Politics

Wednesday, April 25th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Youth delegates in Geneva pledge to promote road safety

A United Nations-sponsored gathering of young people from around the world has issued a global call to arms for governments, schools, universities, the media, the entertainment industry, bartenders and youths themselves to take action to improve road safety for young people ÃÂ¢€” who are more likely to be killed by road accidents than any other cause.
Wednesday, April 25th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Mercosur Parliament opens May 7 in Montevideo

Mercosur's Parliament will be formally opened next May 7 at Uruguay's Legislative Palace and in its first year will have an operational monthly budget of 30.000 US dollars, according to delegates from the five member countries.
Tuesday, April 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Bolivia's Morales receives Malvinas soil gift from veterans

Argentine Malvinas veterans visiting La Paz on Monday handed Bolivian president Evo Morales a coffer with Falkland Islands soil and requested support to recover the Islands for Argentina and Latinamerica.
Tuesday, April 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
United Nations welcomes New York City “green” initiative

Plans unveiled by New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Earth Day to reduce the strain on natural resources such as water, air and land were warmly embraced by officials with the United Nations department that promotes sustainable development.
Tuesday, April 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Pulp mills dispute: Brazil praises dialogue resumption

Brazil expressed complacence on Monday at the resumption of dialogue between Argentina and Uruguay regarding the dispute over the construction of a pulp mill by the Finnish company Botnia along a shared river between the two neighboring countries.
Tuesday, April 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Boris Yeltsin Moscow funeral announced

The body of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin is to lie in state in Moscow ahead of a funeral on Wednesday
Tuesday, April 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Spain proposing Gibraltar tripartite experience for the Falklands

Spain's current ambassador in Argentina Rafael Estrella who is identified as the driving force in the Spanish Government's decision to pursue the Cordoba tripartite dialogue process (*), is urging the Argentine Government to take a similar approach to the Falkland Islands as Spain has to the Rock.
Monday, April 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Lula da Silva tackles political reform and illicit campaigning

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva asked on Monday for opposition support to overhaul a political system which he described as vulnerable to corruption and also promised he would not seek a third term in 2010, a sensitive issue for the opposition.
Monday, April 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Wolfowitz “damaged his own credibility” and is urged to resign

Senior former World Bank employees have urged beleaguered president Paul Wolfowitz to resign arguing he can no longer be an effective leader. Wolfowitz has admitted having helped his girlfriend win a promotion and pay rise.
Monday, April 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
A trip through Latin America's Socialist-populist blends

Brazilian president Lula da Silva is scheduled to visit Argentina and Chile, next Thursday and Friday with energy integration and trade as the main formal issues; but a trip that can also be described as an incursion through Latinamerica's different Socialist populist “blends”.