Politics

Monday, November 3rd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Castro's first overseas visit to Brazil, says Lula da Silva

Brazilian President Lula da Silva said that the first overseas visit of his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro since taking office will be to Brazil. The announcement was made during his brief visit to Havana where Brazil's Petrobras signed an agreement to explore and exploit oil and gas offshore Cuba.
Monday, November 3rd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Chavez velvet warning to Nobel Peace Lech Walesa

Venezuelan opponents on Sunday accused President Hugo Chavez of trying to silence his critics after associates of former Polish president Lech Walesa said the Nobel Peace Prize laureate would not attend a pro-democracy forum in Venezuela.
Monday, November 3rd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
UN convoy of food and medicine for displaced Congolese

United Nations is to send a convoy of food and medical supplies to help the 250,000 people displaced by recent fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It will be the first aid in a week for those stranded in areas controlled by renegade Gen Laurent Nkunda's forces.
Monday, November 3rd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
US's election, only comparable to recent results in Latam

Brazilian leader Lula da Silva said that if Barack Obama if finally elected as the next president of the United States, it would be “something extraordinary”, comparable to his won victory or that of Bolivia's Evo Morales, the first indigenous president, plus a “spark of joy” for the expectant world.
Monday, November 3rd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Obama, McCain battle across campaign's closing day

Aiming for a last-minute upset, Republican John McCain embarked on a grueling odyssey through seven swing states Monday while Democrat Barack Obama was headed toward three longtime GOP bastions that have become Democratic-leaning battlegrounds in the historic presidential contest.
Sunday, November 2nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Chavez: Biz related to scandal may be expropriated

President Hugo Chavez on Saturday threatened to expropriate a major Venezuelan company because of its owners' ties to a scandal involving the seizure of a suitcase stuffed with $800,000 in cash.
Sunday, November 2nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Bolivian president suspends US anti-drug efforts

Bolivian President Evo Morales yesterday suspended operations by the US Drug Enforcement Administration, an agency he has accused of spying and helping to destabilize his government.
Sunday, November 2nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Palin takes prank call from fake French president

Sarah Palin unwittingly took a prank call Saturday from a Canadian comedian posing as French President Nicolas Sarkozy and telling her she would make a good president someday. “Maybe in eight years,” replies a laughing Palin.
Sunday, November 2nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Argentina abstains from joint naval exercises with Chile

For the second year running the Argentine Congress denied authorization for Navy personnel and units to leave the country to participate in the joint Viekaren exercises with the Chilean Navy in the southern seas, which have been held regularly since 1999.
Sunday, November 2nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Archaeologists find evidence of Defoe's Robinson Crusoe

Archaeologists uncovered what they think is evidence of the campsite of a ship-wrecked sailor said to be the inspiration for Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. The archaeologists' findings were published in the journal Post-Medieval Archaeology.