Politics

Thursday, January 17th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Chile summons ambassador in Lima over limit dispute

Chile summoned home its ambassador to Peru for consultations amid a growing dispute over the countries maritime boundary and lucrative fishing grounds. Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley said Ambassador Cristian Barros was due in Santiago Thursday or Friday “for a long conversation”.
Wednesday, January 16th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Brazil extends one billion US dollars credit to Cuba

Cuban leader Fidel Castro is lucid and healthy enough to resume a political role in Cuba, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday at the end of a 24 hours visit to the island during which ten bilateral agreements were signed.
Tuesday, January 15th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
FARC robs Colombian tourists and takes six hostages

Colombia's biggest rebel group cocaine funded FARC kidnapped six Colombian tourists in the western province of Choco, daily El Tiempo reported in its online edition.
Tuesday, January 15th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Lula visits Cuba with an option for Venezuelan influence

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrived Tuesday in Havana for a 24-hour visit to strengthen economic ties with Cuba. He is expected to sign a series of trade, cooperation and investment agreements in spite of the US economic embargo
Tuesday, January 15th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Spanish government calls for general elections March 9

The Spanish government called general elections for March 9, formally launching Monday what is shaping up as a close race between the ruling Socialists and opposition conservatives.
Tuesday, January 15th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Environmentalists held on Japanese whaling vessel

Two members of the conservation organization Sea Shepherd are being held on a Japanese whaling boat they boarded last night in Antarctic waters. According to the group the two men, a Briton and an Australian, boarded the Yushin Maru No. 2, to deliver a message that its whaling activities are illegal.
Tuesday, January 15th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Chile united to defend maritime border dispute with Peru

The political parties of the Chilean ruling coalition Concertación, the opposition Alianza alliance and the Communist Party (PC) gave their full backing Monday to the government's plan to defend Chile's northern maritime border against claims by neighboring Peru. The two countries seek to resolve the maritime issue at the International Court of Justice at The Hague.
Tuesday, January 15th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Sukey speaks of her “mainland mission” to The Times

Twenty-five years ago this month, in the wake of the Falklands conflict, the Islands Government set up an office in London to represent it in the UK. “Sir Rex Hunt, then Falklands Governor, took me for a drink in London and asked if I'd join,” recalls Sukey Cameron, pictured above left. She did so in 1983 ÃÂ¢€“ becoming Representative in 1990 ÃÂ¢€” and there clearly could have been no better choice than this third-generation Falklander.
Monday, January 14th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Freed Colombian hostages condemn kidnaps as “torture”

The two Colombian hostages liberated by the cocaine funded FARC, Clara Rojas and Consuelo Gonzalez de Perdomo described the guerrilla methods as “brutal” and condemned kidnapping as a crime against humanity.
Monday, January 14th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Released Colombian hostage meets baby son after three years

Released Colombian hostage Clara Rojas had an emotional reunion Sunday in Bogota with her son Emmanuel, three years after he was taken from her while she was in captivity in Colombia's jungle, according to government sources.