Iranian people confront regime plus war threat
The political opposition is completely barred from the election. Almost all political groupings of democratic orientation have called for a boycott of the sham.
Left or right - where’s the threat?
The "crime" of those on the left, aside from occasional rocks or bottles thrown at Nazis, was a failure to support the "basic libertarian democratic order."
French election pollsters: Sarkozy slipping, both left and far right advancing
France elects a new president on April 22, with a runoff possible on May 6. As this date approaches, it would appear that incumbent president Nicolas Sarkozy is going to have trouble holding on to power.
Hungary's government lurches further to the right
Hungarian right-wing nationalism has its roots in the period between the two world wars.
Russian Communists make big gains in elections
Results of Russia's Dec. 4 parliamentary elections have upended the United Russia party's dominance of the government. They foreshadow new challenges to current Prime Minister Vladimir Putin
Spain: crushing right-wing victory as economy teeters at brink
As expected, the Nov. 20 election to the the Spanish parliament was a massive defeat for the ruling Socialist Workers' Party
Sandinista landslide in Nicaragua elections
Nicaraguans lined up last weekend to cast their ballot in the nation's first presidential election since the Supreme Court abolished term limits in 2009.
Guatemala once more under “hard hand” after election runoff?
The Patriotic Party's General Otto Perez Molina, the one with the hard hand, won with 53.7 percent over the execution-happy businessman.
Ugandan opposition warns of assassination plot after leader's arrest
Uganda's largest opposition party, the Forum for Democratic Change claimed that a plot to assassinate leader Kizza Besigye was under way.
Big win for the center-left forces in Argentine elections
Argentine voters rewarded President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner for a booming economy with a big reelection victory.
