Politics

Thursday, May 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands entitled to develop a petroleum industry, says FCO

The Falkland Islands government is entitled to develop a hydrocarbons industry underlined the United Kingdom after reaffirming its sovereignty over the South Atlantic Islands following a formal protest from Argentina regarding a “new oil exploration licensing round”.
Thursday, May 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Bolivia wraps up majority control of oil and telephones

Bolivia announced on Thursday, May first, that it had completed the purchase of majority ownership of four energy companies by buying back shares in the firms as part of a nationalization drive started exactly two years ago.
Thursday, May 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Lula da Silva praises Brazil's two sided “investment grade”

Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva celebrated the country's newly acquired investment grade condition and magnet for foreign investment. “Brazil is a serious country, with serious policies, which looks after its finances seriously, and that is why we now have achieved the international trust, which Brazil was after for a long time”
Thursday, May 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Call to defend human rights activists in Colombia

A group of independent United Nations experts have called for urgent measures to protect those defending human rights in Colombia, following a recent surge in violence that includes killings, harassment and intimidation of civil society activists, trade union leaders and lawyers representing victims.
Wednesday, April 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine minister denies Cristina-Nestor “dual command”

Argentine Justice Minister Aníbal Fernández has denied there is a “dual command” governing the country and said that President Cristina Fernández is the one in charge, not her husband, former President Néstor Kirchner.
Wednesday, April 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Spanish court rejects extradition of former Argentine president

However Spain's highest court has ruled that Peron, 77, was not implicated in the death squad's activities. The Anti-Communist Alliance or Triple A as it was known, murdered as many as 15-hundred people, according to human rights groups. The killings have been described as the start of Argentina's “dirty war” against leftist dissidents under subsequent military juntas.
Wednesday, April 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Mrs. Kirchner denies rift with Spain over air flag carrier

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner underlined on Monday the close relations with Spain and vehemently denied tensions over the situation of Aerolíneas Argentinas whose major shareholders are Spanish and allegedly room is being made for Argentine investors to join.
Wednesday, April 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
US and Uruguay sign technology cooperation accord

United States and Uruguay signed on Tuesday a bilateral agreement to promote and increase cooperation in Science and Technology. The agreement was signed by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Uruguay's Foreign Affairs minister Gonzalo Fernandez during a ceremony at the State Department.
Tuesday, April 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Chavez threatens to expropriate Argentine company

President Hugo Chávez threatened to expropriate Venezuela's largest steel maker, which is owned by an Argentine group, due to what he said are the soon-to-be-nationalized company's excessive compensation demands.
Tuesday, April 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Colombian president said his gov. doesn't buy consciences

Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said on Monday that his government “doesn't buy consciences”. Uribe was responding to reporters' questions about a scandal involving a former Congresswoman Yidis Medina who claims that in return for political favors she voted for a measure in 2004 that enabled the president's reelection.