Politics

Thursday, May 15th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Colonialism has no place in today's world, says UN

Although decolonization has been one of the United Nations' great success stories, the fact that 16 non-self-governing Territories remains means that the task has yet to be completed, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said this week.
Thursday, May 15th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Colombia-Ecuador conflict could filter EU-Latam summit

Latin American and European leaders are gathering in Lima, Peru on Friday for a much publicized summit which is scheduled to address climate change, high food prices and poverty. However an issue not included in the agenda could break into the meeting: Colombia's raid on a rebel camp inside Ecuador last early March.
Thursday, May 15th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
US lists polar bears as threatened species, with a loophole

The United States has listed the polar bear as a threatened species, because its Arctic sea ice habitat is melting due to climate change. US government scientists predict that two-thirds of the polar bear population of 25,000 could disappear by 2050. However, the government stressed the listing would not lead to measures to prevent global warming.
Thursday, May 15th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Chavez after better US relations with Bush's successor

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez said he hopes relations with the United States will improve substantially when the “devil” and “Mr Danger” President George W. Bush leaves the Oval Office in January.
Thursday, May 15th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina rates 103 out of 190 countries in institutional quality

Long obsessed with its image in the eyes of such international monitors as the United Nations Human Development Index or Transparency International, Argentina has had its own international Institutional Quality Index for the past two years.
Wednesday, May 14th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Chavez attacks Spanish King and German Chancellor

With just a few hours before the Lima, Peru, Latinamerican/Caribbean European Union leaders' summit Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is picking up arguments with Spain's president and Germany's Chancellor.
Wednesday, May 14th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Growing political support for Argentine farmers protest

Argentine farmers continued with their round of political contacts visiting Congress in Buenos Aires while officials from the Kirchner administration said governors should not feel obliged to receive farmers' delegations and anticipated that “new beneficial alternatives” were under consideration by the government.
Wednesday, May 14th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
US George Washington and task force visit Valparaiso

US aircraft carrier George Washington will anchor in Chile's Region V port city of Valparaiso tomorrow Wednesday. The air carrier is visiting Chile as part of the Partnership of the Americas POA, military training program.
Wednesday, May 14th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
New British Research dismisses Argentina's Falklands Claim

Argentina's claim to the Falkland Islands has been comprehensively rejected by a catalogue of facts gleaned from original sources in Argentine and United Kingdom archives by two British researchers, Doctor Graham Pascoe and Peter Pepper.
Wednesday, May 14th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Kirchners double conciliatory tone challenges farmers

A double message on Wednesday from the Argentine government forced a new scenario for the ongoing conflict with the striking farmers who have been protesting since early March against the taxing system.