Politics

Thursday, August 6th 2009 - 16:43 UTC
Russia sells Bolivia presidential aircraft similar to that of Putin

Bolivia signed this week an agreement with Russia for the purchase of a presidential jet plus military equipment and logistics backup, financed in the first leg with a 100 million US dollars credit, announced Defence minister Walker San Miguel.
Thursday, August 6th 2009 - 16:38 UTC
Argentina tries to replace Colombia as supplier of vehicles to Venezuela

Argentina's car and car part manufacturers will travel to Venezuela next week to attempt to capitalize on Venezuela decision to cancel imports from neighboring Colombia. The trade mission will be led by Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, the Production Minister said in a press release Wednesday.
Thursday, August 6th 2009 - 16:33 UTC
Morales apologizes to Chile and Argentina over political comments

Bolivian president Evo Morales apologized to Chile and Argentina over his comments that the hard right could return to rule in both countries and which Santiago considered “interference in internal affairs”.
Thursday, August 6th 2009 - 16:24 UTC
EU urges UK and Spain to solve Gibraltar waters’ row

European Commissioner Stavros Dimas has been urging UK and Spain to work “towards a mutually acceptable” resolution of the Gibraltar waters designation row it has emerged, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.
Thursday, August 6th 2009 - 16:14 UTC
China appeases peasants with partly subsidized new pension scheme

The Chinese government is to introduce a new pension scheme for the country's hundreds of millions of rural workers. The minister for social security announced that a trial scheme would be extended across China by October.
Wednesday, August 5th 2009 - 13:09 UTC
US military forces in Colombia included in Unasur’s agenda

The deployment of US military personnel in Colombian bases and its implication for the region has been included in the agenda of the Union of South American Nations, Unasur, which convenes this week in Quito, Ecuador, according to the country’s Foreign Affairs minister Fander Falconi.
Wednesday, August 5th 2009 - 12:58 UTC
First man on the moon on Falklands cruise next November

The legendary astronaut Neil Armstrong who landed on the moon 40 years ago, is set to visit the Falkland Islands this coming cruise season. The pioneer who took that first “small step for man” will be aboard the National Geographic Explorer for a 21-day cruise to South Georgia, the Falkland Islands and Antarctica in November.
Wednesday, August 5th 2009 - 12:55 UTC
Morales nightmare: Chile’s “pinochetistas” and Argentine “fascists”

Bolivian president Evo Morales said he was quite concerned with the possibility that the “Pinochetistas” in Chile and the “fascist right” in Argentina could win the general elections in those countries, according to the country’s government news agency, ABI.
Wednesday, August 5th 2009 - 12:50 UTC
Former Argentine president De la Rúa indicted in bribes case

The Argentine Federal Appeals court has confirmed the indictment of ex-president Fernando de la Rúa in a case linking the former Radical president to the payment of bribes at the Senate in 2000 and which ended with a major political crisis.
Wednesday, August 5th 2009 - 12:43 UTC
Uribe tours South America in support for his military plans with the US

Colombian president Alvaro Uribe is visiting most South American countries to explain the extent of the understanding currently under discussion with Washington and which will enable an increase of US military personnel distributed in several Colombian bases, an initiative which has received strong reactions across the continent.