Politics

Monday, September 3rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Following the storm new chances for the pulp mill's conflict

Sunday's Argentine pickets' “invasion” of neighboring Uruguay attracted considerable media coverage but overall developed peacefully and uneventful. “Invaders” protesting the construction of an allegedly contaminating pulp mill along a river shared by both countries were thoroughly searched before leaving Argentina and again at the other head of the bridge by Uruguayan authorities.
Monday, September 3rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Santa Fe thrashing: Bielsa announces he's quitting politics

Argentina's presidential couple Nestor and Cristina Kirchner harvested another electoral defeat, this time in the province of Santa Fe, a ruling party stronghold since 1983, when their hand picked candidate, former Foreign Affairs Minister Rafael Bielsa lost to a coalition of left leaning parties led by Socialist Hermes Binner.
Monday, September 3rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina/Chile Navies exchange in Punta Arenas

An officers exchange program between the Argentine and Chilean navies is taking place in the extreme south of the continent where only two and a half decades ago both neighboring countries almost went to war over disputed islands in the Magellan Strait region.
Sunday, September 2nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine-Uruguay row heats up

Hundreds of Argentine environmentalists crossed into Uruguay Sunday to protest a huge wood pulp plant near the border they say will pollute a river that feeds Argentine farms and tourist sites.
Friday, August 31st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Princes will head special memorial service for Lady Diana

The 10th anniversary of the death of Princess Diana in a car crash in Paris is being marked with a memorial service in London and tributes across the United Kingdom. Prince William and Prince Harry will be holding a special memorial service at the Guards' Chapel in London.
Friday, August 31st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Eight coalitions register for Argentine presidential vote

As the deadline to register coalitions for the Argentine October 28 presidential vote expired this week, eight alliances registered, among them, the one led by first lady Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, which is widely predicted to obtain a first-round victory in the face of a highly dispersed opposition.
Friday, August 31st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update

Headlines:
World first for aquaculture?; Thorogood named as new Chief Executive; Headteacher is a well-travelled man; Man on bail leaves Islands; Daylight Saving.
Friday, August 31st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Raul's Cuba invites UN envoy and quietly frees political prisoners

Cuba's ambassador to the Unite Nations Juan Antonio Fernández Palacios said Friday that the country is ready to resume co-operation with the UN on human rights, given the changes that have taken place in the organization.
Friday, August 31st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Magallanes Region has the lowest unemployment in Chile, 2.4%

Magallanes and Porvenir in Tierra del Fuego respectively were the Chilean region and city with the lowest unemployment rate in the May-July quarter, according to the latest release from the national Statistics Institute (INE).
Friday, August 31st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Most powerful woman blasts credit and risk rating agencies

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaking in Tokyo criticized credit ratings agencies for not spotting companies with problems amid the current market instability. German banks have been the worst hit in Europe so far by the problems linked to the US sub-prime mortgage crisis.