Latin left's latest victory: Ecuador
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But apparent victor Rafael Correa is unlikely to become as radical or isolationist as some have painted him.
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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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QUITO, Ecuador -- Ecuador's leftist President Rafael Correa proposed Saturday pardoning the lengthy jail sentences of low-level drug couriers known as "mules" and drafting new laws that better reflect the severity of drug crimes.
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Uruguay strengthened South America&#39;s political tilt to the left, electing the country&#39;s first leftist president as part of a regional shift by voters disenchanted by US
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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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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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How big was the leftist leader's reelection victory? So big his opponents didn't even cry foul
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Leftist candidate Tabare Vazquez claimed victory in Uruguay&#39;s presidential election on Sunday, while his closest challenger conceded and ruled out the possibility of a runoff.
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MONTEVIDEO Â· Uruguayans strengthened South America&#39;s political turn to the left, electing the country&#39;s first leftist president as part of a regional shift by voters disenchanted by US-backed
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QUITO, Ecuador  - Ecuador's leftist Rafael Correa, an ally of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, was headed for victory after Sunday's run-off to elect the country's eighth president in a decade, three exit polls showed.
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Mexico&#039;s young democracy faced its greatest test yet Monday as the pro-business Felipe Calderon declared himself president-elect with a 380,000-vote advantage and his leftist rival vowed to use all &quot;legal means&quot; to challenge that apparent outcome.
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Unions, management style and emerging influence of Latino's under scrutiny in today's Democratic cacuses
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New leftist President Rafael Correa said Saturday he will resign if his supporters do not win control of an assembly to rewrite Ecuador's constitution.
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Last week, for the first time since Ehud Barak defeated Benjamin Netanyahu in the contest for prime minister, the left wing was radiant with joy.
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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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Morocco has esteem for Ecuador thanks to the decision of this Latin American country to withdraw recognition to the so-called Sahrawi "SADR" republic proclaimed by the Polisario movement which has been seeking ...
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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.