Politics

• Monday, January 31st 2011 - 20:41 UTC

  Paraguay supports Colombia’s bid to join Mercosur

  

  Colombia’s request to formally join Mercosur will be addressed during the group’s next summit to be held in Paraguay June 24th, revealed Paraguayan Foreign Affairs minister Hector Lacognata.

• Monday, January 31st 2011 - 01:40 UTC

  Tourists Leaving Egypt as Tourism Hit Hard

  

  The United States and Turkey on Sunday offered to evacuate people wanting to leave Egypt where violent protests have taken place.

• Monday, January 31st 2011 - 01:24 UTC

  Ways Round Egyptian Internet Crackdown Found

  

  “Internet not working, police cars burning,” sent out one Egyptian. “Today marks a great day for Egypt,” sent out another.

• Sunday, January 30th 2011 - 23:58 UTC

  Explosion at Venezuelan Arms Depot Kills One

  

  At least one person was killed and three others injured in northern Venezuela on Sunday when a series of powerful explosions shook an arms depot, officials said.

• Sunday, January 30th 2011 - 21:02 UTC

  Chinese Mega City For 42 Million People

  

  Chinese city planners have announced a plan to merge cities surrounding the Pearl River Delta to create the world’s largest metropolis with 42 million people

• Sunday, January 30th 2011 - 20:57 UTC

  President Chavez Denies Plan to Nationalise Bank

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said that he has no plans to nationalise the Banco Provincial, the Venezuelan affiliate of Spain's Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, or BBVA.

• Sunday, January 30th 2011 - 20:52 UTC

  Dilma Rousseff Makes First Trip Abroad As President to Argentina

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will arrive in Argentina on Monday on her first foreign trip as president.

• Sunday, January 30th 2011 - 20:40 UTC

  Rescued Chilean Miner Jose Henriquez Tours UK Churches

  

  Last year tens of millions watched the drama of the Chilean miners, unfold, and few will ever forget it. Thirty-three men had been trapped by a fall of rock, 700 metres below the surface of a mine in Chile.

• Sunday, January 30th 2011 - 20:28 UTC

  Bolivian Government’s Popularity Falling 5 Years On

  

  Bolivia's President Evo Morales and his Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera, recently celebrated their government's fifth anniversary and the first of his second term in La Paz, Bolivia.

• Sunday, January 30th 2011 - 19:04 UTC

  Palestine President Welcomes Paraguay’s Recognition

  

  Palestinian National Authority (PNA) President Mahmoud Abbas has welcomed Paraguay's recognition of a free and independent Palestinian state in the territories occupied by Israel in 1967.