Politics

• Tuesday, April 14th 2009 - 02:08 UTC

  Paraguayan president admits having fathered illegitimate child

  

  Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo (57) publicly admitted Monday that he fathered an illegitimate child who is now 2 years old, in the wake of a legal complaint filed by the boy's mother.

• Monday, April 13th 2009 - 14:19 UTC

  Americas summit should not address Cuba issue, argues OAS

  

  The Secretary General of the Organization of America States, OAS, Jose Miguel Insulza said it would be a mistake if the coming Summit of the Americas puts pressure on United States to end the embargo on Cuba.

• Monday, April 13th 2009 - 11:48 UTC

  Uruguay: “Government Transfers and Political Support”

  

  A working paper from the US National Bureau of Economic Research, estimates the impact of a large anti-poverty program -- the Uruguayan PANES -- on political support for the government that implemented it.

• Monday, April 13th 2009 - 09:48 UTC

  Colombian Catholic Church openly against third Uribe re-election

  

  The Colombian Government is not amused by the Catholic Church's rejection of a possible re-election of President Álvaro Uribe. Both Archbishop Pedro Rubiano and Bishop Ruben Salazar turned against a possible third term for the current President.

• Monday, April 13th 2009 - 07:23 UTC

  Paraguayan president ready to face paternity charges

  

  Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo is ready to go to court on paternity charges filed by a woman who later denied the fact. Communication Minister Augusto dos Santos told reporters that next Tuesday he will answer questions from the press on the matter.

• Monday, April 13th 2009 - 06:48 UTC

  Fasting Bolivian president cancels trips to regional summits

  

  Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Sunday that he had cancelled his trips to the ALBA summit and the Summit of the Americas because of Bolivia’s internal problems caused by the conflict with the opposition over a law regarding the December 6 elections.

• Sunday, April 12th 2009 - 19:09 UTC

  Urbi et Orbi message of his holiness pope Benedict XVI

  

  From the depths of my heart, I wish all of you a blessed Easter. To quote Saint Augustine, “Resurrectio Domini, spes nostra – the resurrection of the Lord is our hope” (Sermon 261:1). With these words, the great Bishop explained to the faithful that Jesus rose again so that we, though destined to die, should not despair, worrying that with death life is completely finished; Christ is risen to give us hope (cf. ibid.).

• Sunday, April 12th 2009 - 11:20 UTC

  Peru: Rebels kill 13 soldiers in the jungle

  

  Peru's Shining Path rebels have killed 13 soldiers in two ambushes in the south-east of the country, the country's defence minister says.

• Sunday, April 12th 2009 - 06:22 UTC

  Summit of the Americas: President Obama haunted by ghost of Cuba

  

  Mr Obama will announce that Washington is lifting the toughest restrictions on travel to the island for Cuban-Americans and the dollar remittances they can send back to impoverished relatives.

• Saturday, April 11th 2009 - 08:28 UTC

  Pope’s Good Friday special prayer for survivors of earthquake

  

  Pope Benedict reflected on the tragedies and disasters that test faith during a Good Friday procession in Rome, just hours after Italians buried victims of the country's devastating earthquake.