Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and Brazilian President Lula da Silva called on Wednesday on the United States to use more political influence to help solve the Honduran crisis.
Over 800.000 Argentines left the country following the 2001 economic debacle, according to the latest report from the International Organization for Migration, which in the last decade represents 2.1% of total population.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez received on Tuesday Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner in Caracas to sign agreements expanding trade between the two countries. Among the deals was an accord to import as many as 10,000 cars from Argentina this year instead of Colombia.
The Argentine Football Federation Executive Committee agreed Tuesday to end the contract that for two decades had united AFA with television company Televisión Satelital Codificada, owner of the television rights for Argentina’s soccer.
Cuba remains as the country with the worst human rights record in the western hemisphere and nothing has changed since President Raul Castro took over from his brother Fidel, according to the latest report from the dissident Cuban Commission of Human Rights CCDHRN).
Police are hunting robbers who stole items worth nearly £40m in what is believed to be the biggest gems heist in British history. Two smartly-dressed armed robbers stole jewellery worth almost £40 million from Graff Jewellers in London's West End last Thursday.
Brazilian president Lula da Silva’s closest aide has been accused of involvement in helping Senator Jose Sarney and his family slip off serious corruption charges, a major scandal that has shocked Brazilian public opinion.
A third of the Brazilian Senate members face some kind of judicial demand, be it criminal, common or electoral law according to a report published this week by Folha de Sao Paulo.
Argentina’s cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández said football transmission should be free because it is not only a national passion but an industry that generates many jobs and activity.
Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa was sworn in for a second term on Monday vowing to deepen his socialist revolution. Announcing his vision for a new term, Correa said he sought to fight inequality and invest in projects to help the poor, improve education and improve the lives of long-neglected Andean indigenous groups.