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Montevideo, November 3rd 2025 - 17:46 UTC

Politics

  • Thursday, June 4th 2009 - 07:15 UTC

    OAS agrees to let Cuba back in, but initiative rests on Havana

    “The Cold War is over”, said Honduran President Manuel Zelaya. A more reflective Celso Amorim from Brazil said OAS decision shows “common sense is still alive”.

    The Organization of American States, OAS, lifted its 47-year suspension of Cuba on Wednesday following a consensus agreement which contemplated Washington’s position and those of the Havana regime supporters who wanted a return with no conditions.

  • Wednesday, June 3rd 2009 - 10:51 UTC

    Brazil confirms Air France jet crashed into the Atlantic

    Brazilian and French teams have been searching the Atlantic Ocean (Photo AFP)

    Brazil's military has found wreckage from the Air France passenger jet that disappeared with 228 people on board, the country's defence minister says.

  • Wednesday, June 3rd 2009 - 10:14 UTC

    OAS summit debates five proposals on the Cuban issue

    After one day of negotiations, Secretary of State left Honduras for Egypt to join President Obama’s Middle East tour.

    United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says no consensus has been reached on re-admitting Cuba to the Organization of American States, which suspended the country in 1962 in response to its alliance with the Soviet block in the midst of the Cold War.

  • Wednesday, June 3rd 2009 - 09:36 UTC

    “Little-known stories” about 1914 are myths

    German steamer Seydlitz built in 1903, she could carry 1900 passengers.

    Last week’s Penguin News carried an article by John Fowler, “War veteran publishes little known stories”, about the account by Colonel Tamaño entitled “Historias poco conocidas: Un ferrocarril en las Malvinas” [“Little-known stories: A railway in the Malvinas”], published recently on the Argentine army website soldadosdigital.com.

  • Wednesday, June 3rd 2009 - 06:08 UTC

    Black Thursday anticipated for Labour and several cabinet members

    Knockouts are getting closer and closer to PM Gordon Brown

    British cabinet member Jacqui Smith is to stand down as home secretary in the cabinet reshuffle, sources close to her have told the BBC. Prime Minister Gordon Brown is set to shake up his cabinet after Thursday's European and English local elections.

  • Tuesday, June 2nd 2009 - 13:18 UTC

    Hunt for Air France jet intensifies

    Rescuers are searching waters deep in the Atlantic for a French airliner which disappeared in a storm early on Monday. The search, involving ships and planes from many nations, was part-suspended overnight, but aircraft with monitoring equipment continued to scour the sea.

  • Tuesday, June 2nd 2009 - 12:48 UTC

    Paraguayan president, tenth Latam leader to visit Cuba this year

    The former bishop could be meeting with Cuban revolution leader Fidel Castro

    Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo is scheduled to arrive in Havana on Tuesday for a two-day visit to Cuba, making him the tenth Latinamerican leader, so far this year, to meet with Cuban president Raul Castro and possibly his ailing brother Fidel.

  • Tuesday, June 2nd 2009 - 12:42 UTC

    Nestor Kirchner leads in polls for mid term election, but could not be enough

    A desperate effort to show that the Kirchner-model is still on control of the situation

    Former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner who is running for a seat in the Lower House in this month’s mid term elections is ahead in all public opinion polls, although closely followed by the main opposition candidate Francisco de Narvaez.

  • Tuesday, June 2nd 2009 - 12:37 UTC

    Argentine industrial union wants to block Venezuela from Mercosur

    Mendiguren, UIA chairman; Chavez latest nationalization spree has infuriated Argentine investors

    The powerful Argentine Industrial Union, UIA, has called on its Mercosur peers to impede Venezuela’s incorporation to Mercosur in reprisal for the nationalization spree launched by President Hugo Chavez.

  • Tuesday, June 2nd 2009 - 12:35 UTC

    Brazilian public opinion split on Lula da Silva’s re-re-election

    The Brazilian ruling coalition is becoming restless about the future without Lula da Silva.

    Brazilian public opinion is split almost equally on the re-election of President Lula da Silva for a second period, according to the latest poll published in Sao Paulo. Lula da Silva one of Brazil’s most popular leaders in decades has a support of 69% but a constitutional reform is needed if he is to run again in 2010.