Politics

• 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.

• Tuesday, October 2nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  South America: highest robbery rates

  

  Fear of crime is driving investment away from cities in developing countries, where over half of all urban residents have been victims in the last five years, a United Nations report warned yesterday.

• Tuesday, October 2nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Plans to recycle veteran warship of the Falklands conflict

  

  The former Royal Navy amphibious assault ship Fearless, which was a key part of the Falklands fleet, is expected to be recycled at a Belgian shipyard, the Ministry of Defence announced today.