Politics

• Monday, December 22nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina/Chile celebrate John Paul II 1978 peace efforts

  The governments of Argentina and Chile are celebrating on Monday almost simultaneously religious services in the Basilica of Lujan and in the Maipu national sanctuary, respectively, to honour the memory of Pope John Paul II and his peace efforts which thirty years ago prevented a full fledged war between the neighbouring countries.

• Sunday, December 21st 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Bolivia's Morales declares “free of illiteracy”

  

  President Evo Morales declared Bolivia free of illiteracy on Saturday after a three-year project sponsored by his leftist allies Cuba and Venezuela helped about 820,000 people learn to read and write.

• Sunday, December 21st 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Sarkozy to sign arms deal to help Brazil build nuclear sub

  

  French President Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to sign an arms deal during his visit to Brazil that could help this country build Latin America's first nuclear-propelled submarine, according to the government's official news agency Agencia Brazil.

• Sunday, December 21st 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina Falklands claims' inventory adds two supports

  

  Argentina's Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty claim support inventory added two more statements this last week during the meeting of Latinamerican and Caribbean leaders in the northeast of Brazil.

• Saturday, December 20th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Oil prices threaten Chavez constitution reform process

  Venezuela's National Assembly has given preliminary approval for a constitutional referendum to scrap presidential term limits, which would allow President Hugo Chavez to run for re-election in 2012 and beyond.

• Saturday, December 20th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  LAN allowed to operate in Ecuador's domestic market

  Chile's LAN was granted a two-year concession to operate domestic flights in Ecuador, a top aviation official said on Thursday. The airline's Ecuadorean unit will be allowed to fly local routes to major cities like Guayaquil, Quito and Cuenca.

• Saturday, December 20th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Unasur initiative not incompatible with OAS, says Rice

  United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice does not think that the creation of an organization that pools Latin American and Caribbean countries would be a threat or incompatible with for the Organization of American States (OAS).

• Saturday, December 20th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Russian Navy flotilla makes first visit to Cuba since Cold War

  

  Three ships from Russia's Northern Fleet arrived in Havana Bay on Friday as part of the Russian Navy's first visit to Cuba since the Cold War. On arrival the Admiral Chabanenko destroyer fired a 21-salvo “international salute,” which the country's coastal artillery returned.

• Saturday, December 20th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Recalling one of the Falklands war major logistic losses

  

  The Captain of the cruise ship “Discovery” that visited the capital of the Falkland Islands, Stanley last week was John Brocklehurst. The former Chief Officer on the Atlantic Conveyor making his first visit since the Falkland's War.

• Friday, December 19th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  U.S Defense Sec.Gates orders plan to close Guantanamo

  

  U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is has ordered his staff to prepare a plan for closing the Guantanamo Bay detention center, to be ready for possible implementation soon after President-elect Barack Obama takes office January 20.