Politics

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.
Friday, November 9th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Green light for Botnia pulp mill; Argentina furious

Uruguay finally granted the long-awaited start-up permit for Finland's Botnia pulp mill, which Argentina argues will contaminate a shared river. The green light came late Thursday following a last ditch effort to resolve the several years-long diplomatic dispute between the neighboring countries during the Ibero American summit in Santiago, Chile.
Friday, November 9th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Chilean support for UK in Falklands '82, “things of the past”

Chile's Deputy Foreign Affairs minister Alberto Van Klaveren described the support given by the regime of General Augusto Pinochet to Britain during the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas conflict as “things of the past”.