Politics

• Sunday, March 2nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Opposition compares Bolivian situation with Yugoslavia

  Opposition leaders in Bolivia warned of a “fractured country” and accused President Evo Morales of leading Bolivia in the footsteps of Yugoslavia while calling for “civil resistance” in those provinces that openly reject the constitutional reforms to be voted next May.

• Sunday, March 2nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  By air or by sea, Malvinas war next of kin visit confirmed

  

  The Malvinas war next of kin visit to the Falkland Islands for the inauguration of the monument at the Argentine cemetery has been confirmed by the main authorities in Argentina and the Falklands. The discussion now is whether the 600 to 800 visitors will arrive in the Falklands by air of by sea.

• Saturday, March 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Chilean president scheduled to visit Great Britain in April

  

  The busy international agenda for Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and her Foreign Affaire minister Alejandro Foxley includes hosting Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Italian president Giorgio Napolitano in March and visiting Great Britain in April.

• Saturday, March 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Charles and Wills to welcome Harry from Afghanistan

  

  The Prince of Wales and Prince William will greet Prince Harry on his return from Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence confirmed.

• Saturday, March 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Rev. Moon-allied group hosts Bush brother in Paraguay

  

  Neil Bush, younger brother of U.S. President George W. Bush, called on Paraguay's president as the guest of a business federation founded by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon.

• Friday, February 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update

  

  Healines: In the drink; Cheap flights for vets; Planning for Argentine visit; Budget deliberations out in the open?; Desire announces farm-in deal; Foreign Affairs committee here next month; Corinthian II leads week of cruising.

• Friday, February 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Raul Castro's Cuba signs binding human rights covenants

  Cuba signed on Thursday two legally binding human rights agreements at the United Nations in New York just days after Raul Castro was sworn in as the new president. The covenants - part of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - commit Cuba to freedom of expression and association, and the right to travel, which Fidel Castro long opposed.

• Friday, February 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  US nuclear carrier in exercise with Brazil and Argentine navies

  

  Nuclear aircraft carrier USS George Washington, one of the world's most impressive man-o-war and three other US Navy units will be participating in joint exercises with the navies from Brazil and Argentina along the coast of Rio do Janeiro, reports Correio Braziliense Friday edition.

• Friday, February 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Relief in Brazil: loss of “state secrets” was petty theft

  

  Brazilian officials said petty theft and not corporate espionage was responsible for the disappearance of computers with highly sensitive information on recently discovered oilfields, which could make Brazil a hydrocarbons powerhouse.

• Friday, February 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Bolivia bitterly divided over constitutional vote

  A bitterly divided Bolivian Congress on Thursday approved a May 4 referendum on President Evo Morales' proposed constitutional review, which would grant greater political power to Bolivia's long-oppressed indigenous groups and greater government intervention in the economy.