Latin America – Former guerrilla leader elected president in Uruguay (USA Today)
Former guerrilla leader elected president in Uruguay (USA Today)
A plain-talking former leader of leftist guerrillas is now the president-elect of Uruguay.
Exit polls: Ex-guerrilla wins Uruguay presidency (CNN)
Jose “Pepe” Mujica, a former Marxist Tupamaro guerrilla fighter, won Uruguay’s presidential runoff election Sunday, exit polls showed.
World-Honduras (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)
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Lobo Wins Peaceful Honduran Election, Exit Polls Show (Update3) (Bloomberg)
Nov. 29 (Bloomberg) — Honduran cattle rancher Porfirio Lobo won the presidency as the Central American nation seeks to overcome a five-month political crisis and rebuild its economy, according to exit polls and preliminary results released by television and radio stations.
World-Paraguay (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)
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Lobo headed for win at disputed Honduras election (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Honduran opposition candidate Porfirio Lobo appeared headed for victory on Sunday in a presidential election that has put the United States at odds with leftist governments in Latin America.
Costa Rica to invest $18 mln to combat second wave of A/H1N1 flu (People’s Daily)
Costa Rica announced an investment of 18 million U.S. dollars on Thursday in an effort to fight the second wave of A/H1N1 flu expected to hit the nation in January 2010. To combat the flu, the country’s social security system (CCSS) would purchase 30 X-ray machines, 97 fans, and 18,000 Tamiflu (oseltamivir) treatment dosages for patients who need it. It would also buy 70 refrigerators to store …
Honduras hopes to move past coup with election (AP via Yahoo! News)
Hondurans on Sunday elected a new president whose first challenge will be defending his legitimacy to the world and ending a crisis over a June coup that has isolated one of Latin America’s poorest countries.
Former rebel leader is Uruguay’s president-elect (AP via Yahoo! News)
A plain-talking former leader of leftist guerrillas who once sought power through kidnappings and bombings is now the president-elect of Uruguay.
Costa Rica makes progress in international tax co-operation, signs TIEA with Argentina (OECD)
25 November 2009 – Costa Rica announced that it has signed a tax information exchange agreement with Argentina.
World Cup-Argentina (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)
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