The party that held power in Mexico for 71 years until 2000 on Sunday has consolidated its position as the dominant force, winning at least nine of 12 available governors’ seats, early results suggested (source: FT) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

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Mexico’s PRI cements support in election (source: FT)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats and Republicans are framing the elections in starkly different terms, with GOP strategists painting it as a national referendum on President Barack Obama and the party in power, and Democrats working feverishly to make all … (source: Associate Press) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

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GOP tries to nationalize elections; Dems resisting (source: Associate Press)

The leader of a violent gang suspected of murdering three people linked to a US consulate in northern Mexico was arrested, Mexico’s federal police said (source: FT) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com

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Mexican gang leader arrested (source: FT)

Scan the globe and it is hard to find a more striking contrast than between the anti-Americanism of Hugo Chávez in socialist Venezuela and the business-friendly stance of its neighbour, Colombia (source: FT) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com

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Bogotá versus the Bolivarians (source: FT)

Brazil is halting its attempt to broker a deal over Iran’s nuclear programme - an issue that has brought relations between the Lula da Silva government and the Obama administration to a new low (source: FT) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

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The football and apathy could be Juan Manuel Santos’s greatest enemies in the country’s presidential poll on Sunday (source: FT) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com

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Santos vies with World Cup in Colombia poll (source: FT)

US policy towards Latin America since the cold war has largely been characterised by a lack of interest. Now it has been replaced by fine words, a welcome change (source: FT) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com

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US fine words replace lack of LatAm interest (source: FT)

Two key Republican lawmakers joined a growing GOP effort Sunday to halt the push for immigration reform, arguing the time is not right to take on the massive and complex issue. (source: CNN) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

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GOP lawmakers question timing of immigration reform push (source: CNN)

President Obama will meet Sunday with the Rev. Billy Graham before leaving North Carolina to attend the memorial service for 29 West Virginia coal miners killed in a recent explosion

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Obama to meet with Rev. Billy Graham (source: CNN)

A deal is close on a Senate financial reform bill, the leading negotiators said, but Republicans warned they are not yet prepared to launch debate on the measure. (source: CNN) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

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Senate negotiators say deal close, but more talks needed (source: CNN)