Politics

• Saturday, January 13th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Communist Vietnam joins WTO and promises privatizations

  

  Vietnam became this week the 150th member of the World Trade Organization. U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab welcomed Vietnam into the WTO saying this is an historic day for Vietnam and the rules-based global trading system.

• Thursday, January 11th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Britain's Princess Anne to Visit Chile

  

  Chile receives its fair share of high-profile visitors, from heads of state, to world famous rock musicians to Hollywood movie stars. Rarely, though, does the country play host to true royalty, much less to a key member of Great Britain's House of Windsor.

• Thursday, January 11th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Death of former Falklands Governor; a cautious man for turbulent times

  

  News has recently arrived in the Falkland Islands of the death of former Governor, Mr. Ernest Gordon (Toby) Lewis. OBE, CMG, in London, at the age of 88.

• Thursday, January 11th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Arrest warrant for former president Isabel Peron

  

  An Argentine judge has ordered the arrest of former President Isabel Peron over the disappearance of a leftist activist while she ruled between 1974 and 1976.

• Thursday, January 11th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Pulp mills dispute: banks retain “Oust Botnia” stamped Argentine bills

  

  Hundreds of bank clients in the Argentine city of Gualeguaychú suffered the effects of the ongoing battle of this city against the construction of pulp mills in neighboring Uruguay when bills with the inscription “Oust Botnia” were retained by cashiers.

• Wednesday, January 10th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  OAS members support Insulza; Chavez wants an apology

  Organization of American States Secretary General Jose Migule Insulza received on Tuesday full support from country members' representatives during a debate promoted by Venezuela following the controversy with Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez.

• Wednesday, January 10th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Chavez promises six years of “Socialism or death”

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was sworn in for another six years on Wednesday, promising to press ahead with a sweeping socialist agenda: “Fatherland. Socialism or death — I swear it” said Chavez, holding his right hand in the air as he invoked Cuban leader Fidel Castro's famous call to arms.

• Wednesday, January 10th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Latam trade surplus with US tops 100 billion US dollars

  Latinamerica and the Caribbean trade surplus with the United States in November dropped 11.5% in November to just over 7 billion US dollars according to the US Department of Commerce.

• Wednesday, January 10th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Pickets playing cat and mouse with Buenos Aires ferry terminal

  Officials from the Buenos Aires-Uruguay ferry shuttle company renewed their call for confidence among passengers following an informal “intelligence gathering” operation by picketers who are protesting the construction of a pulp mill in Uruguay and have promised “disruptions” this coming Friday.

• Wednesday, January 10th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Reborn Ortega takes office praised by Chavez and Bush

  Former Marxist guerrilla and United States Cold War enemy Daniel Ortega was sworn in as Nicaraguan president on Wednesday 16 years after voters tired of a civil war with Contra rebels threw him out of office.