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Hi Everyone!  Make sure to VOTE TODAY!  Your country needs you.

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A result of Bush’s foreign policy failures? Likely.

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MANAGUA, Nicaragua - In a stunning comeback, former Marxist revolutionary Daniel Ortega seemed certain Monday to have won Nicaragua’s presidency 16 years after contra rebels backed by the Reagan administration helped push him out of power.

With 62 percent of Sunday’s ballots officially counted, the still-leftist Ortega had 38.6 percent, far more than enough to avoid a runoff against Eduardo Montealegre, in second with 30.9 percent. Two independent electoral watchdog groups gave Ortega the win, though a final tally is expected Tuesday.

Ortega’s victory would signal a boost for the left in Latin America, reversing recent setbacks in the presidential elections in Mexico and Peru and Venezuela’s failure to secure a seat in the U.N. Security Council. He has close ties to Cuba’s Fidel Castro and Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez, who helped his campaign with discounted shipments of oil and fertilizer.

Full story at http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/world/15945931.htm