Elections
Will Wikileaks flap impact Peruvian elections?
February 25, 2011Wikileaks is the gift that keeps on giving, a cornucopia of surprises for politicians and statespersons worldwide. Now it is Peru's turn.
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Rahm Emanuel elected Chicago mayor, voters say ho-hum
February 24, 2011CHICAGO -- The only surprises in the Feb. 22 mayor's race were how quickly Rahm Emanuel's victory came in and the low voter turnout in the first mayor's race in decades that didn't have a Daley...
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Honduras powerbrokers beat up on the poor
February 14, 2011In the year after Porfirio Lobo became president of Honduras the disaster for the Honduran people has become clear.
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Governing party candidate excluded in Haiti runoff elections
February 7, 2011Under intense international pressure, Haiti's election board has announced that it is excluding Jude Celestin, candidate of President Rene Preval's INTE Party, from runoff presidential elections scheduled for March 20.
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Nepal elects new prime minister
February 4, 2011The new prime minister of Nepal, Jhalanath Khanal, a Communist, is expected to revive Nepal's stalled peace process.
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