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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
President Leonel Fernandez swept to a third term in the Dominican Republic, propelled back into office by what many see as his success in pulling the Caribbean country out of a deep economic slump. With partial results giving the New York-raised lawyer and academic enough votes to avoid a runoff. Fernandez dedicated his victory to former President Juan Bosch, his leftist mentor who was elected in December 1962 but overthrown in a coup the following September.
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