Politics

• Friday, October 29th 2010 - 06:32 UTC

  Nestor Kirchner is to be buried at a private ceremony in Rio Gallegos

  

  Former Argentine President Néstor Kirchner's funeral service is to continue until 10:00am Friday, the time at which his remains will be transferred to Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz province, Patagonia where the burial is set to take place. Kirchner is to be buried at the local cemetery and the family will hold a private ceremony.

• Friday, October 29th 2010 - 06:31 UTC

  China, the Pope, Obama, PM Cameron, Mrs. Clinton pay homage to Kirchner

  

  The government of the People's Republic of China expressed on Thursday the Asian nation's “sorrow for the loss of former president Néstor Kirchner.”

• Friday, October 29th 2010 - 06:17 UTC

  South American presidents give their full support to Cristina Kirchner

  

  South American Presidents of Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil and Paraguay met Thursday at the wake of former Argentine president Néstor Kirchner, where they expressed their condolences to widow and current Head of State Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

• Friday, October 29th 2010 - 04:49 UTC

  Timerman anticipates Cristina Fernandez will run for re-election in 2011

  

  Argentine Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman anticipated that Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will be again president of all Argentines, although admitting that the decision to be or not to be a candidate “rests on her”.

• Friday, October 29th 2010 - 03:50 UTC

  New US ambassador praises Chile as a model of stability

  

  In his first press conference in Santiago, new U.S. ambassador to Chile Alejandro Wolff said that the miners’ rescue impressed him greatly.

• Friday, October 29th 2010 - 03:44 UTC

  Pope calls on Brazilian Catholic bishops to oppose legalization of abortion

  

  Bishops must guide their faithful to use their vote to oppose efforts to legalize abortion and euthanasia, Pope Benedict XVI told bishops from Brazil.

• Thursday, October 28th 2010 - 06:16 UTC

  Fraga: Cristina Kirchner chance to finally play her role as President

  

  The disappearance of Nestor Kirchner generates multiple uncertainties and signals for the first time in Argentine history that the absence of someone who is not the president can cause such a situation and so many questions, writes Rosendo Fraga, Argentine historian and political commentator.

• Thursday, October 28th 2010 - 05:59 UTC

  Unasur presidents confirm presence at wake ceremony

  

  Several Latin American presidents expressed sorrow for former President Néstor Kirchner's death and pledged to be present in the country for the upcoming wake of the UNASUR Secretary-General.

• Thursday, October 28th 2010 - 05:55 UTC

  Unasur members declare three days of national mourning

  

  The Chilean government announced three days of national mourning to honour former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner who died of a massive stroke Wednesday morning at his home in El Calafate, Patagonia.

• Thursday, October 28th 2010 - 05:45 UTC

  Mrs Kirchner promises to keep fighting “for all the Argentine people”

  

  “I will keep fighting for all the Argentine people” was President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner first public message following the death of her husband and former president Nestor Kirchner early Wednesday morning in the Patagonian resort of El Calafate.