string of corruption scandals turned many voters against him in Sunday's presidential election.
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Uruguayan emigrants caught the ferry from Argentina and cowboys from vast cattle ranches galloped their horses to town to vote in elections on Sunday that could give Uruguay its first leftist leader.
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A tight governor's race Sunday in Mexico's poorest state has become the latest political battleground for the country's leftist party, which is disputing the results of last month's presidential election.
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Indonesians vote in a landmark presidential election run-off on Monday and are expected to hand power to a former general who has vowed firmer leadership in fighting terrorism and boosting the economy.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva must contest a run-off after a string of corruption scandals turned many voters against the former factory worker in Sunday's presidential election.
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The Supreme Court is expected to rule Friday on rerunning the country's disputed presidential election.
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Exit polls in Romaniaâs vote show the ruling party in the lead in todayâs parliamentary elections, but forced into a run off for the presidential election.
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LA PAZ, Bolivia  - Bolivia's radical Indian leader  Evo Morales, who has infuriated Washington with calls to  legalize coca farming, has come first in municipal elections  that are seen as a springboard for a 2007 presidential vote.
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SANTA CRUZ BALANYA, Guatemala  - President George W. Bush visited Guatemalan hill towns on Monday to promote U.S. efforts to fight poverty in Latin America, where Washington's power is increasingly being questioned by leftist leaders.
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Ecuador holds a run-off vote to choose a new president, with both candidates neck-and-neck in opinion polls.
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Niger's president is to face the main opposition leader in a run-off of presidential elections, officials say.
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The vote had been scheduled in an attempt to help end a weeklong political crisis set off by a hotly contested presidential runoff election.
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Jamaicans have been voting in a general election, expected to be the closest contest for years.
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Guatemala's Maya Indian Nobel laureate Rigoberta Menchu said on Wednesday she may run for president this year in a bid to become the second indigenous head of state in Latin America.