Politics

Tuesday, September 11th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Russian Foreign Affairs minister on South American tour

Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov and a delegation of businessmen arrived Tuesday in Peru for an official one day visit to hold talks with President Alan García and sign several cooperation agreements.
Monday, September 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina: 14 hopefuls register for Oct 28 presidential elections

Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Argentina's First Lady, will face two major opposition contenders among the 14 candidates who registered by Sunday's deadline for October 28th presidential election.
Monday, September 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Guatemala Needs Electoral Runoff

A center-left businessman and a conservative former general face a November runoff for Guatemala's presidency, according to election returns Monday that showed a Nobel Peace Prize winner finishing a distant sixth.
Monday, September 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Menem's millionaire assets frozen

A judge has ordered that 112 million dollars of former Argentine president Carlos Menem's assets be frozen as he investigates the allegations of illegal weapons deals during Menem's term of office.
Monday, September 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Fosset's wife thanks volunteers

One week after millionaire aviator Steve Fossett disappeared, his wife, Peggy, issued a statement that she remained hopeful and “confident of a successful resolution to this search.”
Sunday, September 9th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Mrs. K admits some economic “gradual corrections” needed

Presidential candidate Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner admitted to the German press that some of Argentina's economic, social and institutional issues “must be corrected”, and in the event she leads the next government, “changes will be gradual”.
Saturday, September 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Guatemala ready for Sunday Presidential Election

In spite of violence that claimed some 50 lives, officials in Guatemala say they are prepared to carry out an efficient and secure electoral process on Sunday when voters go to the polls to elect a new president.
Friday, September 7th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Ban Ki-Moon praises Pavarotti as “true friend of the UN”

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon paid tribute to the late Luciano Pavarotti who beyond being one of the world's foremost tenor singers was a United Nations Messenger of Peace.
Friday, September 7th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Cordoba's dispute, unexpected “gift” for the Kirchner couple

The disputed results of a controversial and tight governor election in the Argentine province of Cordoba, one of the country's main electoral districts, is rapidly becoming another volatile and unpredictable hot issue for President Nestor Kirchner's administration.
Friday, September 7th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update

Headlines:
Tongan fisherman is lucky South Georgia tagger; Kiwi nabs tourism job; Weekly Lan drops Puerto Montt stop; Tamar awaiting repair; Inside Penguin News.