Paraguay faces fight over 2nd term for president
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ASUNCION, Paraguay  - Opposition lawmakers in   Paraguay vowed on Monday to block all government legislation in   a protest of the center-right president's plans to change the   constitution in order to seek re-election.
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Accra - Ghana&#39;s leader, John Kufuor, is expected to win a second and final four-year term when voters in the world&#39;s second-biggest cocoa grower choose their leader in a presidential election on Tuesday.
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Bolivian President Evo Morales defends his first two years in office, saying his reforms are irreversible
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Uruguayans are casting ballots Sunday in a highly charged presidential race that might result in the election of the nation&#39;s first leftist leader.
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Our position is: President Bush must use a second term to protect and unify the nation. The tightness of this year&#39;s race for president speaks volumes about the unsatisfying choice facing voters: George W. Bush vs.
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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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As Brazil prepares to vote, its economic capital faces a different kind of contest
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio da Silva was battling to secure the votes needed to clinch an outright victory in Sunday's presidential election after public disgust over corrupt politics eroded his support in the final days of campaigning.
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The corruption-tainted president is still favored to win reelection, but his failure to gain a majority on the first round has shaken him
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President Bashar al-Assad, whose political survival was questioned a year ago, is now almost certain to be re-elected for a second term.
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Former Paraguay President Luis Gonzalez Macchi is jailed for eight years for fraud and embezzlement.
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UN peacekeepers try for a second day to control protests by supporters of deposed President Aristide.
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ASUNCION, Paraguay  - They are a new breed of  public servants in Paraguay, plucked from the private sector by  a president who needs to crack down on the endemic corruption  that has emptied his state's coffers.
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Mikhail Saakashvili appears close to winning a second term as president of Georgia
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Paraguay's ruling party on Monday nominated a former education minister seeking to become Paraguay's first female leader as its presidential candidate, ending a month-long dispute over a primary election result.
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The ex-president of Peru is facing multiple-court proceedings. Already found guilty of abuse of power, he faces murder charges that could see him in prison for 30 years
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International Forecaster Allyn Hunt writes: Bush&#39;s re-election in contrast signals a period of increased efforts by Brazil&#39;s widely popular President of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Argentina&#39;s Nestor Kirchner, Venezuela&#39;s vigorously anti-Bush President