msnbc.com: Americas http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036019/ns/world_news-americas/ Msnbc.com is a leader in breaking news and original journalism. Copyright 2009 msnbc.com en-us http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/SiteManagement/SiteWide/Images/msnbc_logo.gif msnbc.com http://www.msnbc.msn.com/ Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:14:10 GMT News 60 Ex-guerrilla elected Uruguay’s president Uruguay's president-elect Jose Mujica, left, gestures to supporters accompanied by President Tabare Vazquez in Montevideo on Sunday. The vote crowned Mujica's decades-long transformation from a militant who waged an armed revolt against the right-wing government  in the 1960s and 1970s into one of the country's most popular politicians. A blunt former guerrilla won Uruguay's presidential election, promising to leave behind his radical past and take a moderate path in one of Latin America's most stable countries.




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Uruguay - Socialism - Exit poll - South America - Politics]]> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34197842/ns/world_news-americas/ AP Uruguay's president-elect Jose Mujica, left, gestures to supporters accompanied by President Tabare Vazquez in Montevideo on Sunday. The vote crowned Mujica's decades-long transformation from a militant who waged an armed revolt against the right-wing government  in the 1960s and 1970s into one of the country's most popular politicians.


]]> Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:23:47 GMT News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34197842/ns/world_news-americas/ Canada float plane crash kills 6, including baby A float plane crashed off Canada's Pacific coast, killing six people, including a Vancouver doctor and her six month-old baby, as well as two American residents. Two people on board survived.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:5af63e2aef48dcb9d3f7965dfc14f6bc:SAVV8ugdFIdmey0XfrEldpP9D2rnGCVzyBtaRzvgFzzHNeA4gfHWi8XbY0BONa7eAfi1pDVeWJl2'><img border='0' title='Email this Article' alt='Email this Article' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/emailthis.png'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:007df867cd076ac3f999b29f499e50e5:Jw%2FI68JP1BVnzGT%2F7WPVRUSDQKuUTOUPUcJJ%2FxSYYqRm5Dkuw1ZtujbmXLHPRqSMM%2FutMkvqnQw2MQ%3D%3D'><img border='0' title='Add to Newsvine' alt='Add to Newsvine' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/newsvine.png'/></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/><br clear="all"/> <img src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?kw=" align="absmiddle" /> <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=f4d7f0f1009c9af6fd6ad62ecff8baec&p=64&kw=Aviation+accidents+and+incidents'>Aviation accidents and incidents</a> - <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=f4d7f0f1009c9af6fd6ad62ecff8baec&p=64&kw=Canada'>Canada</a> - <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=f4d7f0f1009c9af6fd6ad62ecff8baec&p=64&kw=Pacific+Ocean'>Pacific Ocean</a> - <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=f4d7f0f1009c9af6fd6ad62ecff8baec&p=64&kw=Aviation'>Aviation</a> - <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=f4d7f0f1009c9af6fd6ad62ecff8baec&p=64&kw=Transportation'>Transportation</a> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34206461/ns/world_news/ Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:14:10 GMT News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34206461/ns/world_news/ Rancher headed for victory in Honduras Supporters of the Honduran National Party celebrate the victory of their presidential candidate, Porfirio Lobo, at party headquarters in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.Honduras has a newly elected president. The question is whether he can convince the world the vote was legitimate and show that Hondurans want to put a summer coup behind them.




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Honduras - Latin America - United States - Manuel Zelaya - Central America]]> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34196894/ns/world_news-americas/ EPA Supporters of the Honduran National Party celebrate the victory of their presidential candidate, Porfirio Lobo, at party headquarters in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.


]]> Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:32:52 GMT News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34196894/ns/world_news-americas/ Drought-hit Venezuela to ‘bombard’ clouds Hugo Chavez says he is starting to "bombard" clouds now that Cuba has provided Venezuela with cloud-seeding help in an effort to produce rain and alleviate the effects of a severe drought.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:ef01142a0e51e08adeae40b2d56bdba5:lkfvhXZxMj7v9QrM%2FQVC0LYO7UYLTa%2FVmqBe9ufqV4xEiNsMX%2BZLSznbeeiUz2TmxYlP1ji3Ryf6'><img border='0' title='Email this Article' alt='Email this Article' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/emailthis.png'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:d501ba0169c7ffac1eb6a8c03c180c56:SgnjycubdWN4qFyF8I6Vaae2eFEOLXOZ0%2BnnTV7UaGp6wwVa5yKl6FoK9QGq2qHaSdvFShNekzx6mA%3D%3D'><img border='0' title='Add to Newsvine' alt='Add to Newsvine' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/newsvine.png'/></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/><br clear="all"/> <img src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?kw=" align="absmiddle" /> <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=af32a2235442cf9d524a1988516ab5c3&p=64&kw=Venezuela'>Venezuela</a> - <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=af32a2235442cf9d524a1988516ab5c3&p=64&kw=Hugo+Ch%C3%A1vez'>Hugo Chávez</a> - <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=af32a2235442cf9d524a1988516ab5c3&p=64&kw=Cuba'>Cuba</a> - <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=af32a2235442cf9d524a1988516ab5c3&p=64&kw=Cloud+seeding'>Cloud seeding</a> - <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=af32a2235442cf9d524a1988516ab5c3&p=64&kw=South+America'>South America</a> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34191035/ns/weather/ Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:19:28 GMT News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34191035/ns/weather/ Brazil: ‘Gringos’ must pay to save Amazon Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, speaks, as French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, and Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim, center, look on during the Amazon Summit in Manaus, Brazil, on Thursday.Brazil's president says "gringos" should pay Amazon nations to prevent deforestation, insisting Western nations have caused more past environmental destruction than loggers.




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Brazil - Deforestation - South America - Travel and Tourism - Environment]]> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34171122/ns/world_news-world_environment/ AP Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, speaks, as French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, and Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim, center, look on during the Amazon Summit in Manaus, Brazil, on Thursday.


]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:52:13 GMT News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34171122/ns/world_news-world_environment/ Iran’s leader makes inroads in Latin America Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, front left, and Venezuela's Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro, front right, are seen after Ahmadinejad's arrival in Caracas on Tuesday.  Ahmadinejad is on a two-day official visit to Venezuela.Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits close ally Venezuela for his final stop in a three-country goodwill tour that wins support for his country's nuclear ambitions and expands his reach in Latin America.




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Latin America - Venezuela - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - Iran - South America]]> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34153009/ns/world_news-americas/ AP Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, front left, and Venezuela's Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro, front right, are seen after Ahmadinejad's arrival in Caracas on Tuesday.  Ahmadinejad is on a two-day official visit to Venezuela.


]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:50:41 GMT News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34153009/ns/world_news-americas/ New blackout hits Rio Salesman leave their workplace during a blackout in the Ipanema neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday.Rio de Janeiro's posh beach neighborhoods lose power for hours in sweltering summer weather, two weeks after a massive blackout left more than 60 million Brazilians in the dark.




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Rio de Janeiro - Brazil - South America - States - Travel and Tourism]]> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34132958/ns/world_news-americas/ AP Salesman leave their workplace during a blackout in the Ipanema neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday.


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