Bolivia Referendum

Evo Morales Favored for Re-election in Bolivia

Movement for Socialism May Sweep December 2009 Bolivian Elections Evo Morales, Bolivia's first fully indigenous president and leader of the Movement for Socialism party, is expected to handily win the December 2009 Bolivian...

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Uribe's Third Term

Colombia's president can set a democratic example by saying no. A modern, democratic president with a 64% approval rating at the end of his second term has reason to be proud and wonder if he could win again. We refer to...

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Morales favoured to earn new term

Election Date: December 6, 2009 At stake: President, National Assembly Background Over the past few decades, the landlocked South American nation has grappled with the issues of managing natural resources and balancing the...

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Bolivia: EU deploys Election Observation Mission for the General Ele..

Maandag 9 november 2009 | European Union ] Following an invitation from the Government of Bolivia, the European Commission is deploying an European Union Election Observation Mission (EOM) to Bolivia to observe the presidential...

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Mayoral hopefuls turn up heat in debate

Last mayor TV debate warms up cool evening Front-runner Brown target of tough attacks by rivals By CAROLYN FEIBEL HOUSTON CHRONICLE The last televised debate for the Houston mayoral race showed the four major candidates...

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Nicaragua court opens way for Daniel Ortega re-election (Reuters)

MANAGUA (Reuters) - Nicaragua's Supreme Court lifted a constitutional barrier on Monday to President Daniel Ortega seeking re-election, opening the way to the leftist running for another term in the 2011 election.

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Obama…Chavez..and the Ayatollah, star in “Dangerous Liaisons.”

Obama…Chavez..and the Ayatollah, star in “Dangerous Liaisons.” By Inez Kratman Miranda While all freedom loving Americans cringed at the site of President Barack Obama’s political spooning of Venezuelan Dictator Hugo Chavez...

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Latin America: Coups and constitutions

There has been a flurry of new constitutions passed in Latin America in recent years. But the proposals by the Honduran President Manuel Zelaya to consider rewriting his nation's constitution are the first to result in a coup....

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Power Grab...

By JOSé DE CORDOBA Honduran President Manuel Zelaya's push to rewrite the constitution, and pave the way for his potential re-election, has plunged one of Latin America's poorest countries into a potentially violent political...

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