The construction of four diesel powered Scorpene-class attack submarines for the Brazilian Navy was launched on Saturday at a plant near Rio de Janeiro.
Argentina on Sunday welcomed an offer from Iran to help investigate the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish centre that killed 85 people and which local prosecutors blame on Iranian officials.
Juan Maria Bordaberry, the elected president who turned dictator in 1973 by supporting a military coup and opening the way for twelve years of military rule, died Sunday while under house arrest.
Uruguay broke Argentina's hearts, beating the hosts 5-4 on penalties to book a Copa America semi-final with Peru after Carlos Tevez missed the crucial spotkick.
DNA tests on the adopted children of Argentina’s most powerful media family have failed to show any matches in a national gene bank where families of victims of the dictatorship (1976/1983) have donated their DNA.
The Argentine province of Santa Fe will be the coliseum for South America’s oldest and fiercest derby when the locals meet Uruguay in the quarter finals of the Americas Cup. Both teams arrive with an unsatisfactory record in the current competition and are expected to make the most to ensure they reach the finals.
Influential foreign policy experts at the New York based Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) think the United States should move closer to Brazil politically and economically and recommend the creation of a Brazilian affairs office at the National Security Council.
The RAF’s largest ever aircraft, Voyager, has been flown by an RAF pilot at the Royal International Air Tattoo, Fairford for its first public appearance. Fourteen Voyager aircraft and a complete support package are being provided to the RAF under a 27 year £10.5bn Private Finance Initiative contract signed with the AirTanker consortium.
Brazil’s president Dilma Rousseff announced Thursday night the launching of a new plan aimed to boost and protect Brazilian industry against international competition and at the same called for a technological development leap forward.
The Chilean Securities and Insurance Supervisor (SVS) announced on Wednesday that it would be pressing charges against more than a dozen executives at Chilean retail giant La Polar.