Politics

Wednesday, September 10th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Cristina Kirchner and Chavez named in Miami trial

The names of Argentina and Venezuela presidents Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and Hugo Chavez openly emerged in the first hearings of a trial in Miami involving an international cash scandal last year, followed by illegal foreign agents threatening to silence the alleged couriers in United States.
Wednesday, September 10th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina identifies remains of downed pilot in Falklands

The Argentine pilot remains returned from the Falkland Islands last August correspond to Air Force navigator Captain Fernando Casado, who was shot down during possibly the last air incursion before the end of the conflict in June 1982, according to primary reports published Wednesday in Buenos Aires daily Clarin.
Wednesday, September 10th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Russian bombers land in Venezuela for exercise

Two Russian strategic bombers landed in Venezuela on Wednesday as part of military exercises, an unprecedented deployment to the territory of a new ally at a time of increasingly tense relations with United States
Wednesday, September 10th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
UN: soaring prices and agro-fuel threaten right to food

The global food crisis caused by soaring prices is jeopardizing the right to food, and any potential solution to the problem must be viewed through the lens of human rights, an independent United Nations expert said Wednesday.
Monday, September 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentines feature in 'Dictionary of Falklands Biography'

THE Condor hijackers of 1966 and diplomat Manuel Moreno are among a number of Argentines included in a fascinating 'Dictionary of Falklands Biography' edited by former Falklands Governor David Tatham, launched at Government House on Friday night.
Monday, September 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Lula says next Brazilian president could be a woman

Brazilian president Lula da Silva said he would be choosing his successor in 2010 and anticipated there are great chances that the next president could be a woman, although he did not advance names.
Monday, September 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Paraguay adrift from Taiwan and closer to Beijing

A “new diplomatic time” has opened for Paraguay's international relations and one of its priorities is establishing full relations with Beijing, said Foreign Affairs minister Alejandro Hamed Franco during a visit to Brasilia.
Monday, September 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina votes “Roots” bill to woo back 7.000 scientists

A bill aimed at facilitating the return of 7.000 Argentine scientists currently working abroad, known as the “Roots program” will be considered the country's Senate. The bill has Lower House approval.
Monday, September 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Growing political consensus in UK to clamp immigration

British lawmakers plan to demand new limits on immigration to help slow the population growth in the United Kingdom.
Monday, September 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine farm workers union warns conflict is not over

Argentine Rural and Stevedores' Workers Association secretary-general Gerónimo Venegas warned that, ”if the national government fails to implement a set of policies for the cattle and agricultural sector, next year the price of beef will climb up to 100 pesos (approximately 30 US dollars)”.