Politics

Wednesday, September 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
China/USA agree on trade, food security and intellectual rights

Chinese and US delegations at the 19th meeting of China-US Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) reached this week several agreements on boosting trade ties at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library near Los Angeles, reports Xinhua the official Chinese news agency.
Wednesday, September 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
“Civil war risk persists” if Morales remains intransigent

Bolivian president Evo Morales should accept a credible international mediation to avoid a more serious confrontation with the opposition, or he runs the risk of triggering a civil war in the country, warns Eduardo Gamara, a Bolivian political scientist and professor at the International University of Florida in Miami.
Wednesday, September 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Paraguay's Lugo in Brazil to demand “electricity fair deal”

Paraguay's new President Fernando Lugo visited Brazil Wednesday with the purpose of launching talks on a deal to give the landlocked country a fairer share of the revenue for the electricity generated by a huge dam built across the two countries border.
Tuesday, September 16th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
South America full support for Morales; advisory committee

South American leaders ratified their full support for the constitutional government of Bolivia and elected President Evo Morales following an emergency meeting Monday in Santiago de Chile.
Tuesday, September 16th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
British citizenship for Chilean family in Falklands

A young Chilean family who are among a number choosing to adopt the Falkland Islands as their home, received British citizenship at a ceremony conducted at Government House, Stanley on Monday evening.
Monday, September 15th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Cash scandal main witness guest at Casa Rosada reception

The Miami federal court cash scandal case which involves Venezuela and Argentina is becoming increasingly embarrassing for the administration of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
Monday, September 15th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
South America leaders meet to address Bolivian crisis

Bolivia's government said on Sunday it had reached a basic agreement with the opposition on ending the violence which officials say has left at least 30 people dead. The deal came after long hours of talks in the capital, La Paz.
Monday, September 15th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Mrs. Kirchner “on the wrong track” says 65% of Argentines

Only 23% of Argentines believe President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is performing a good job, while 65% consider she's “on the wrong track”, according to the latest public opinion to be released over the weekend.
Monday, September 15th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina honors last airman downed in Falklands' war

In a moving military ceremony the remains of an Argentine Air Force Canberra navigator shot down over the Falkland Islands in 1982 were handed on Monday to his family for burial in Cordoba.
Monday, September 15th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil police murders on behalf of drug gangs, says UN

Brazil's police are responsible for a significant proportion of the 48,000 murders committed every year, a United Nations human rights expert said Monday in a report heavily criticizing law enforcement in the South American country.