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Mexican leader faces chilly U.S. relations
Jul 2 2006 11:54PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - When the next president takes office, one of his most daunting tasks will be breaking the diplomatic wall of ice that has formed between Mexico and its neighbor to the north.
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Morales' grand plans are dealt a setback
Jul 2 2006 11:48PM (CT)
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - President Evo Morales' ambitious plans to empower Bolivia's indigenous majority and boost state control over the economy suffered a setback Sunday when his party failed to win control of an assembly that will rewrite the constitution, unofficial results showed.
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Mexico presidential race too close to call
Jul 2 2006 11:41PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico's presidential election was too close to call Sunday, with a leftist offering himself as a savior to the poor and a conservative free-trader both declaring themselves the winner. Officials said they won't know who won for days.
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Hundreds turned away at Mexican polls
Jul 2 2006 11:32PM (CT)
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) - Thousands of Mexicans living in the United States traveled by plane, bus and car to Mexican border cities to vote in Sunday's hotly contested presidential election. For some, it was a futile journey.
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Nicaraguan presidential candidate dies
Jul 2 2006 10:23PM (CT)
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) - Nicaraguan presidential candidate Herty Lewites, who broke with the leftist Sandinista party to run against its leader Daniel Ortega, died of a heart attack Sunday, a close political ally said. He was 67.
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Cubans find backdoor route to U.S. soil
Jul 2 2006 10:17AM (CT)
MONA ISLAND, Puerto Rico (AP) - Taking the back door into the United States, droves of Cubans are crossing some of the world's stormiest seas and clambering onto this rugged speck of an island belonging to Puerto Rico.
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Profiles on 3 main Mexican candidates
Jul 2 2006 10:12AM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is a shopkeeper's son and a leftist who promises "the poor come first," but has sought to distance himself from the growing tide of leftist leaders in Latin America.
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