Politics

Monday, August 18th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine/Chilean celebration of 1978 Pope peace mediation

Argentine ambassador in Chile Luis Maira confirmed before Chilean Congress the visit of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner next November to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the 1978 peace mediation brokered by the Vatican which impeded a full fledged war.
Sunday, August 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
New Paraguay president Lugo meets with poor

Paraguay's new leftist president returned Saturday to the province where he spent 11 years as bishop, and pledged to raise living standards by eradicating poverty and corruption in one of South America's poorest nations.
Sunday, August 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Obama plans to visit Mexico, Brazil and Chile before election

Chile, Brazil and Mexico are among the countries which could be visited by United States presidential candidate Barack Obama before the November election, following on recommendations for a Latinamerican tour from his political advisors.
Sunday, August 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
“Bye, Bye Mercosur” promises Uruguayan presidential hopeful

One of the Uruguayan leading opposition presidential hopefuls questioned once again the attitude of Mercosur senior members (Argentina and Brazil) in trade issues adding that the reiterated presence of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez only confirms that the South American trade block has become increasingly and predominantly “political”.
Sunday, August 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Frozen fish narcotics export ring busted in Montevideo port

Uruguay's fishing industry has come under the spotlight of the Montevideo and Spanish police narcotics departments following the arrest of a Spanish citizen and the discovery of containers to be exported with 300 kilos of cocaine hidden among the frozen fish.
Saturday, August 16th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Full scale military exercise to defend Brazil's offshore oil

Brazil announced Friday it will hold military exercises next month to show its capability of defending new offshore oil reserves that could convert the country into a global energy player.
Saturday, August 16th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands Islands: 47-strong pilgrimage planned for November

PLANS for a pilgrimage of more than 40 veterans to the Falklands in November are well underway.
Saturday, August 16th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Menem indicted in Río Tercero explosion case

Federal Judge Oscar Valentinuzzi yesterday indicted former president Carlos Menem in connection with the 1995 explosion of the Río Tercero's munitions plant in Córdoba province that killed seven people, and ruled that there is a lack of enough evidence regarding then army chief-of-staff and current ambassador to Colombia Martín Balza.
Saturday, August 16th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Dominican Republic president sworn in for 3rd term

President Leonel Fernandez promised to boost agriculture production but warned of dire economic times as he was sworn in for a third term on Saturday
Friday, August 15th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Former president organizing challenge to Kirchners' power

Former Argentine president Eduardo Duhalde said his counterpart Nestor Kirchner suffers a profound “psychological impairment” and compared a recent speech of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner husband to those from Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler.