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Correa named Ecuador president-elect
Dec 4 2006 9:17PM (CT)
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Leftist economist Rafael Correa, who calls himself a friend of Venezuela's anti-U.S. leader Hugo Chavez, officially was declared president-elect on Monday by Ecuador's top electoral court.
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Pinochet improving after heart attack
Dec 4 2006 5:42PM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Former dictator Augusto Pinochet, whose health problems have long helped him escape trial for abuses committed during his 1973-90 rule, was recovering Monday from a heart attack, although doctors said his life is still in danger.
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Latin America takes leftward swing
Dec 4 2006 4:28PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Latin America's leftward swing, cemented by Hugo Chavez's landslide re-election in Venezuela, Rafael Correa's triumph in Ecuador and Daniel Ortega's return in Nicaragua, doesn't necessarily reflect a yearning for Cuban-style communism.
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Oaxaca returns to normal after protests
Dec 4 2006 2:00PM (CT)
OAXACA, Mexico (AP) - Families stroll along cobblestone streets. City employees plant poinsettias in the tree-covered main square. Children dodge in and out of the crowd in a rowdy game of tag. The southern Mexican city of Oaxaca is visibly returning to normal after six months of protests and clashes that killed at least nine people.
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Re-election win emboldens Chavez agenda
Dec 4 2006 12:07PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Emboldened by a resounding re-election, President Hugo Chavez pledged to shake up Venezuela with a more radical version of socialism and forge a wider front against the United States in Latin America.
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