Politics

Tuesday, August 19th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguay freezes activities of Spanish corp. for deforesting

Uruguay ordered this week the temporary freezing of all activities of the Spanish pulp company ENCE, following the discovery of the uprooting of an 80 hectares patch of native forest which is strictly protected under Uruguayan law.
Tuesday, August 19th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Venezuelan politics contaminate Mercosur parliament session

Venezuela failed in removing members from the Mercosur Parliament Human Rights Committee for allegedly having interfered in Venezuelan internal affairs. The initiative which turned into a deplorable incident occurred this week during the XII session of the regional parliament in Montevideo.
Tuesday, August 19th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
US July producer prices at their highest in 27 years

United States wholesale prices rose more than twice as fast as expected in July and topped the 1% level for the third month in a row, 1.2%, to become the highest in 27 years, according to statistics released Tuesday by the US Department of Labor.
Tuesday, August 19th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil's Lula reacts to defeat: “never felt so furious”

Brazilian president Lula da Silva criticized sharply the spirit of the national team which on Tuesday lost to Argentina in Beijing 3-0.
Monday, August 18th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Chile not expected to comply de-mining by 2012 deadline

Chile is working hard in the elimination of land mines along its borders with Argentina, Peru and Bolivia but still has over 100.000 explosives to deactivate, which at the current rate won't make the 2012 deadline, according to reports in the Buenos Aires press.
Monday, August 18th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands' war carrier, under Indian flag, returns to Atlantic

The Indian Navy only aircraft carrier, INS Viraat, the former Falkland Islands war veteran HMS Hermes and a flotilla of other men-o-war are scheduled to participate for the first time ever in war games with the British and French navies in the Atlantic Ocean early next year.
Monday, August 18th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine/Chilean celebration of 1978 Pope peace mediation

Argentine ambassador in Chile Luis Maira confirmed before Chilean Congress the visit of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner next November to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the 1978 peace mediation brokered by the Vatican which impeded a full fledged war.
Sunday, August 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
New Paraguay president Lugo meets with poor

Paraguay's new leftist president returned Saturday to the province where he spent 11 years as bishop, and pledged to raise living standards by eradicating poverty and corruption in one of South America's poorest nations.
Sunday, August 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Obama plans to visit Mexico, Brazil and Chile before election

Chile, Brazil and Mexico are among the countries which could be visited by United States presidential candidate Barack Obama before the November election, following on recommendations for a Latinamerican tour from his political advisors.
Sunday, August 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
“Bye, Bye Mercosur” promises Uruguayan presidential hopeful

One of the Uruguayan leading opposition presidential hopefuls questioned once again the attitude of Mercosur senior members (Argentina and Brazil) in trade issues adding that the reiterated presence of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez only confirms that the South American trade block has become increasingly and predominantly “political”.