Politics

Monday, March 31st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Confusion and threats in Argentine farmers' conflict

Argentine farmers and government representatives are set to meet again this Monday for another round of talks in spite of a resumption of road blocks and threats of use of public force to clear the way for trucks loaded with perishable goods.
Monday, March 31st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Falkland Islands Draft Constitution by end of April?

AN updated Falklands Constitution should be ready in draft form by then end of April providing islands councillors and the British Minister for Overseas Territories, Meg Munn, can agree on a number of outstanding issues.
Monday, March 31st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Young Combatants Day in Chile leaves one dead, 232 arrests

A young man was killed early Sunday morning during the violent protest commemorating Young Combatants Day. The victim, identified as 24 year old René Palma, was shot and killed by a group of hooded protestors who, according to local news, thought he was a police infiltrator.
Monday, March 31st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Growing fears for the life of FARC hostage Betancourt

Former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt hostage of the FARC guerrilla group since 2002 is again chained following an aborted attempt to escape. The French-Colombian national also desperately needs a blood transfusion because of the several ills she's suffering report the Bogotá and Caracas press.
Sunday, March 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
No end in sight to Andean conflict

President Rafael Correa's outrage over Colombia's cross-border raid on a rebel camp in Ecuador has improved his popularity, strengthening his chances of gaining approval for constitutional reforms later this year.
Sunday, March 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
IMF Board supports overhaul and shift in voting power

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recommended on Friday an overhaul of the institution's governance structure that will realign quota and voting shares of member countries with their relative weight and role in the global economy thus enhancing the participation and voice of emerging market and low-income countries in the 185-member IMF.
Sunday, March 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
First time Uruguay's coalition looses lead to opposition

The latest public opinion poll to be released in Uruguay shows that if national elections were to be held this Sunday, the sum of votes from opposition parties would be just enough to defeat the Socialist oriented ruling coalition.
Sunday, March 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Buenos Aires Mayor blames Kirchners for farmers' lockout

Buenos Aires City conservative Mayor Mauricio Macri blamed Argentina's farmers lockout on the government of President Cristina Kirchner and, in what seemed a reference to her and her husband and predecessor Néstor Kirchner, he criticized “those who seek eternal power”.
Sunday, March 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
France increasingly involved in release of Colombian hostages

Colombia thanked France for having displayed on stand by a medical evacuation aircraft to receive, in case she's released, ailing French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt kidnapped by the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces, FARC over six years ago.
Sunday, March 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Muslims outnumber Catholics worldwide reveals Vatican

Islam has overtaken Roman Catholicism as the biggest single religious denomination in the world, the Vatican said on Sunday. Monsignor Vittorio Formenti, who compiled the Vatican's newly-released 2008 yearbook of statistics, said Muslims made up 19.2% of the world's population and Catholics 17.4%.