Politics

Thursday, October 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Cardiff unveiled the Welsh National Falklands Memorial

The first Falkland Islands war memorial in Wales was uneviled in Catahys Park, Cardiff, during a ceremony that gathered hundreds of South Atlantic war veterans.
Thursday, October 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Playboy photos reveal latest Brazilian political scandal

A beautiful journalist at the heart of one of the latest Brazilian Congress scandals has hit the cover of the Brazil edition of Playboy and become an instant sales success.
Thursday, October 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Arrest of Pinochet ring: in Chile “no one is above the law”

President Michelle Bachelet called for calm and said “no one is above the law” in Chile following the indictment on Thursday on corruption charges of 23 people related to former dictator General Augusto Pinochet including his widow and five children.
Thursday, October 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Alleged Malvinas war dead discovered in Brazilian prison

He was given for dead and honoured in multiple ceremonies as one of the 649 Argentine combatants who lost their lives 25 years ago in the Malvinas war. However just a few days ago with the help of internet his sister discovered Efrain Renato Salcedo was alive, but imprisoned in Brazil, reports the Argentine press.
Thursday, October 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
FT mocks Mrs. K devotion to foreign travel

The Buenos Aires Financial Times office wrote a scathing article about the Argentine First Lady and presidential candidate Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner saying she devotes so much time to foreign travel during her election campaign that it almost looks as though “she is running for a job at the United Nations, not the presidency of Argentina”.
Thursday, October 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
New controversy with Brazil's air traffic control system

Brazil's top aviation official on Thursday rebuffed charges by the head of an international air traffic controllers organization who said it was only “a question of time” before there was a new air disaster in Brazil.
Wednesday, October 3rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Incipient political dialogue between US and Venezuela

Top diplomats from Venezuela and United States held talks aimed at improving relations, discussing a possible visit to Caracas by Washington's leading envoy for the Americas. Relations between the two countries have been tense for years.
Wednesday, October 3rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina announces “discouragement letter” to Billinton

Argentina announced a “formal protest” before the United Kingdom for having extended hydrocarbons exploration and production licences to the east and south of the Falkland Islands. The Foreign Affairs Ministry also anticipated “discouragement letters” to the companies involved reported the Buenos Aires press Tuesday evening.
Wednesday, October 3rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
First production contract for Royal Navy's new carriers

Britain awarded this week the first contract for the new equipment that will be fitted to the 65,000 tonne aircraft carriers Ministry of Defence has announced it is to order.
Tuesday, October 2nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Landslide victory in Ecuador for XXI Century Socialist project

Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa received a landslide support in the Sunday election for a Constitutional Assembly which will be tasked with reforming the country's constitution and leading it towards what he has defined as XXI Century Socialism.