Sandinistas lead Nicaraguan election
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Despite U.S. efforts to stop  left-wing Nicaraguan politician Daniel Ortega from returning to  power, a poll released on Tuesday showed he maintained a  six-point lead over rival presidential candidates.
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MARACAIBO, Venezuela  - President Hugo Chavez commanded a wide lead before Venezuela's election on Sunday, setting the stage for the self-styled revolutionary to intensify his anti-U.S., leftist crusade in Latin America.
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Nicaraguan President-elect Daniel Ortega, making his first official trip outside the country, promised on Tuesday to work toward a unified Central America but also said his country needs new trade partnerships beyond its neighbors and the United States.
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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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Populist opposition leader Michael Sata   took a "commanding" early lead in Zambia's tight national   elections, a state-owned newspaper said on Friday.
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Candidates backed by President Hugo Chavez swept all but two of 23 governorships in Sunday&#39;s regional elections, but opposition incumbents in two key states were re-elected, according to preliminary results announced by elections authorities.
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Guatemalans voted for a new president on Sunday in an election marred by the worst political violence since the end of civil war, with drug gangs and political rivals killing 50 people on the campaign trail.
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The southern African nation of Namibia voted on Monday for a successor to the only leader the country has ever known, and election officials said the first of two days of voting started smoothly.
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With only two weeks to go until election day, the radical leftist leader is fending off his opponents with a divide and conquer strategy
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People in Venezuela are set to take part in a presidential poll which incumbent Hugo Chavez is expected to win.
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Cristina FernÃ¡ndez de Kirchner was leading in early official results. She will need to win 45 percent of the vote to avoid a runoff.
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People in Botswana, where more than a third of the population is HIV positive, go to the polls today in elections that were expected to be dominated by the ruling party - like every other vote since the southern African country gained independence
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Voters cast ballots for governors and mayors Sunday in elections expected to strengthen President Hugo Chavez&#39;s political power two months after he overwhelmingly won a referendum on his rule.
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In a deepening political crisis touched off by anti-corruption efforts, Nicaragua's congress has voted to give itself the power to ratify and dismiss Cabinet ministers and other officials.
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The people of Argentina's capital vote for a new mayor, one of the highest-profile posts in the country.
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A former education minister favored by the outgoing president held a narrow lead for the ruling party's presidential nomination in nearly complete results reported Monday. If she is elected, South America would have three female leaders.
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Bolivians voted Sunday in municipal elections that polls predicted would see indigenous and peasant organizations gaining ground on the traditional political parties that have long dominated the nation.