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Socialist Party leader Pedro Nuno Santos, left, and Luis Montenegro, leader of the Social Democratic Party, greet each other before an election TV debate in Lisbon, Portugal, Feb. 19, 2024. The center-left Socialist Party and center-right Social Democratic Party have alternated in power for decades. But they are unsure of how much support they might need from smaller rival parties to form a government after the March 10 vote. (AP Photo/Armando Franca, File)

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Corruption scandals cast a shadow over Portugal’s early general election and may favor populists
By BARRY HATTON - Associated Press
Sat,02/24/24-11:09PM , 93 Reads
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The official two-week campaign period before Portugal’s early general election began on Sunday
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Leeks grow in a field in West Flanders, Belgium, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. After hundreds of tractors disrupted an EU summit in Brussels in early February, farmers plan to return on Monday to be there when farm ministers discuss an emergency item on the agenda; simplification of agricultural rules that some fear could also amount go a weakening of standards. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

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Tractor protests threaten to drive the EU's green farming policies into a ditch
By RAF CASERT - Associated Press
Sat,02/24/24-11:03PM , 134 Reads
WESTROZEBEKE, Belgium (AP) — It was the puddles of green sludge left by the tires of massive tractors in western Belgium’s industrial farmlands that drew the attention of biological engineer Ineke Maes.
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In this photo provided by the Belarusian Presidential Press Service, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, right, presents flowers to an election commission official ahead of voting at a polling station, in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. Lukashenko was believed a few years ago to be considering whether to lead the new body after stepping down, but his calculus has apparently changed, and he announced on Sunday that he will run in next year's presidential election. (Belarusian Presidential Press Service via AP)

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Belarusians vote in a tightly controlled election as the opposition calls for its boycott
By YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press
Sat,02/24/24-10:04PM , 58 Reads
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Sunday's tightly controlled parliamentary and local elections in Belarus are set to cement the hard-line rule of the country’s authoritarian leader, despite a prominent opposition leader's call for a boycott.
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Mexican President Andres Manuel Obrador delivers a speech on economic figures, in Mexico City, April 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

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Mexico president's son, presidential candidate denounce leak of phone numbers, say threats received
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sat,02/24/24-2:52PM , 30 Reads
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The eldest son of Mexico’s president and the governing party's presidential candidate said Saturday that their telephone numbers were published on social media and that they have received threats and insults. Both denounced the action.
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