Uruguay&#39;s Vazquez Wins Presidency in 1st Round, Exit Polls Show
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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.
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First lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was winning Argentina's presidential election on Sunday, preliminary official results showed.
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SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela  - Uruguay shrugged off their shock opening defeat by Peru to beat shot-shy Bolivia 1-0 in the Copa America on Saturday.
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THE VOTE: Polls indicate victory for Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil's first elected leftist president, when he seeks a second four-year term in elections Oct. 1.
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Fabian Estoyanoff scored in the 33rd minute to lead Uruguay past Northern Ireland 1-0 on Sunday in an exhibition game between teams that failed to qualify for next month&#039;s World Cup.
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Uruguay&#39;s leftist candidate Tabare Vazquez won a historic victory in Sunday&#39;s presidential elections with more than 50 percent of the ballot.
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THE INCUMBENT: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil's first elected leftist president, has been applauded for keeping his pledge to improve life for the poor, and for doing it without raising taxes or alienating foreign investors.
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KIEV, Ukraine  - Liberal challenger Viktor  Yushchenko won a re-run of Ukraine's rigged presidential  election by a wide margin, according to exit polls published  after voting closed Sunday.
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Uruguay have put their World Cup qualifying campaign back on course with a controversial 1-0 win over Ecuador while Chile and Colombia shared four red cards and no goals in a grim encounter.
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Afghanistan&#39;s transitional leader Hamid Karzai has won the war-shattered country&#39;s first-ever presidential election. the announcement came after a special panel endorsed the election results as free and fair.
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Uruguay&#39;s leftist candidate Tabare Vazquez is headed for victory in presidential elections with an estimated 50.9 to 53 percent of the vote, exit polls and pollster projections showed.
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Tabare Vazquez, a cancer specialist and former mayor of the capital, won Uruguay&#39;s presidential election, becoming the nation&#39;s first leftist leader and strengthening a regional shift toward left-leaning governments.
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The opposition wins the first stage of Mauritania's first poll since a coup ended 20 years of authoritarian rule.
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Argentines voted for a new president on Sunday with first lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner poised to succeed her husband and become the country's first elected woman leader.
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Thereâsa new leader atop the CONMEBOL standings after round 11 of qualifying. Ecuador handed world champions Brazil their first qualifying defeat 1-0 in Quito, and Argentina moved into first with a 3-2 win over Venezuela.
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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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Most polls project first lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will crush 13 rivals Sunday to replace her husband as Argentina's president. But no matter how easy her win, what follows will be tough: easing poverty, inflation and unemployment