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Guatemalan women: Heights to depths
Andrea Cardona is the pride of this country, of Central America and, by extension, of our Latin America. She is the first Central American woman to climb the Everest, the world's…
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Mujica: ‘Those who love money too much should be run out of politics’
Uruguay's departing president defines himself as 'the world's poorest president' and recommends that politicians must 'live like the majority of the people.' He says the search for…
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Dilma victorious, again, in Brazil
Dilma Rousseff has won the Brazilian presidential elections receiving 51.45 percent of the vote. Aecio Neves, her rival, garnered 48.55 percent, a difference of two million votes.
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What the recent elections in Latin America teach us
Latin America's political future is decided in the advancement of popular culture, both to win elections and to identify its true interests and back the governments whose policies…
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Economic issues could be decisive in Brazilian presidential election
With Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff now facing Aécio Neves (of the Brazilian Social Democratic Party, PSDB) in the second round of elections on Oct. 26, much of the discussion is…
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In Bolivia, ‘Coke’ reverses price hikes
Two days before the presidential election, the Coca-Cola distributor in Bolivia, known as Embol, announced that it was raising the prices of the popular beverage. After being warned of…
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Why did Evo win?
The landslide victory of Evo Morales has a very simple explanation: he won because his government has been, without a doubt, the best in the troubled history of Bolivia.
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Morales dedicates re-election victory to Fidel and Chávez
President Evo Morales of Bolivia won re-election Sunday with 60 percent of the votes, according to the private survey firm Ipsos. The outcome was based on 90.4 percent of the votes…
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Election looms for Bolivia’s incumbent Evo Morales
Democratic Socialist, Bolivian incumbent President Juan Evo Morales Ayma, is expected to win the election on Sunday, Oct. 12.
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Rousseff, Neves head to runoff for Brazil presidency
President Dilma Rousseff from the Workers Party (PT) and challenger Aecio Neves from the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PMDB) will face off on October 26 in order to decide who will…
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