presidency

Rousseff rides economic boom to Brazil’s presidency (Reuters)

October 31st, 2010

Brazil's presidential candidate for the ruling Workers' Party Dilma Rousseff waves to supporters during a campaign rally in Belo Horizonte October 30, 2010. REUTERS/Washington AlvesReuters - Former guerrilla leader Dilma Rousseff won Brazil’s presidential election on Sunday after promising to stick to policies that have lifted millions from poverty and made Brazil one of…

Singer Wyclef files to run for Haiti’s presidency (AP)

August 5th, 2010

FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2008 file photo, Haitian-born singer Wyclef Jean, right, speaks with flood victims in Gonaives, Haiti. Jean is expected to announce his bid for the presidency on Thursday from Haiti. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, file)AP - Singer Wyclef Jean submitted the paperwork Thursday to run for president of Haiti, formally thrusting himself into what is expected to be a highly competitive race and ending…

Exit polls: Komorowski takes Polish presidency (AP)

July 4th, 2010

Bronislaw Komorowski, parliament speaker and acting president, and his wife Anna greet supporters after acknowledging the exit polls of the presidential election runoff in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, July 4, 2010.  Exit polls in Poland's presidential election show Komorowski with a very slight edge over the late president's identical twin brother, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, with official results not expected until Monday. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)AP - Interim president Bronislaw Komorowski appeared to have held off a last-minute surge from the identical twin brother of the late president, who died in an April plane crash…

Juan Manuel Santos Wins Colombia Presidency in Rout (Time.com)

June 22nd, 2010

Time.com - For a while, many observers thought President Alvaro Uribe’s designated successor would have trouble succeeding. But Santos has managed a crushing runoff defeat of his challenger

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Ex-defense chief easily wins Colombia’s presidency (AP)

June 21st, 2010

President-elect Juan Manuel Santos, center, gestures to supporters with his running mate Angelino Garzon, left, and his wife Maria Clemencia Rodriguez at their victory rally after winning the presidential election runoff in Bogota, Sunday, June 20, 2010. Santos defeated Green Party candidate Antanas Mockus. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - A 58-year-old U.S.-educated economist who dealt withering blows to leftist rebels as defense minister has won Colombia’s presidency by the largest margin in modern history.


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Pinera assumes Chile presidency amid strong quakes (AP)

March 11th, 2010

Chile's President-elect Sebastian Pinera, left, shake hands with Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe during a meeting in Santiago, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Uribe is in Chile to attend Pinera's inaguration on Thursday 11. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)AP - The strongest aftershock since Chile’s devastating earthquake rocked the South American country Thursday as President Sebastian Pinera was sworn into office.


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