Politics

Saturday, May 1st 2010 - 07:38 UTC
Under the Banner “We Are All Arizona” Thousands will Protest May First in the US

The United States immigrant community will be taking to the streets on Saturday May first—International Workers' Day—in 70 cities to demand migration reform and to protest an Arizona law which criminalizes illegal immigration.
Saturday, May 1st 2010 - 02:07 UTC
Uruguay Pushing for an Indian Embassy in Montevideo

Uruguay is pushing for a full Indian mission in its capital Montevideo, showcasing the country as the gateway to the region and to expand bilateral trade and economic relations, according to New Delhi reports.
Saturday, May 1st 2010 - 01:23 UTC
Peru to Question Chile’s “Arms Build-Up” in the EU/Latam Madrid Summit

The Peruvian government’s claim that Chile is undergoing a tremendous arms build-up has once again come to the forefront of Latin American international relations.
Saturday, May 1st 2010 - 01:19 UTC
Brazilian Supreme Court Upholds Former Military Regime 1979 Amnesty Law

Amnesty International has condemned the Brazilian Supreme Court's blocking of a reinterpretation of a 1979 Amnesty Law that protects members of the former military government from being put on trial for extrajudicial killings, torture and rape.
Saturday, May 1st 2010 - 00:36 UTC
Colombia Conditions Vote for the UNASUR chairman

Colombian Foreign Affairs minister Jaime Bermúdez Merizalde said Friday that before the standing chairman of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) is decided, Uruguay and Argentina must solve their differences.
Saturday, May 1st 2010 - 00:30 UTC
German Court Says not Releasing Files on Nazi Criminal Eichmann “Unlawful”

A German court said Friday the government had no legal basis to keep under wraps secret files on Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi architect of the Holocaust, potentially paving the way for their release.
Friday, April 30th 2010 - 06:00 UTC
Uruguay, Chile and Costa Rica Rated as Safest Countries in Latinamerica

For the second year in a row, Chile is the safest country of Latin America, a study carried out by FTI Consulting (International Forensic Technologies) showed. Chile shares this position with Uruguay and Costa Rica, as it has since 2009.
Friday, April 30th 2010 - 05:48 UTC
Honduras President Invited to the EU/Latinamerica Summit in Madrid

Honduras President Porfirio Lobo confirmed he would be participating of the European Union-Latin America-Caribbean summit scheduled to take place in Madrid next May 18. Lobo said he was officially invited in March and that a couple of weeks ago Spanish Foreign Secretary Miguel Angel Moratinos rang on the phone to tell him “we will be waiting for you”.
Friday, April 30th 2010 - 05:30 UTC
Bolivian President Again Attacks “Hormone Loaded” Farmed Chickens

Bolivian president Evo Morales again referred to the harmful effects of consuming transgenic food, a week after he triggered an international outrage when he said that eating chicken, manipulated with hormones, caused “sexual deviations and boldness” in men.
Friday, April 30th 2010 - 05:23 UTC
“Momentum” for Tory Leader Cameron After Final Debate, According to BBC

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made on Thursday a plea to voters not to risk change as he sought to salvage Labour's election campaign in the final TV debate before polling day.