Politics

Tuesday, May 27th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine farmers call for patience after negotiations canceled

Argentine farm leaders warned the government against ending negotiations to resolve a dispute over export taxes and will meet today as pressure builds in the countryside to halt grain and oilseeds exports for a third time since March.
Tuesday, May 27th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Mrs. Kirchner's unsolved problems according to NYT

The New York Times forecasts bad times ahead for President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner in spite of booming times for the Argentine economy. “Mrs. Kirchner is struggling to break free of the curse of Argentine leaders past: the failure to govern successfully in the good times”, writes Alexei Barrionuevo from Buenos Aires.
Tuesday, May 27th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
HMS Marlborough takes on the colors of the Chilean Navy

This Wednesday the former Royal Navy HMS Marlborough will officially fly the colors of the Chilean Navy under the name of FF06 “Almirante Condell”.
Tuesday, May 27th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina confirms continental shelf presentation May 09

Argentina announced that in May 2009 it will be making the official presentation of the outer boundaries of its continental shelf, (including the Falkland Islands) before the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in the framework of the Law of the Sea.
Tuesday, May 27th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Canada prepares for the rush on Arctic claim and resources

Canada is preparing to claim an area of the Arctic Ocean seabed equivalent in size to almost two million square kilometres as part of Ottawa's aggressive effort to defend the country's interests in the North, said Canadian Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn.
Tuesday, May 27th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
World polluters need to understand “Amazon is Brazil”

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva reacted against international criticism of his administration's environment policies saying that the world needed to understand that the Amazon belongs to Brazilians.
Tuesday, May 27th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Peru, Singapore and Canada set to sign free trade agreement

Peru, one of the fastest growing economies in the world, will sign free-trade deals with Canada and Singapore next Thursday announced President Alan Garcia. Peru recently signed a landmark free trade agreement with United States.
Monday, May 26th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Canada launches claim over disputed sea-bed Arctic ridge

A year after Russia's controversial flag-planting dive to the North Pole seabed to assert ownership of a sprawling underwater mountain chain, Canada is launching a less brazen but potentially more effective counterclaim for control over parts of the disputed Arctic ridge - perhaps even the pole itself - by publishing a scientific paper in a scholarly journal.
Monday, May 26th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Colombia calls on new FARC leaders to talk peace

The Colombian government appealed on Sunday to the new head of the rebel guerrilla group FARC, Alfonso Cano and his commanders, to “walk into the door of peace” or they will face the same strong determination as happened to the recently deceased Manuel Marulanda Velez.
Sunday, May 25th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine farmers and government dig into their positions

Argentine farmers and the government held huge separate rallies in shows of strength ahead of talks scheduled for Monday aimed at resolving a two month and a half conflict over export levies on grains and oilseeds which has expanded to demand a new farm policy.