Politics

Wednesday, September 1st 2010 - 00:36 UTC
London denies UK and France could share aircraft carriers

The UK Ministry of Defence has confirmed that Defence Secretary Liam Fox is to meet his French counterpart to discuss further defence co-operation. But a senior MoD source has told the BBC there are no plans for the two countries to share aircraft carriers.
Wednesday, September 1st 2010 - 00:31 UTC
Amorim admits Brazil imposes non-trade barriers to its Mercosur associates

Foreign Affairs minister Celos Amorim implicitly admitted that access to the Brazilian market for other Latin American countries, including Mercosur, is not easy because of a proliferation of non trade barriers which has resulted in large surpluses with most of the region’s countries.
Tuesday, August 31st 2010 - 05:10 UTC
Uruguay/Argentina implement the end of the pulp mill dispute

Argentina and Uruguay signed Monday in Montevideo the agreement which puts an end to an ongoing years-long litigation over the construction of a pulp mill along a shared river.
Tuesday, August 31st 2010 - 03:51 UTC
Former Chavez advisor claims Army weapons were supplied to Colombian FARC guerrilla

Carlos Molina Tamayo, a former national security advisor to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, claims that he was witness to the Venezuelan government first attempts to clandestinely supply Colombian FARC guerrillas with weapons.
Tuesday, August 31st 2010 - 03:44 UTC
UK press reports Britain and France could share aircraft carrier capability

Britain and France could share their aircraft carrier capability in a dramatic co-operation pact designed to maintain military power while cutting costs, it has been reported, reports the UK Press Association.
Tuesday, August 31st 2010 - 03:09 UTC
HMS Gloucester helps catch £ 4 million of cocaine in mid Atlantic

Portsmouth-based HMS Gloucester en route to the Falkland Islands has helped capture £4 million worth of cocaine – hidden in a yacht's rudder. The Royal Navy ship intercepted the suspect yacht Tortuga in the mid-Atlantic.
Monday, August 30th 2010 - 19:24 UTC
Survey shows 3.7% of Chilean population lives in extreme poverty

A survey carried out in December 2009 found that Chile has 634,328 people (3.7% of the population) living in extreme poverty. Since 2006 this percentage has gone up by 0.5%, the first increase since 1990. Those affected are mainly in rural areas.
Monday, August 30th 2010 - 19:20 UTC
US has “permanent military bases” in Guantanamo and Falklands, says Castro

United States has permanent military bases in Guantamano (Cuba) and the Falkland Islands, but it is prepared and capable of setting up troops anywhere else in Latin America in “a matter of hours” said the ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro quoted by the official press.
Monday, August 30th 2010 - 07:03 UTC
Serra in disarray “campaigns” for Lula da Silva’s protégé Dilma

While the Brazilian ruling coalition presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff consolidates her lead in opinion polls and is almost certain to win in the first round October 3, her main rival Jose Serra’s campaign seems to have fallen in disarray.
Monday, August 30th 2010 - 06:36 UTC
Timerman expected in Montevideo to coordinate monitoring of River Uruguay

Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister Héctor Timerman will meet Monday in Montevideo with his Uruguayan counterpart, Luis Almagro, to advance with the implementation of the scientific committee that will monitor the UPM (ex Botnia) pulp mill and the River Uruguay.