Uruguay poised to elect leftwinger
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Tabare Vazquez was poised to become Uruguay&#39;s first leftwing president yesterday after campaigning for the more equitable distribution of wealth and social justice in a country crippled by a recent economic crisis.
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Two former guerrillas have been appointed to chair both houses of Uruguay's leftwing dominated parliament.
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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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Uruguayans are casting ballots Sunday in a highly charged presidential race that might result in the election of the nation&#39;s first leftist leader.
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MONTEVIDEO  - Tens of thousands of supporters celebrated in the streets after the victory of Tabare Vazquez in becoming Uruguay&#39;s first leftist president.
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A strong majority of Venezuelans plan to cast their ballots for President Hugo Chavez on Dec. 3, with most saying the fiery opponent of President Bush has handled government and foreign relations well, according to an AP-Ipsos poll that revealed deep divisions along class lines.
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It was a major surprise: after 12 years at the head of the Slovenian government, the left wingers will be giving their place up to the right wing parties after the confirmation of the election results of Sunday 3 October.
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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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Montevideo, Uruguay -- Tabare Vazquez, a Socialist doctor running as the candidate of an opposition coalition that includes former guerrillas, narrowly triumphed Sunday in the presidential election, bringing the left to power for the first time in this
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Uruguay tapped Tabare Vazquez as its first socialist president in Sunday&#39;s election, joining a growing group of South American countries embracing leftist governments.
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Voting got under way on Saturday in some  overseas French territories in the decisive round of  parliamentary elections which are expected to hand President  Nicolas Sarkozy a huge majority for his reform plans.
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MONTEVIDEO : Uruguay&#39;s leftist parties for the first time are heavily favored to end a 179-year conservative lock on the presidency in Sunday&#39;s elections in this South American nation plagued by growing poverty.
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Voters began casting their ballots Thursday in an election that analysts say is likely to return Prime Minister Bertie Ahern to power, but with new, left-wing partners in government.
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Ukrainians look poised to elect a Western-leaning liberal as president on Sunday, overturning the result of a rigged poll last month that pitched the ex-Soviet state into turmoil.
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Socialist Tabare Vazquez scored a historic victory late on Sunday in Uruguay&#39;s presidential voting as exit polls showed his coalition that includes former guerrilla fighters with more than 50 per cent of votes cast.
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Conservative Felipe Calderon&#039;s apparent victory could signal that the leftist tide sweeping Latin America has reached its high-water mark, as voters frightened by the radicalism of Venezuela&#039;s Hugo Chavez seek refuge in more mainstream ideas across the region.
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MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay  - Former left-wing guerrillas  who fought against the Uruguayan state in the 1970s were sworn  in on Tuesday to head the two houses of Congress as pivotal  players in the South American nation's historic shift to the  left.