Politics

• Wednesday, April 29th 2009 - 04:41 UTC

  Kirchner admits government could loose June mid term election

  

  Former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner and head of the country’s largest Justicialista party called on voters to support the ruling coalition in the coming mid term elections of next June 28 to avoid a collapse back into the 2001/02 scenario

• Wednesday, April 29th 2009 - 04:08 UTC

  Religious cross-border procession unites Gibraltar and Spain’s La Linea

  

  Hundreds of faithful from Gibraltar and neighbouring Spanish location La Linea expressed their devotion to Our Lady of Europe on Monday in the first time ever cross-border procession, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.

• Tuesday, April 28th 2009 - 14:10 UTC

  Chavez recalls ambassador to Peru and escalates diplomatic dispute

  

  Venezuela recalled its ambassador to protest Peru's decision to grant political asylum to a prominent opponent of President Hugo Chavez, calling it a mockery of international law and escalating a diplomatic dispute.

• Tuesday, April 28th 2009 - 11:47 UTC

  Global crisis brings China and Taiwan closer

  

  The global crisis has its positive effects: Taiwan and China signed a set of new agreements on financial services and new direct flights on Sunday to facilitate business between the two sides, and allowing direct investment from China in recession-hit Taiwan.

• Tuesday, April 28th 2009 - 11:03 UTC

  Peru grants political asylum to Venezuela’s main opposition leader

  

  Peru confirmed Monday it had granted political asylum to Manuel Rosales, the mayor of Maracaibo, Venezuela. Rosales, a leading political opponent who lost the 2006 presidential race to Hugo Chavez, faces corruption charges in Venezuela.

• Tuesday, April 28th 2009 - 10:54 UTC

  US confirms follow up on thaw talks with Cuba

  

  United States diplomats are holding talks with officials of Cuba's diplomatic mission in Washington on possible follow-up measures to steps President Barack Obama took earlier this month to ease restrictions on the island nation.

• Tuesday, April 28th 2009 - 10:39 UTC

  Venezuela’s access to Mercosur should be cleared by May 26

  

  Venezuela agreed to comply with Mercosur intra-trade conditions so that its stalled incorporation request can be finally approved by the Brazilian Congress. Hopefully the issue will be finalized for when President Hugo Chavez makes a state visit to Brazil next May 26, according to Brazilian Foreign Secretary Celso Amorim quoted by the Sao Paulo press.

• Tuesday, April 28th 2009 - 10:26 UTC

  Bolivia and Paraguay seal peace and limits 74 years after the Chaco war

  

  Bolivia and Paraguay formally sealed Monday in Buenos Aires the end of an armed conflict dating back 74 years and which is considered the bloodiest of the last century in South America with over 100.000 killed.

• Tuesday, April 28th 2009 - 08:37 UTC

  Leading Paraguayan bishop suggests President Lugo should marry

  

  A leading authority of the Catholic Church has suggested that Paraguayan President and former bishop, Fernando Lugo should marry one of the women who claim to have had children with him so as to mitigate the scandal triggered in the country with the repeated allegations.

• Monday, April 27th 2009 - 14:14 UTC

  “Major rebalancing” of British forces to counter irregular warfare

  

  United Kingdom Special Forces like the SAS are to be boosted as part of a new military strategy to take on al-Qaeda and other terror networks that threaten Britain's security, Defence Secretary John Hutton is expected to announce. They are included in plans for a “major rebalancing” of the armed forces over the next 10 years.