In Ecuadoran Vote, Rhetoric Gives Way To Popular Pledges
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QUITO, Ecuador, Nov. 25 -- No matter who wins Ecuador's presidential election on Sunday, many outside the country will view it as a decision between dueling political stereotypes: Venezuelan President Hugo ChÃÂ¡vez's dream of a unified region liberated from U.S. influence, or that of free-market...
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CARACAS, Venezuela - Voters turned out in huge numbers Sunday to decide whether to keep populist President Hugo Chavez in power or oust him and his social revolution that critics say has sidelined the middle class and fueled tensions between rich and poor.    Activists on both sides set off huge firecrackers and played recorded bugle songs to wake voters hours before dawn...
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President-elect Rafael Correa on Thursday denied that he plans to dissolve Ecuador's Congress, saying legislators would have "limited functions" while an all-powerful constituent assembly writes a new constitution.
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A group of anarchists is taking an unusual step to make its political voice heard &#151; going to the polls.
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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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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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Political tension is rising in Ecuador over a referendum on rewriting the constitution, planned for April.
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Voters are sending mixed signals about how they want their communities to grow, embracing strict controls in some places and rejecting them in others.
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Ecuador's Congress backs a call by the president for a referendum that could bring constitutional reform.
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CARACAS, Venezuela - Summoned by bugle calls and firecrackers, millions of Venezuelans turned out in unprecedented numbers Sunday to vote on whether to force leftist President Hugo Chavez from office.    Lines snaked for blocks in upscale neighborhoods, where suspicion is high that the leftist leader plans a Cuba-style dictatorship, and in the slums, where support for his "revolution for the poor" is fervent...
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NAKURU, Kenya -- Along a crowded sidewalk in this city, Esther Thuo and a friend were discussing their choices in Kenya's upcoming presidential election.
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Ecuador's president-elect Rafael Correa was once a Boy Scout, later a social worker in an impoverished highland Indian village and now describes himself as a Christian leftist.
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On Saturday, Afghans will vote for the first time in a presidential election that could advance the cause of democracy, or just as easily provoke widespread disillusionment.
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The emotions are as jumbled as the campaign posters are clear. There is fear over the vote, hope for the future, disdain at the parties, and resilience among the people.
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Bolivians voted Sunday in municipal elections that polls predicted would see indigenous and peasant organizations gaining ground on the traditional political parties that have long dominated the nation.
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QUITO, Ecuador  - Ecuador's leftist Rafael Correa, an ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, appeared close to victory in Sunday's presidential run-off election after exit polls and unofficial counts showed he had surged ahead of his banana magnate rival.
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Americans are boldly speaking their minds, even when others would prefer they didn't.