Politics

Tuesday, August 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina says dead British tourist was part of “drug ring”

Argentina's Justice, Security and Human Rights Minister Aníbal Fernández said on Monday the young English tourist found dead in Buenos Aires ten months ago “was part of a drug ring,” and that she had been arrested by the federal police while probing the gang's activities.
Monday, August 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina, Venezuela seek arrest in suitcase scandal

Venezuelan authorities are seeking the detention of a dual Venezuelan-US citizen caught last year in Argentina with a suitcase stuffed with hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash.
Monday, August 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands added to Argentina stand off with Vatican

The coming visit this week to Argentina of a top official from the Holy See has triggered speculation in the Buenos Aires press that a Vatican request for the creation of a new diocese in Tierra del Fuego “could include the Falkland Islands”.
Monday, August 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Recall referendum opinion polls ratify Bolivian president

Bolivian president Evo Morales is comfortably favored for ratification in the recall referendum of next August 10 with 59% support, according to the latest public opinion poll published Sunday in the capital La Paz main daily La Razón.
Monday, August 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Lula optimistic about a Doha round global trade agreement

Brazilian president Lula da Silva said he believes the Doha round global trade talks have not failed and anticipated that Brazil will insist that negotiations should continue until a satisfactory agreement for all is reached.
Sunday, August 3rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Lula da Silva and Chavez in Argentina to talk about trade

Presidents Lula da Silva of Brazil and Hugo Chavez from arrived Sunday night in Buenos Aires where they will meet President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to discuss pending issues, such as trade relations between the three countries.
Sunday, August 3rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil changing military strategy to rapid strike force

Brazil does not intend or is planning a massive troop build-up along its northern borders but wants a well-equipped rapid strike force to dissuade foreign intrusions, a senior government official said this weekend.
Sunday, August 3rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine farmers: “never again caboose on camp decisions”

Stating that whoever attacks the camp “attacks Argentina” and promising to “never again accept being the caboose of the decisions that compromise the farm's integrity and destiny”, the president of the Argentine Rural Society Lucinao Miguens inaugurated this weekend the country's main agro-show in the Palermo premises.
Saturday, August 2nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
UN General Assembly president Srgjan Kerim visits Argentina

United Nations General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim yesterday met with Vice-President Julio Cobos and Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana as part of an official three-day visit to Argentina, which is part of a wider tour in South America.
Saturday, August 2nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil launches Amazon rainforest protection fund

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has called on developed countries to donate money to a new fund designed to protect the Amazon rainforest.