Politics

Sunday, September 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina fury at UK bid for Falkland seas

Argentina has reacted furiously to plans by Britain to lay claim to vast new tracts of potentially oil and gas-rich territories in the seas off the Falklands.
Sunday, September 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Kirchners face busy New York agenda

President Néstor Kirchner and his wife (and would-be successor) Cristina Fernández arrive in New York today to attend the United Nations General Assembly.
Sunday, September 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil to spend $300m on indigenous reservations

The Brazilian government is to spend $270m (£133m) in the next three years creating new reservations for indigenous groups in the Amazon.
Sunday, September 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Fujimori back in Peru facing up 30 years in prison

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori landed on Peruvian soil for the first time in seven years on Saturday.
Saturday, September 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Britain said to lay claim to south Atlantic seabed

Britain is seeking to legally annex stretches of the south Atlantic seabed in a bid to tap gas, mineral and oil wealth, in a move that could raise tension with Argentina, a newspaper reported Saturday.
Saturday, September 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Former president Fujimori back in Peru to face trial

Disgraced former President Alberto Fujimori arrived in Peru for the first time in seven years under armed guard on Saturday to face charges of abusing human rights and stealing public money during his decade-long rule in the 1990s.
Saturday, September 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Estrada: K team “has no environmental policy.”

Argentina key negotiator in the Botnia pulp mill dispute with Uruguay was ousted from his Foreign Ministry post because of his disagreement with the official policy, according to the fired diplomat, Raúl Estrada Oyuela.
Friday, September 21st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

Headlines:
Death of a hero; No full-timers for this council; £3m price tag for terminals; Cathedral rector heading south; 'Governor Gurr'; Oil operators meeting; Beds for vets still nended.
Friday, September 21st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil is working on speeding up Venezuela as a Mercosur full member

Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, assured this Thursday that his country is working on making Venezuela, definitely, gets his full member entry into the Southern Common Market (Mercosur).
Friday, September 21st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Bachelet leads bipartisan delegation to Big Apple

President Michelle Bachelet on Sunday will lead a delegation of high-profile Chilean politicians to the United Nations headquarters in New York City. While the purpose of the trip is ostensibly to participate in the U.N.'s 62nd General Assembly, the journey also gives Chile an opportunity to shore up support in its bid for a seat on the international body's Human Rights Council (UNHCR).