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Beginning in mid-April, alumni will be able to vote for five new Overseers to serve six-year terms on the 30-member board. An additional Overseer will be chosen to finish out the term of Arne S. Duncan ’86, who has joined President Barack Obamaâ?...
Aso must call a general election by September, and one could come as early as April. But as his approval ratings plummet, speculation is increasing that he will be forced to step down soon. "There's no optimistic short-term scenario for Japan," says Curtis. "The economy will get worse...
Curtis adds that if Aso resigns, the LDP would need to find someone to lead the party into the general election. "But who wants that job now when they know they're going to lose the next election?" Curtis says. "Either way, you have to assume the chances are very...
Across the Andes in Ecuador, a constitutional referendum last year gave leftist President Rafael Correa the chance to govern until 2017. Correa first won in 2006; Ecuador's new constitution allows him to run for a four-year term in a special election this year, and then another in 2013...
Unless Venezuela's political landscape changes dramatically in four years, Chávez seems certain to win the next presidential election in 2012. His latest victory is a body blow to the country's struggling opposition, which scored some impressive wins in last year's regional elections but seemed to...