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Published 11/02/2009 by Chicago Tribune

In Latin America, voters granting leaders more time in office to effect real change

file photo, Bolivia's President Evo Morales, left, Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya, second left, Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, third left, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, fourth left, and Ecuador's President Rafael Correa pose for a photo at the Bolivarian Alternative of the Americas group, or ALBA, in Managua. A new wave of popular presidents is trying to do away with term...

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