Politics

• Wednesday, August 11th 2010 - 06:11 UTC

  Former Mexican president backs legalization of drugs: prohibition has failed

  

  Former Mexican president Vicente Fox, a key US ally in the war on drugs, has backed the legalization of drugs, saying prohibition has failed to curb Mexico's spiralling violence and corruption.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2010 - 06:04 UTC

  Paraguayan president under treatment in Sao Paulo oncology clinic

  

  Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo has undergone oncology tests at a leading hospital in Sao Paulo under the supervision of a team of four Brazilian and one Paraguayan professional headed by President Lula da Silva chief medic, Dr. Roberto Kalil Filho.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2010 - 05:57 UTC

  Fidel brushes aside any remote chance of Colombia attacking Venezuela

  

  Former Cuban President Fidel Castro dismissed the possibility of a Colombian attack on Venezuela, and said he felt positive about Colombia's future under the leadership of newly sworn-in President Juan Manuel Santos.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2010 - 05:45 UTC

  Santos/Chavez admits differences but restore diplomatic relations

  

  Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and Venezuela's Hugo Chávez announced the resumption of diplomatic ties following talks to end the latest dispute between the two neighbouring but ideologically opposed countries.

• Tuesday, August 10th 2010 - 14:19 UTC

  Since last year Chilean women are a majority in higher education and increasing

  

  Last year was the first time that a majority – 51% - of all higher education students in Chile were women, the Education Ministry reported last week.

• Tuesday, August 10th 2010 - 05:03 UTC

  Colombia/Venezuela to resume relations, Santos anticipates to Lula da Silva

  

  Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos informed his Brazilian peer Lula da Silva that Bogotá and Venezuela would resume full diplomatic relations “in coming hours”, according to a spokesperson from the Brazilian presidency.

• Tuesday, August 10th 2010 - 05:02 UTC

  Raul Castro wants “an opening” with Washington to help with the economy

  

  Cardinal Jaime Ortega, Roman Catholic archbishop of Havana, told The Washington Post that Cuban President Raul Castro wants “an opening” with the United States.

• Tuesday, August 10th 2010 - 01:25 UTC

  Kirchner meets Santos confirms dialogue process with Venezuela

  

  Unasur (Union of South American Nations) secretary general Nestor Kirchner held a meeting Monday with Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos to keep advancing in the dialogue process with neighbouring Venezuela sponsored by the group. Santos and his Venezuelan counterpart are scheduled to meet Tuesday.

• Tuesday, August 10th 2010 - 01:21 UTC

  Lula da Silva underlines as his main legacy relation with the Brazilian people

  

  With less than five months in office and a public opinion support of 80%, President Lula da Silva considers his most important legacy the relation established between the presidency and the Brazilian people.

• Tuesday, August 10th 2010 - 01:15 UTC

  Spanish mayor firm on charging fee to tourists visiting Gibraltar

  

  Alejandro Sánchez, the mayor of La Lineá, the Spanish town which adjoins Gibraltar, held a press conference Monday evening. He was accompanied by his council members and briefed the media on his controversial plans to charge an entrance fee to tourists visiting The Rock.