Politics

• Sunday, January 7th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  OAS Insulza and Venezuela on collision course

  

  Venezuela called on the Secretary General of the Organization of American States, OAS, Jose Miguel Insulza to retract from “censorship” statements regarding the controversy over a television station license in Caracas.

• Saturday, January 6th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Chile's corruption case leaves Bachelet unscathed

  Recent corruption cases plaguing the ruling Concertación coalition have had little effect on the public popularity of Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, according to a poll carried out by the Centre for Public Studies (CEP).

• Friday, January 5th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Lavagna makes official his presidential candidacy

  Argentina's former Minister of Economy Roberto Lavagna announced Thursday he would be running for the presidency in next October's election with the purpose of offering an “overcoming alternative”.

• Thursday, January 4th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  “Democrats are back” and keeping to their pledges

  

  After twelve years of undisputed Republican majority in the United States Congress, opposition Democrats on Thursday took control of both houses with Representative Nancy Pelosi becoming the first female speaker ever in the House.

• Thursday, January 4th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Chavez full ahead with his Socialist model project

  

  Venezuelan re-elected President Hugo Chavez dismissed Thursday his longtime confidant Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel and former Minister of Interior Jesse Chacón promising to complete his new cabinet by next Wednesday when he takes office for a six year mandate extending until 2013.

• Thursday, January 4th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update

  

  Headlines:
  Quiet farewell for local hero; Royal programme revealed; New Year's Honours; Planning begins for ferry terminals,
  Cruise ships this week.

• Wednesday, January 3rd 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina reaffirms sovereignty rights over Falklands

  Argentina reaffirmed Wednesday its “imprescriptible sovereignty rights” over the Malvinas/Falkland Islands and questioned the United Kingdom's reluctance to address the issue.

• Wednesday, January 3rd 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Buenos Aires port security reinforced

  

  Argentina's Coast Guard on Wednesday reinforced security in Buenos Aires ferry Terminal following the decision by picketers who are blocking access to neighboring Uruguay in protest over the building of a pulp mill, to impede daily river shuttles to Montevideo.

• Wednesday, January 3rd 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  “A warrior taking his rest” Quiet funeral for Falklands' local hero

  

  Flags flew at half-mast at all government buildings in the Falkland Islands today, Wednesday, as a mark of respect, for the funeral of Terry Peck, former Chief of Police, former Member of the Legislative Council and one of the genuinely local heroes of the 1982 war for the liberation of the islands from Argentine occupation.

• Wednesday, January 3rd 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  First day tricky experience for Ban Ki-Moon

  

  Ban Ki-Moon ran into trouble on his first day of work as UN secretary-general on Tuesday over Saddam Hussein's execution when he twice failed to state the United Nations' opposition to the death penalty and stressed instead that capital punishment should be a decision of every country.