Politics

• Sunday, November 11th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  “People Summit” Concludes in Santiago de Chile

  

  Chile's Summit for Friendship and Integration of the Latin-American People, popularly known as the People's Summit, culminated Saturday with an event that brought together Bolivian President Evo Morales, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, and Cuban Vice President Carlos Lage. Speaking to a crowd of roughly 3,000 spectators, the four leaders emphasized unity among Latin American nations–particularly against the hegemony of U.S. capitalism—as the key to constructing the region's future.

• Saturday, November 10th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Botnia start up has Uruguay/Argentina relations on the cliff

  

  Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez blamed Argentina's reluctance to end the pickets blocking access to bridges linking with Uruguay as the main reason for the collapse of dialogue and his decision to give the start up authorization for the Botnia pulp mill built along a river shared by the neighboring countries and which Argentina openly objects.

• Saturday, November 10th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Latam leaders: last Ibero-American day Summit in Chile

  

  Chávez and leftist allies in Bolivia and Ecuador have tightened state control over their energy industries and Bolivia, one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere, recently forced Argentina and Brazil to pay more for its natural gas.

• Saturday, November 10th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  UK Veterans minister at Falklands' Remembrance Sunday

  

  The Falkland Islands will commemorate Remembrance Sunday on Sunday 11th November 2007 and the following arrangements have been made.

• Saturday, November 10th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  King Juan Carlos I tells Pte. Chavez to 'Shut Up'

  

  King Juan Carlos I of Spain cast royal decorum aside today when Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez repeatedly try to interrupt the Spanish prime minister at a summit in Chile.

• Saturday, November 10th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Leaders agree to fight poverty at Ibero-American summit

  

  Leaders from Portugal, Spain, Andorra and 19 Latin American countries agreed to cooperate in promoting democracy and fighting social inequality at the 17th Ibero-American Summit, which ended Saturday in the Chilean capital.

• Friday, November 9th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Uruguay, Argentina only agree on praise to King Juan Carlos

  

  Uruguayan and Argentine officials meeting on Thursday in Chile have agreed to keep disagreeing on the pulp mills dispute, but praised the facilitating efforts of the Spanish King who helped to reestablish dialogue conditions.

• Friday, November 9th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  UN Ban highlights development and social cohesion values

  

  The struggle for economic development, the need to do more to tackle climate change and the value of greater social cohesion were all spotlighted by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as he traveled to Chile, the second stop on his tour to South America.

• Friday, November 9th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Ibero-American Summit begins in Chile

  

  The 17th Ibero-American summit kicked off Thursday, bringing together Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries in Latin America, Spain, Portugal, and Andorra, to discuss regional social issues and bilateral problems between neighbors.

• Friday, November 9th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update

  

  Headlines:
  Welcome back, boys!; New port report out now; New Lan aircraft - but no change for Falklands; UN's Ki-moon in South America.