Politics

• Monday, May 14th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Pope ends visit criticizing Marxism and neo-liberalism policies

  

  Pope Benedict XVI ended Sunday his five day visit to Brazil with a strong speech to Latinamerican cardinals and bishops criticising “authoritarian governments” and condemning the growing gap between rich and poor in the region.

• Monday, May 14th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Riverboat-style cruise with 200 pax has to be rescued off Alaska

  

  The riverboat-style cruise ship “Empress of the North” that ran aground off the Alaska coast has finally reached Juneau Monday afternoon. She arrived with a US Coast Guard escort about ten hours after it became grounded early morning.

• Monday, May 14th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  OAS willing to sponsor dialogue with Cuba

  The Organization of American States, OAS, Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza discarded the possibility of Venezuela abandoning the institution and underlined he favored the opening of dialogue with Cuba.

• Monday, May 14th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Cable or satellite option for censored Venezuelan TV station

  

  Venezuela's Minister of Communication and Information William Lara said private television station RCTV would be able to broadcast on cable or satellite following May 27, the date when its broadcast license to operate in open free radio frequency expires.

• Monday, May 14th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Ecuador's Correa, the continent's leader with most support

  

  Ecuador's president Rafael Correa is the Latinamerican leader with most support in the continent while his counterpart in Guatemala Oscar Berger ranks in the opposite end, according to a report published by the Mexican public opinion consultants Mitofsky.

• Sunday, May 13th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Happy Mother's Day!

  

  Today is Mother's Day in much of Latin America, and scattered families are displaying their devotion. Forget the potted geranium. They're sending their mothers appliances or cold cash with the flowers and greeting cards.

• Sunday, May 13th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Paraguay: former bishop leads presidential opinion polls

  

  A former Catholic bishop and pre-candidate from the Paraguayan opposition Fernando Lugo, is leading public opinion polls for presidential elections of April 2008 according to the Sunday edition of Asunción daily Ultima Hora.

• Saturday, May 12th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Thatcher unveils Falklands memorial

  

  Baroness Thatcher met Falkland veterans and unveiled a commemorative arch in Hampshire on Saturday to mark the 25th anniversary of the conflict.

• Saturday, May 12th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Angry Protesters Swarm Kirchner's Sister

  

  Striking teachers and public workers tossed eggs and flour at President Nestor Kirchner's sister on Saturday, jostling the Cabinet minister as she visited the president's home province of Santa Cruz.

• Saturday, May 12th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  De Menezes killers escape discipline

  Eleven British police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a man wrongly suspected of being a suicide bomber will not face disciplinary action.