Politics

• Monday, September 15th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  South America leaders meet to address Bolivian crisis

  

  Bolivia's government said on Sunday it had reached a basic agreement with the opposition on ending the violence which officials say has left at least 30 people dead. The deal came after long hours of talks in the capital, La Paz.

• Monday, September 15th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Mrs. Kirchner “on the wrong track” says 65% of Argentines

  

  Only 23% of Argentines believe President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is performing a good job, while 65% consider she's “on the wrong track”, according to the latest public opinion to be released over the weekend.

• Monday, September 15th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina honors last airman downed in Falklands' war

  

  In a moving military ceremony the remains of an Argentine Air Force Canberra navigator shot down over the Falkland Islands in 1982 were handed on Monday to his family for burial in Cordoba.

• Monday, September 15th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazil police murders on behalf of drug gangs, says UN

  

  Brazil's police are responsible for a significant proportion of the 48,000 murders committed every year, a United Nations human rights expert said Monday in a report heavily criticizing law enforcement in the South American country.

• Sunday, September 14th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Bolivian government and opposition agree and call for calm

  

  Bolivia's government and a key opposition figure appealed on Saturday for calm following days of political violence which have left at least 16 people killed in clashes. A summit of South American leaders to address the situation has been convened for Monday in Santiago de Chile.

• Sunday, September 14th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine leader tempts farm chiefs to join politics

  

  Former Argentina president Eduardo Duhalde has called on the leaders of Argentina's farm rebellion to engage actively in politics, urging them to participate in government and congressional posts. Farm protests should not fade away, he said.

• Sunday, September 14th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Menem think tank planning “Argentina after Kirchners”

  The hegemonic political system forged by former Argentine president Néstor Kirchner and his wife and successor Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has suffered an irreversible blow with the defeat of their grain duty hike bill in Congress in July, according to three Menemist intellectuals.

• Saturday, September 13th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazilian president Lula popularity at all-time high

  A new poll shows that the popularity of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is at its highest level since he took office in 2003.

• Saturday, September 13th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Former minister: Kirchner “in love with abnormality”

  

  Former Economy minister Martín Lousteau claimed that Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's administration is “atypical, very centralized and is incapable of delegating”, adding that the President is “in love with abnormality and crisis”.

• Friday, September 12th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguay flag carrier: a repeat of Aerolíneas soap-opera?

  

  Uruguayan flag air carrier Pluna is facing financial turbulences, a story which seems a repeat of Latinamerican government airlines in the brink of having to ground overwhelmed by debts, unachieved objectives and sheer planning incompetence.