In Mexico the stage is now set for a three-way showdown in the presidential vote in July.
Venezuela’s opposition parties are trying a new strategy: a primary to select a challenger to Hugo Chavez.
Now that Taiwan has re-elected its president, there are signs that China is ready to step up the pressure on Taiwan to come closer into its orbit.
Enrique Peña Nieto, front runner in the 2012 Mexican presidential elections, was recently asked to name three books that have influenced him and he couldn’t.
Otto Perez Molina, a man who commanded troops during that reign of terror, is poised to be country’s next president.
Field for next presidential election is open as Karzai announced that he won’t seek a third term.
Presidential elections are scheduled for October to make the country more democratic than its authoritarian neighbors.
The breakthroughs in two murder cases involving Russian journalists are suspected to be timed to coincide with presidential elections.
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The fighting has subsided in Ivory Coast, but Ivorians who fled across the border to Liberia still aren’t going home. As Bonnie Allen reports, it is creating a hardship for their Liberian hosts. Download MP3
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin are working hard on their image, trying to differentiate themselves ahead of the 2012 presidential elections in Russia. Jessica Golloher reports from Moscow. Download MP3
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Marco Werman talks to Ba Coulibay, an English teacher and translator living in Abidjan, about the conditions in his neighborhood in the embattled city. Download MP3