Chilean former president Ricardo Lagos denied the existence of Chavism (President Chavez ideology) both in Venezuela and in the rest of Latinamerica but rather a charismatic president with a lot of money available and who lacks a solid political support.
Uruguayan engineer Guillermo Colman will probably not want to tell about his odyssey during the Monday Virginia Technical University carnage when he saved his life on two occasions playing dead.
Spain's Foreign Affairs Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos cautioned Wednesday that no big news can be expected from the first direct dialogue round between Argentina and Uruguay in Madrid regarding the controversy over the construction of a pulp mill in shared waters.
The invitation for interested military and civilian personnel to have an opportunity to watch the live firing of both the High-Velocity and Rapier missile systems drew a mixed audience on Wednesday, ranging from Deputy Governor, Miss Harriett Hall, to school children on holiday, a Swiss journalist and even Sergio Zagier, an Argentine writer and publisher of guide books.
Uruguay asserted on Tuesday its dialogue spirit for the coming two days meeting in Spain where the controversial issue of the construction of pulp mills, and alleged pollution, in shared waterways will be discussed with Argentine representatives.
More than twenty Malvinas war veterans from the Argentine northern province of Corrientes with the support from the local Human Rights Office have gone to court claiming human rights abuses and even killings by their own officers during the armed 1982 conflict between Argentina and Great Britain.
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez apologized on Sunday to Chilean leader Michelle Bachelet following his harsh criticism of the Chilean Senate, bunch of fascists for having sponsored a statement against the arbitrary closure of a Venezuelan opposition broadcasting and television station.
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa achieved a solid political victory following the landslide support in Sunday's referendum to call a constitutional assembly with full powers to review the chart and set the foundations for a new model of country.
Pope Benedict XVI coming visit to Brazil from May 9 to 13 is expected to attract millions of faithful and tourists which will spend in the order of 22 million Euros in Sao Paulo according to estimates from the city's Tourist Office.
Brazilian president Lula da Silva would like to see his ruling coalition remain in office even if this means supporting a conservative presidential candidate in 2010, according to an official spokesperson from the Planalto Palace.