Stories for 2007

Sunday, September 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Kirchners face busy New York agenda

President Néstor Kirchner and his wife (and would-be successor) Cristina Fernández arrive in New York today to attend the United Nations General Assembly.
Sunday, September 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Climate change, a political call to action

Tomorrow, on the eve of the 62nd UN General Assembly, the UN chief is hosting a meeting of world leaders in a call to take action against climate change, one of the most serious threats against humanity at large, but with specific consequences over thousands of millions of people living in developing countries.
Sunday, September 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
A panacea for SA's energy problems?

Brazil and Venezuela agreed to forge ahead with two joint ventures between their state-run oil companies and a natural gas pipeline that would stretch across the Amazon rainforest.
Sunday, September 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Farm Bill to determine WTO talks progress

Fresh ideas are circulating in renewed World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks on farming tariffs and subsidies, two of the biggest roadblocks to a new accord on boosting global trade flows, the talks chairman said on Friday.
Sunday, September 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Lula to push for biofuels in UN climate talks

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will promote the country's biofuel initiatives during the United Nation's annual general assembly meeting next week, as part of a broader effort to fight climate change.
Sunday, September 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil to spend $300m on indigenous reservations

The Brazilian government is to spend $270m (£133m) in the next three years creating new reservations for indigenous groups in the Amazon.
Sunday, September 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Fujimori back in Peru facing up 30 years in prison

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori landed on Peruvian soil for the first time in seven years on Saturday.
Sunday, September 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Young Uruguayan striker scores twice for Ajax

20 year old Luis Suarez, the Uruguayan international, hit two individual classic goals for Ajax of Amsterdam, in their exciting encounter against AZ of Alkmaar on Sunday.
Saturday, September 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Britain said to lay claim to south Atlantic seabed

Britain is seeking to legally annex stretches of the south Atlantic seabed in a bid to tap gas, mineral and oil wealth, in a move that could raise tension with Argentina, a newspaper reported Saturday.
Saturday, September 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Former president Fujimori back in Peru to face trial

Disgraced former President Alberto Fujimori arrived in Peru for the first time in seven years under armed guard on Saturday to face charges of abusing human rights and stealing public money during his decade-long rule in the 1990s.