First Returns Indicate Win For Ecuadoran Reformer
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QUITO, Ecuador, Nov. 26 -- Early returns suggested that a young reformer promising to break free from the country's traditional power brokers defeated the nation's wealthiest man in Sunday's election to become Ecuador's eighth president in a decade.
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Investors have been cheered by the decisive lead former army general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has taken in Indonesia&#39;s first direct presidential election.
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QUITO, Ecuador  - Ecuadorean leftist Rafael Correa, an admirer of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, was headed for victory following Sunday's presidential run-off after promising sweeping reform in the unstable Andean country.
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Outspoken leftist Hugo Chavez claimed victory in his bid for a new term as Venezuela's president Sunday after the bulk of returns showed him leading challenger Manuel Rosales by a wide margin.
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Colombia is back in business and the Andean country has ample room for growth backed by aggressive and transparent government policies but with some challenges
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The results of an audit support the official vote count showing that President Hugo Chavez won this month's recall referendum in Venezuela, the head of the Organization of American States said Saturday.
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CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Hugo Ch&#xE1;vez won reelection by a wide margin yesterday, giving the firebrand leftist six more years to redistribute Venezuela's vast oil wealth to the poor and press his campaign to counter US influence in Latin America and beyond.
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The results of an audit support the official vote count showing that President Hugo Chavez won this month&#39;s recall referendum in Venezuela, the head of the Organization of American States said Saturday.
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Anthony Mundine&#39;s hopes of another shot at the WBA world super middleweight title have been boosted after he won his first bout since losing the title.
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The Labor opposition had its first positive bounce in the third week of the campaign for the Australian election on October 9. First, last week it launched its long awaited taxation policy.
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Hugo ChÃ¡vez seems set for victory in todayÂs presidential election, due in part to a booming stock market.
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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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The toss of a coin decided who would be mayor of a Spanish village after two candidates tied in elections.
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An audit by international observers supported official election results that gave President Hugo ChÃ¡vez of Venezuela victory in a referendum to recall him, the secretary general of the Organisation of American States said.
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QUITO, Ecuador, Nov. 27 -- Electoral officials Monday reported that economist Rafael Correa maintained a comfortable lead over  his opponent  in Sunday's presidential election, supporting several exit polls that had earlier predicted his victory.
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Ecuador's Congress on Tuesday approved holding a referendum on whether to create an assembly to rewrite the constitution, bowing to demands by the new leftist president who is seeking to weaken traditional political parties.
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President Alvaro Uribe&#039;s landslide re-election victory wasn&#039;t only celebrated in Colombia. The clear win for the law-and-order conservative was a triumph as well for U.S. policymakers, who some observers say may be losing Latin America to a rising tide of leftist nationalism.