Politics

• Monday, May 3rd 2010 - 02:16 UTC

  Colombia’s Uribe Warns Nationalizations Lead to “Major Social Defeats”

  

  Colombian president Alvaro Uribe questioned Latin American countries that are moving along the path of nationalization of corporations and warned that erasing private sector investments only anticipates “major social defeats”.

• Monday, May 3rd 2010 - 01:31 UTC

  Argentina has “High Expectations” for Mr. Kirchner as UNASUR Chairman

  

  Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo said this weekend that the Argentine government has “high expectations” that former president Nestor Kirchner will be named next Tuesday as secretary general of the Union of South American Nations, UNASUR. In that case the UNASUR headquarters would move from Ecuador to Buenos Aires.

• Saturday, May 1st 2010 - 08:49 UTC

  UNASUR Summit Convenes in Buenos Aires with Backlog of Controversial Issues

  

  The extraordinary summit of presidents of countries members of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) is to debate next Tuesday in Buenos Aires an agenda dominated by the intention of former Argentine president Néstor Kirchner to run for the post of Secretary General of the regional bloc.

• Saturday, May 1st 2010 - 08:44 UTC

  Argentine Supreme Court Judge says Botnia Pickets are “Illicit, but not Illegal”

  

  An Argentine Supreme Court Judge has said that the pickets blocking an international bridge linking neighbouring Argentina and Uruguay to protest the construction of a pulp mill on the Uruguayan side are “illicit but not illegal”.

• Saturday, May 1st 2010 - 08:28 UTC

  Mrs Kirchner Main Speaker at Anniversary of Mothers of Plaza de Mayo

  

  President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner gave the main speech Friday during the opening of the “Che Guevara” movie theatre at the Buenos Aires Museo de la Memoria (Memory Museum) in the framework of celebrations for the 33rd anniversary of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo organization.

• 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.