Politics

Saturday, August 28th 2010 - 06:46 UTC
Indictments related to the killing of Anglo Chilean priest in 1973 total 33

Chilean Justice indicted on Friday fourteen former members of Carabineros (militarized police and Navy) for the kidnapping and killing of Anglo-Chilean Catholic priest Miguel Woodward.
Saturday, August 28th 2010 - 06:28 UTC
Bolivia confiscates 115.000 hectares of land to distribute among peasants

Bolivia confiscated 115.000 hectares of allegedly fallow or ill-gotten land as part of President Evo Morales' drive to redistribute land to the poor, reported the National Agrarian Reform Institute (INRA).
Saturday, August 28th 2010 - 06:23 UTC
South Korea and Bolivia sign agreement for cooperation in lithium development

South Korea and Bolivia agreed to deepen discussions for a possible joint venture on developing lithium deposits in the South American nation.
Friday, August 27th 2010 - 08:28 UTC
Timerman flies to Montevideo and will announce scientists for joint-river monitoring

Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister Héctor Timerman informed via Twitter that he will fly to Montevideo next Monday to meet his Uruguayan counterpart, Luis Almagro in the framework of the recent agreement regarding the dispute over the UPM/Botnia pulp-mill.
Friday, August 27th 2010 - 08:25 UTC
Malvinas: Argentina working for more than “a gesture of support” from Unasur

Argentina is working with Unasur (Union of South American Nations) so that in the future the South American forum offers more than “a gesture of support” to Argentina’s claim over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands and helps bring the United Kingdom to the sovereignty negotiations table, said Argentine ambassador before United Nations, Jorge Argüello.
Friday, August 27th 2010 - 08:18 UTC
Mexico to impose strict limits on cash transactions to fight organized crime

Following the discovery of 72 bodies in northern Mexico, allegedly illegal immigrants heading for United States killed by one of the country’s main drug-cartels, Mexican President Felipe Calderon proposed Thursday a new package of measures against money laundering to help fight organized crime.
Friday, August 27th 2010 - 08:13 UTC
Cuba promotes luxury golf courses by giving state-land for 99 years

The cash-strapped Cuban government will allow foreign investors to use state-owned land for up to 99 years in a change that is likely to bring developments of luxury golf courses to the communist island.
Friday, August 27th 2010 - 07:54 UTC
Dilma Rousseff forecasted to take “bold actions” including budget cuts

As public opinion polls confirm the growing commanding gap between Brazil’s ruling coalition presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff and her main contender Jose Serra, analysts have begun to ponder on her policies.
Thursday, August 26th 2010 - 05:05 UTC
Mrs. Kirchner confrontation with Clarin and La Nacion scares investors

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner’s growing confrontation with the country’s largest newspaper is exacerbating the biggest tumble in its dollar bonds in two months and prompting JPMorgan Chase & Co. to recommend investors cut holdings.
Thursday, August 26th 2010 - 05:02 UTC
US closely following Argentine debate on freedom of the press

United States Department of State Deputy Spokesman Mark Toner said President Barack Obama's administration is “closely” watching the debate on press freedom in Argentina.