Early returns: Argentine first lady wins
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Early returns and major exit polls suggested that first lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner won the presidency Sunday by a large enough margin to avoid a runoff. She would be the first woman in Argentina elected to the post.
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Unofficial returns Tuesday showed huge wins for the opposition parties of former Prime Ministers Nawaz Sharif and the slain Benazir Bhutto, one day after a pivotal vote that could threaten Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's political viability.
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Hillary Clinton reclaims her position as frontrunner in the Democratic race for the White House
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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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First lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will become Argentina's first elected woman leader, after easily winning a presidential vote largely centered on her husband's economic successes.
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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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Argentina won its first Olympic gold medal in 52 years in the soccer final Saturday, while the US women&#39;s basketball team atoned for their men&#39;s failure by storming to victory.
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OAKMONT, Pennsylvania  - Argentina's Angel Cabrera held his nerve to become the second South American to win a major title with a one-shot victory at the U.S. Open on Sunday.
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BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 28 -- The presidency of Argentina was handed from husband to wife Sunday, as first lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner crushed 13 opposition candidates on the promise of adhering to the political principles that made President NÃÂ¿stor Kirchner one of Latin America's most popular...
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One year into her mandate, Chile's first woman president has legislated the right to breast-feed in the workplace, offered greater protection against domestic violence, cracked down on alimony-dodgers and placed more women in positions of power.
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In one of Latin America's most conservative countries, the two front-runners in next year's presidential election are female.
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Argentine first lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner declared victory Sunday night as election returns showed her leading all rivals in her bid to succeed her husband and become the country's first female president.
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Victories would put the PRI on track to win back the presidency after losing it in 2000 to President Vicente Fox&#39;s center-right National Action Party (PAN) after 71 years of uninterrupted rule.
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BUENOS AIRES - When Cristina Fern&#xE1;ndez de Kirchner announced in July that she would seek to succeed her husband, N&#xE9;stor Kirchner, as Argentina's president, the power couple said "change was just beginning."
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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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As the Olympic Games headed into the  home stretch, Argentina won its first Olympic gold medal in  more than half a century when its soccer team beat Paraguay  Saturday.
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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.