Politics

• Thursday, March 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Chavez ready for anti Bush display Friday in Argentina

  Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez cancelled his daily radio program to concentrate on several cooperation agreements to be signed with Argentina Friday and Saturday announced the country's Ministry of Communications.

• Thursday, March 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Ecuadorian police bars legislators from Congress

  Police surrounded Ecuador's Congress in Quito Thursday to keep out dozens of Deputies who were fired a day earlier by four electoral judges the lawmakers had sought to impeach in the latest constitutional crisis for the small Andean nation.

• Thursday, March 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Bush's agenda: care for the 200 million Latinamericans in poverty

  Extending the benefits of democracy to all the region's peoples and helping 200 million Latinamericans living in poverty to improve their condition are the main purposes of US President George Bush's visit to five Latinamerican countries said Thomas Shannon, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs.

• Tuesday, March 6th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Road blockers threaten Easter holidays

  

  Environmentalists in Entre Ríos who are opposing the construction of the Finnish Botnia pulp plant in Fray Bentos yesterday said they could go for a total closure of the three road crossings to Uruguay during Easter week.

• Tuesday, March 6th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Only trade and biofuels in the Lula da Silva/Bush agenda

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Monday that during his meeting next Friday with United States President George W. Bush he does not intend to talk about Venezuela, but about trade and biofuels.

• Tuesday, March 6th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Massive anti-Bush Chavez rally in Buenos Aires confirmed

  President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela will lead a rally in a stadium in Buenos Aires on Friday, when US President George W. Bush arrives to the San Juan presidential residence estancia in Uruguay, only 60 kilometers away from the Argentine capital.

• Monday, March 5th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Unknown British Sailor Buried

  

  An unknown British sailor has been buried with an Argentine Honour Guard breaking the gloom of British-Argentine relations for just a moment. The funeral took place last Friday in the British Cemetery, Buenos Aires.

• Sunday, March 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Rio Group supports Argentina in Falklands/Malvinas dispute

  Heads of State at the XIXth Rio Group summit in Guyana over the weekend approved a resolution backing “Argentina's legitimate rights over the Malvinas”, regarding the sovereignty dispute with the United Kingdom.

• Sunday, March 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Rio Group committed to “revitalization” and less summits

  The Rio Group will be revitalized with fewer summits and more action in the form of mutual consultations aimed at reacting quickly to international crises, the presidents of the regional association agreed Saturday in Guyana.

• Friday, March 2nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Bush administration upgrades Latinamerica and democracy

  

  United States President Bush will use his visit to Latin America to highlight his vision of building positive new partnerships in the Americas, a senior State Department official said in congressional testimony.