Politics

• Wednesday, August 11th 2010 - 06:46 UTC

  Ecuador’s Correa blames former leader Uribe for the bilateral conflict

  

  Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa blamed former president Alvaro Uribe for wrecking trust between the two nations by ordering a military attack on Ecuador's soil (in 2008) without requesting authorization from Quito.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2010 - 06:43 UTC

  Timerman meets Hillary Clinton to elaborate bilateral and regional agenda

  

  Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister Héctor Timerman is travelling to Washington for a series of meetings with several of US President Barack Obama's advisors in relation to regional, economic and nuclear issues in Latin America.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2010 - 06:38 UTC

  Church bells in Wales return home to Santiago to mark Chile’s bicentennial

  

  A set of church bells that survived a Santiago fire and spent almost 150 year in Wales will return to Chile to mark the country's bicentennial celebrations, Minister for Latin America Jeremy Browne made the announcement Tuesday.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2010 - 06:31 UTC

  Falklands’ air-bridge Air Seychelles begins to comply with EU emissions rules

  

  Air Seychelles which currently covers the Falkland Islands/United Kingdom air bridge is in the process of meeting the European Union’s emissions’ monitoring and reporting requirements, reports Global Travel Industry News.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2010 - 06:25 UTC

  China’s import growth slowed down in July, while exports kept rising

  

  China's import growth slowed in July, which economists are seeing as a sign that the country's rapid economic expansion is cooling. Imports climbed by 22.7% compared with a year ago to 116.8 billon US dollars, which is well below the 53% expansion seen in June.

• 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.