Politics

• Sunday, January 14th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Psychiatric tests to decide Peron's wife extradition

  

  Former Argentine president Maria Estela Martinez de Peron, 75, will undergo psychiatric tests to determine whether the absences and mental fragility exposed before a Spanish judge were real or “simulated” to avoid extradition.

• Sunday, January 14th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Pulp mills dispute moves again to The Hague

  

  Argentina will formally present Monday before the International Court of The Hague the full background of its case against Uruguay for having unilaterally authorized the location of pulp mills along the river Uruguay which is regulated by a joint statute dating back to 1975.

• Saturday, January 13th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Former Argentine president arrested in Madrid

  

  Spanish police arrested Friday former Argentine president Maria Estela Martinez de Peron, 75, in her home in Madrid over the disappearance of a leftist activist in 1976.

• Saturday, January 13th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Communist Vietnam joins WTO and promises privatizations

  

  Vietnam became this week the 150th member of the World Trade Organization. U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab welcomed Vietnam into the WTO saying this is an historic day for Vietnam and the rules-based global trading system.

• Thursday, January 11th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Britain's Princess Anne to Visit Chile

  

  Chile receives its fair share of high-profile visitors, from heads of state, to world famous rock musicians to Hollywood movie stars. Rarely, though, does the country play host to true royalty, much less to a key member of Great Britain's House of Windsor.

• Thursday, January 11th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Death of former Falklands Governor; a cautious man for turbulent times

  

  News has recently arrived in the Falkland Islands of the death of former Governor, Mr. Ernest Gordon (Toby) Lewis. OBE, CMG, in London, at the age of 88.

• Thursday, January 11th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Arrest warrant for former president Isabel Peron

  

  An Argentine judge has ordered the arrest of former President Isabel Peron over the disappearance of a leftist activist while she ruled between 1974 and 1976.

• Thursday, January 11th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Pulp mills dispute: banks retain “Oust Botnia” stamped Argentine bills

  

  Hundreds of bank clients in the Argentine city of Gualeguaychú suffered the effects of the ongoing battle of this city against the construction of pulp mills in neighboring Uruguay when bills with the inscription “Oust Botnia” were retained by cashiers.

• Wednesday, January 10th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  OAS members support Insulza; Chavez wants an apology

  Organization of American States Secretary General Jose Migule Insulza received on Tuesday full support from country members' representatives during a debate promoted by Venezuela following the controversy with Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez.

• Wednesday, January 10th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Chavez promises six years of “Socialism or death”

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was sworn in for another six years on Wednesday, promising to press ahead with a sweeping socialist agenda: “Fatherland. Socialism or death — I swear it” said Chavez, holding his right hand in the air as he invoked Cuban leader Fidel Castro's famous call to arms.