Politics

• Sunday, June 15th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Over 90 bulk grain carriers queuing in the River Plate

  The Argentine farmers' conflict has the River Plate packed with grain bulk carriers waiting to load in Buenos Aires and Rosario (up the river Parana). An estimated 90 vessels are queuing with the tail reaching the access to the port of Montevideo, in neighboring Uruguay.

• Sunday, June 15th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Chavez names new Finance minister ahead of by-election

  Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez named on Sunday Ali Rodriguez, a trusted ally who has also served as head of state oil company PDVSA, as Minister of Finance. Rodriguez is currently ambassador in Cuba and was once secretary general of OPED and has also held the post of Foreign Affairs minister.

• Sunday, June 15th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Formal end to oil companies proxy Chaco War 1932/35

  Argentina will hand Paraguay and Bolivia the Limits Act which contains the final territorial and fluvial borders which emerged from the Chaco War, fought 73 years ago between the two landlocked and poorest countries of the continent.

• Sunday, June 15th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Irish-vote shocked Europe meets to decide what next

  European Union foreign affairs ministers are gathering in Luxembourg for talks on how to respond to the Irish rejection of the Lisbon reform treaty. Voters in the Irish Republic, the only state to hold a referendum on Lisbon, rejected the treaty by 53.4% to 46.6% last Thursday.

• Saturday, June 14th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina short of fuel and food and long w/e at home

  Argentina's food and fuel shortages worsened on Friday as groups of truckers continue to block highways in spite of the government announcement that the stoppage was over following talks with one of several protesting groups.

• Friday, June 13th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Grain truckers' road blocks strangling Argentine economy

  The grain truckers strike in Argentina who are blocking major roads in the country and on Thursday evening confirmed the industrial action are causing major food and fuel shortages in cities forcing cuts on public transport and higher prices in stores.

• Friday, June 13th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Ecuador's Correa says assassination plot a scam

  Police in Ecuador have arrested three Colombians and an Ecuadorian accused of plotting to kill the country's leftist president Rafael Correa, officials say.

• Friday, June 13th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update

  Headlines: Port Troop veterans return; Flight delay leaves less time for lobbying; Berkeley Sound update; Public holiday; Inside PN this week.

• Friday, June 13th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  EU-scuttle Irish vote triggers strong Paris-Berlin reaction

  Irish voters dealt a stunning blow to the European Union by decisively rejecting the institutional reforms of the Lisbon treaty. Official Thursday referendum results released on Friday showed 53.4% of Irish voters said NO and 46.6%, YES.

• Thursday, June 12th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine petitioners and Falklands Cllrs. address C24

  Argentina's claim over the Malvinas and other South Atlantic islands under British sovereignty was the main purpose of the meeting held on Wednesday between United Nations Secretary General Van Ki-Moon and Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs Jorge Taiana.