Politics

Thursday, August 14th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
HMS Endurance host vessel for climate change seminars

The Royal Navy's Ice Patrol Ship HMS Endurance is undertaking a high profile deployment to West Africa to highlight the effects of Climate Change and the importance of Maritime Security.
Thursday, August 14th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
“Exceptional” approval rating for Uruguay's president

Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez approval rate stands at 56%, which is considered “exceptional” for Uruguayan politics, particularly since the leader of the ruling coalition is 18 months away from the end of his five year mandate.
Thursday, August 14th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
President Chavez at peace with World Jewish Council

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez promised a delegation of visiting Jewish leaders he would condemn “all forms of anti-Semitism.”
Wednesday, August 13th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Paraguay's new government, a test for Taiwan diplomacy

Taiwan's president Ma Ying-jeou begins this week his first overseas visit to three Latinamerican countries some of the very few left in the world that still recognise the Republic of China (Taipei).
Wednesday, August 13th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
UN proposes plant mutation to tackle food crisis

Plant mutation, a scientific technique that dramatically improves crop productivity, could be part of the solution to the current food and energy crisis that threatens to plunge millions worldwide into hunger, according to a United Nations expert on the subject.
Wednesday, August 13th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina's official inflation: even most faithful misbelieve

Enough is enough. Even the most loyal of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner officials are rebelling against the latest consumer prices index released on Monday by the Statistics and Census Office, Indec.
Wednesday, August 13th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Paraguay's 300.000 landless families wait for new president

Land distribution promises to become the main immediate challenge for Paraguay's elected president Fernando Lugo who takes office on Friday. An estimated 300.000 peasant families are expecting to be given a lot of land and their organizations are impatient.
Wednesday, August 13th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Lula openly confirms 1979 amnesty bill and silences ministers

In an attempt to cool a controversy over punishing torturers from the 21 year military dictatorship, Brazilian president Lula da Silva said Brazilians should enshrine the “heroes” of that time and not only concentrate on incriminating the “villains” who killed them.
Monday, August 11th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Morales ratified but also the political scenario stalemate

Bolivian president Evo Morales was ratified in his post with a comfortable support in the range of 60% in Sunday's recall vote which also included the vice president and governors of all of the country's provinces.
Monday, August 11th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Chavez preparing the field for Nov state and city elections

Columns marched through the capital Caracas to protest a package of laws that expand Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez powers while a delegation from opposition parties delivered a document at the Organization of American States stating that the latest decisions are a “coup” against the rule of law and the Constitution.