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Supreme Elections Tribunal dismisses request to reprint ballots for runoff election

The president of Costa Rica's Supreme Elections Tribunal (TSE), Luis Antonio Sobrado, on Monday said the tribunal has denied a request from the Citizen Action Party to reprint more than 3 million ballots for the presidential runoff election scheduled for April 6. Sobrado said it would be impossible to reprint the ballots in time for the runoff.

Poll shows Green Party candidate favored for Colombia presidency

BOGOTÁ, Colombia – Enrique Peñalosa, the former Bogotá mayor who introduced the city's mass transport system, is favored to win Colombia's presidential election this year just one week after being nominated, according to a new poll.

Leftist ex-rebel wins El Salvador presidency

Former leftist rebel commander Salvador Sánchez Cerén has won last Sunday's presidential election in El Salvador by a razor-thin margin, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal said.

Conservative in Salvadoran vote demands fresh polls as political divisions intensify

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – The conservative candidate in El Salvador's tight presidential runoff, in which no winner has been declared, on Tuesday demanded a new vote be held.

Supreme Elections Tribunal denies that presidential election runoff ballots were stolen

Director of the Electoral Registry Héctor Fernández on Monday ruled out that pictures that appeared on a Daily Extra report are of original ballots that would be used in the runoff presidential election scheduled for April 6.

Both candidates claim win in Salvadoran presidential runoff

FMLN presidential candidate Salvador Sánchez Cerén was expected to easily win Sunday's runoff vote in El Salvador, but the results turned out to be a much closer race.

Ex-rebel commander favored in El Salvador runoff

An ex-guerrilla commander is favored to win an election runoff in El Salvador on Sunday against the capital city's mayor and inherit the twin tasks of fighting grinding poverty and rampant gang violence.

Evangelical editorial constituted ‘threat’ to free elections, says Costa Rica’s Supreme Elections Tribunal

The Supreme Elections Tribunal ruled against the Costa Rican Evangelical Alliance Federation last week, finding that a paid editorial leading up to the Feb. 2 election from the religious group restricted Ticos' freedom to vote, according to a press release from the elections authority last Friday, Feb. 28.

Candidate Johnny Araya says he’s willing to meet Nicaragua’s Ortega

National Liberation Party presidential candidate Johnny Araya cracked a bit of the ice between Nicaragua and his possible administration Wednesday when he told reporters he would be willing to meet with Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega to resolve the several pending border disputes between the neighboring countries.

Colombia’s Santos says thousands of his emails hacked

BOGOTÁ, Colombia – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos confirmed Sunday that more than a thousand of his personal emails had been hacked, saying unknown parties were trying to slander him as he seeks another term.

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