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Comedian Jimmy Morales Wins Guatemalan Presidential Election by Landslide

Nash Jenkins @pnashjenkins 12:05 AM ET Luis Soto—AP Jimmy Morales, the National Front of Convergence party presidential candidate, gives a victory sign as he speaks…

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Zimbabwean President, Condemned by West, Is Selected for Chinese Peace Prize

BEIJING — President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has crushed political opponents in his country, and democratic challengers and their supporters have faced intimidation, jail and…

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Guatemalan comedian seen clinching presidency in run-off vote

Guatemalan presidential candidate Jimmy Morales of the National Convergence Front, speaks with the media … By Sofia MenchuGUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – A Guatemalan comedian who has…

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JOVENEL MOISE IN FIRST ROUND?

October 25, 2015 9:01 P.M. We are watching the preliminary results on Haitian TV and it looks like Jovenel Moise will get substantially more than…

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Polarized Haiti votes in presidential election

. . . . . PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitians faced lengthy ballots featuring 54 presidential hopefuls and a slew of legislative and municipal candidates…