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- POLITICS-CUBA: Fidel Re-Elected to Parliament - Will He Become President?
HAVANA, Jan 24 (IPS) - In national elections for the Cuban parliament’s next five-year term, all nominated candidates were elected, including President Fidel Castro, who has been away from government duties since Jul. 31, 2006 for health reasons. - ELECTIONS-GUATEMALA: Colom Calls for Unity
GUATEMALA CITY, Nov 5 (IPS) - "Guatemala is starting out on a path to change, and from now on I am president-(elect of all Guatemalans); I am no longer identified with a single party," said social democrat Álvaro Colom, urging unity after Sunday’s runoff elections. - GUATEMALA: Journalists Face Threats Over Report on Candidate
GUATEMALA CITY, Nov 2 (IPS) - "Where are you? Hurry up, we’re waiting for you!" barked the voice on the telephone. Guatemalan journalist Enrique Castañeda had just finished writing an investigative article on rightwing presidential candidate Otto Pérez’s alleged links with organised crime, and this was the first phonecall he received. - ELECTIONS-GUATEMALA: Solidarity or Zero Tolerance?
GUATEMALA CITY, Nov 2 (IPS) - Guatemala’s costly and violent presidential election campaign will come to an end with Sunday’s runoff vote, in which retired General Otto Pérez and his tough stance on crime will face off with businessman Álvaro Colom, who has put an emphasis on extending a helping hand of solidarity to the poor. - COLOMBIA: War Orphans Sound Alert on Paramilitary Candidates
BOGOTA, Oct 25 (IPS) - "The parapolitics scandal has new names," said the Daughters and Sons for Memory and Against Impunity movement, which warned that paramilitary groups will meddle in Sunday’s local and regional elections in Colombia. - ELECTIONS-ARGENTINA: President Kirchner’s Legacy, Pending Challenges
BUENOS AIRES, Oct 25 (IPS) - When Néstor Kirchner took over the presidency in 2003, Argentina was in a state of collapse. He managed to establish a model of economic growth that brought down the soaring unemployment and poverty rates. But whoever succeeds him in December will still have challenges to face. - ELECTIONS-ARGENTINA: Cristina’s Low-Income Voter Support Base
BUENOS AIRES, Oct 23 (IPS) - Although Argentine First Lady Cristina Fernández is a well-heeled lawyer with an impressive track record as a politician, the front-runner for Sunday’s presidential elections is not favoured by her peers. Instead, her main support comes from lower income sectors, analysts say. - ARGENTINA: Political Parties - An Endangered Species
BUENOS AIRES, Oct 19 (IPS) - Political parties are seeing their influence wane in many countries, say analysts. But in Argentina, the trend has become so acute that in the Oct. 28 presidential elections it will be difficult to even recognise the two parties that governed Argentina for much of the 20th century. - COLOMBIA: Death Threats for Tracing Paramilitary Expansion
BOGOTA, Sep 10 (IPS) - Death threats have been received by members of a think tank in the Colombian capital that published a new book describing the expansion of ultra-rightwing paramilitary militias in several provinces of Colombia and their alliance with local politicians. - PARAGUAY: Oviedo’s Release Will Weaken Opposition Candidate
ASUNCIÓN, Sep 7 (IPS) - The release of former army chief Lino Oviedo in Paraguay will weaken the presidential candidacy of former Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo, the front-runner in the polls for the April 2008 elections, say analysts and politicians. - ELECTIONS-GUATEMALA: Rigoberta Menchú Running for the Long Term
GUATEMALA CITY, Aug 28 (IPS) - The first indigenous woman candidate for president of Guatemala, Rigoberta Menchú, is behind in the polls, but the very fact that she is standing is an important precedent and a sign that the political system is more open, analysts say. - GUATEMALA: Bloody Campaign Trail
GUATEMALA CITY, Aug 15 (IPS) - "They were just going to kill us, without any warning. They chased us and started shooting," said Héctor Rosales, a candidate for the presidency of Guatemala, who almost become one of dozens of victims of the political violence that is marring the campaign for the Sept. 9 elections. - COLOMBIA: Reporters Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place
BOGOTA, Aug 10 (IPS) - Between 6:00 and 7:00 AM Friday there was no regular news broadcast in the northeastern Colombian town of Saravena. Instead, the Notifrontera news team of the Sarare Estéreo radio station read out a brief statement and played Colombian folk music. - CHALLENGES 2006-2007: Defining Latin America's Leftist Governments
RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 27 (IPS) - The wave of governments that identify themselves as leftist in Latin America and which have risen to power in the last few years represent neither a regional movement nor a homogeneous phenomenon. - MEXICO: War on Crime Triggers Activists' Suspicions
MEXICO CITY, Dec 15 (IPS) - Mexican President Felipe Calderón kicked off his administration by stressing public security and increasing the power of the military. And although the strategy is alarming human rights groups, the majority of Mexicans seem pleased.
