Politics

Wednesday, October 31st 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Populist general joins Paraguay's presidential election

Populist former Paraguayan Army General Lino Oviedo was cleared on Tuesday by the country's Supreme Court of a mutiny conviction clearing the way for him to compete in April's presidential election.
Tuesday, October 30th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Cristina Fernandez Argentine president-elect thanks husband

First lady Cristina Fernandez, in her first televised interview since winning Argentina's presidency, thanked her husband for his role in her triumph and wished Hillary Rodham Clinton well in her U.S. election bid.
Tuesday, October 30th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
U.N. votes against U.S. embargo on Cuba for 16th year

The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to urge the United States to end its 46-year-old trade embargo against Cuba after its foreign minister accused the U.S. of stepping up its “brutal economic war” to new heights.
Monday, October 29th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Conciliatory first speech from elected president Mrs Kirchner

Argentina's First Lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has become the first elected woman president of the country in what seems a landslide victory and with no need for a run off, according to exit polls and the first official results.
Monday, October 29th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Falklands has “low expectations” with new Argentine president

Falkland Islands' elected Councilors have low expectations of the new Argentine president in terms of “concrete progress” on Islands' issues.
Monday, October 29th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Election of President Cristina Kirchner sets several records

The Argentine presidential calendar will remember 2007 for several events: the 53rd president is the first elected woman to reach the highest office, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, and possibly the only country in the world where a husband (President Nestor Kirchner) hands over the blue and white sash to his wife.
Monday, October 29th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Next government in Argentina with ample support in Congress

Elected Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner should face no obstacles with Executive initiatives in Congress according to the results of her windfall victory which consolidated the government's grip on the Senate and now becomes extensive to the Lower House.
Monday, October 29th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Uruguay becomes first country to order the “$100 laptop”

The first official order for the so-called “100 US dollars laptop” has been placed by the government of Uruguay which is buying 100,000 of the machines for schoolchildren aged six to 12.
Sunday, October 28th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Magallanes asks for extension of pro-business bills

Magallanes Region in the extreme south of Chile requested from the central government a 20 year extension of the legislation which contemplates certain benefits for business and investment in the remote areas of the country.
Saturday, October 27th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Mercosur trapped by its own contentious shortcomings

Mercosur Foreign Affairs and Economy ministers met Friday in Montevideo to address asymmetries and non tariff restrictions inside the block, an ongoing issue which has become a source of growing contention between full members, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.