Argentines seen voting for continued prosperity
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Argentines vote for a new president on Sunday with first lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner poised to succeed her husband in a rare democratic handover between spouses.
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First lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner declared victory in Argentina's presidential vote on Sunday and was set to become the first woman elected to lead the country.
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Argentina's president-elect Cristina Kirchner outlines her priorities, include pushing for more regional integration.
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After two years of political upheaval and post-coup policy bungles, most Thais and foreign investors hope Sunday's general election will signal the end of a period of disappointing economic growth.
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The election held in Uruguay yesterday will determine whether the country, slowly emerging from economic turmoil, will join the ranks of other South American nations headed by leftist presidents.
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RIO DE JANEIRO -- More than 125 million Brazilian voters are set to choose a new government today, and polls show they want more of the same, despite more than a year's worth of political scandals.
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Argentina's first lady is the overwhelming favorite to win October's presidential election, but a series of corruption scandals and an energy crisis dogging President Nestor Kirchner could affect her campaign.
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Armenians voted on Tuesday in a presidential election that Prime Minister Serzh Sarksyan, given credit for swift economic growth and rising living standards, is expected to win.
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Businessman Mauricio Macri leads the vote for mayor of Buenos Aires, but a second round will be needed.
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First lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will become Argentina's first elected woman leader, but her husband, President Nestor Kirchner, is expected to stay active behind the scenes.
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MADRID -- Spaniards go to the polls on Sunday to elect local and regional officials who are responsible for such services as garbage collection, schools, and running the village fiestas. But the way the campaign is being run, it feels like an election for the next prime minister.
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Uruguayan emigrants caught the ferry from Argentina and cowboys from vast cattle ranches galloped their horses to town to vote in elections on Sunday that could give Uruguay its first leftist leader.
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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.
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Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern was set to clinch a third term on Saturday after voters who have enjoyed the fruits of a thriving economy opted for stability over change.
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LA PLATA, Argentina  - The political beliefs of Argentine presidential front-runner Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner were forged in the country's turbulent 1970s when she was a leftist activist and law student.
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As Brazil prepares to vote, its economic capital faces a different kind of contest
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