Guyana's president sweeps to re-election
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana  - Guyana's youthful President   Bharrat Jagdeo has won re-election in the former British   colony, authorities said on Thursday.
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President Bharrat Jagdeo was sworn in to a second term Saturday, pledging to work with the opposition to bridge racial divides in Guyana.
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After winning re-election and "reshaping the rules of politics to fit his 10-gallon-hat leadership style," President George Bush for the second time was chosen as Time magazine's Person of the Year.
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Gunmen killed 11 people in a Guyana village early on Saturday in an attack a police source said was likely organized by the nation's most-wanted gang boss amid escalating violence in the small South American nation.
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Barack Obama won a clean sweep over rival Hillary Clinton in Saturday's three Democratic presidential nominating contests, as Republican Mike Huckabee gave John McCain a run for his money.
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CARACAS, Venezuela, Dec. 3 -- By an overwhelming margin, Venezuelans reelected President Hugo ChÃÂ¡vez on Sunday, further extending a presidency that began when the former paratrooper was swept into power eight years ago, intent on overturning Venezuela's old social order. ChÃÂ¡vez will receive another...
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Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is heading for re-election in Sunday's poll, preliminary results suggest.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- More than two weeks after Afghanistan's first presidential election, vote counting wrapped up yesterday and interim leader Hamid Karzai emerged with a resounding victory.
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Cameroon's President Paul Biya won a  landslide re-election after taking more than 75 percent of the  vote in Monday's presidential poll, according to almost  complete results published by the government.
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The president's bid to win another term was boosted Saturday as he surged in rural areas, tightening an election pitting his economic reforms against his rival's promises of an equitable distribution of wealth.
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The vote count in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election has resumed with interim President Hamid Karzai far ahead of his rivals in early results.
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Zambia's Electoral Commission said Monday that President Levy Mwanawasa was re-elected to a second term, collecting 43 percent of the votes cast in last week's balloting.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil, Oct. 1 -- President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won the first round of Brazil's presidential election Sunday, but fell short of earning enough votes to avoid a runoff later this month against the second-place challenger.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Nagging corruption scandals thwarted Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's hopes of clinching a first-round election victory and he now faces a high-stakes run-off against an inspired rival.
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Unexpected successes in curbing inflation and restoring public finances have given a strong political boost to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who seeks reelection on Sunday.
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PRESIDENT George W. Bush has completed his re-election triumph by winning the final undeclared US state and starting the job of choosing key members of his new administration.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Anti-U.S. President Hugo Chavez was favored to win re-election on Sunday as Venezuelans decided whether to give the former soldier six more years to broaden his promised socialist revolution.