Politics

• Wednesday, March 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  OAS: no agreement on Ecuador Colombia conflict

  

  Country members from the Organization of American States, OAS, were unable to reach a statement on the Ecuador/Colombia incident forcing the Permanent Council to suspend the emergency session until mid day Wednesday.

• Wednesday, March 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  OAS resolution eases tension between Colombia and Ecuador

  

  The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) on Wednesday approved a resolution stating Colombia violated Ecuador's sovereignty with a cross-border raid to kill a leftist rebel over the weekend.

• Tuesday, March 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Colombia to bring genocide charges against Chavez

  

  Colombian President Alvaro Uribe announced Tuesday he will ask the International Criminal Court in Rome to bring genocide charges against President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. He accused Mr Chavez of sponsoring and financing Colombian FARC rebels. Venezuela denies the charge.

• Tuesday, March 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Prosecutor reviewing ex-governor Kirchner Santa Cruz oil funds

  

  An Argentine prosecutor has requested former president Nestor Kirchner be summoned to declare on alleged irregular handling of funds belonging to the provincial government of Santa Cruz, which he ruled during eleven years

• Tuesday, March 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  UN urges C 24 decolonization advance process

  

  All over the world, hundreds of millions of people had exercised their right to self-determination and achieved self-government, and facilitating that process was “one of the proudest chapters of our Organization's history” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said last week as he opened the current session of the Special Committee on decolonisation, the so called C24 (according to official UN reports).

• Monday, March 3rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Strong criticism to “bi-lateralization” of Mercosur block

  

  The “bi-lateralization” of Argentine-Brazilian relations and the incorporation of Venezuela are factors grinding the basic structure of Mercosur, said Uruguay's former president Julio Maria Sanguinetti during a recent visit to Paraguay.

• Monday, March 3rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Chavez sends troops and tanks to Colombian border

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez ordered on Sunday the militarization of the border with Colombia and the closing of Venezuela's embassy in Bogotá a day after Colombian troops in an incursion in Ecuadorian territory killed FARC rebel group number 2, an action he described as a “cowardly murder”.

• Monday, March 3rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  S. American leaders want to mediate in Colombia conflict

  The killing of a Colombian guerrilla leader by Colombian forces in Ecuadorian territory and the alleged discovery of documents linking the rebel group with the governments of Ecuador and Venezuela has pushed South America closer to an armed conflict.

• Monday, March 3rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Unexpected agenda for Rio Group summit in Santo Domingo

  

  The Rio Group of Latinamerican countries created in the eighties to help pacify and stabilize Central America and which had lately fallen into obscurity, could play a crucial role in the Colombia-Ecuador-Venezuela conflict when it meets this week in Santo Domingo.

• Monday, March 3rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguayan ruling coalition prepares for electoral 2009

  

  Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez on the third anniversary of his administration completed the reshuffling of the cabinet in preparation for the 2009 electoral year.