Politics

Friday, May 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
President Chavez threatens banks with nationalization

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatened on Thursday to nationalize the country's banks and largest steel producer, if they don't join the country's economic expansion plans.
Friday, May 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Basic training in human rights for Argentine troops

Hundreds of Argentine troops are headed back to class for a different sort of basic training ÃÂ¢€” in human rights.
Friday, May 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands: Penguin News Weekly Update

Headlines:
Tourist Board: no confidence vote for directors; Pension reversal; Harriet lands new job; War losses remembered; A long distance interview; Expo plans progress.
Friday, May 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina:
“Air force material obsolete”

Defence Minister Nilda Garré, speaking after an air force pilot died on Tuesday as his plane crashed, said that Argentina's air military material is old due to more than 20 years of “disinvestment.”
Thursday, May 3rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
World Press Freedom Day May 3. UN alarmed over media freedom

“World Press Freedom Day reminds us all ÃÂ¢€” governments, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations as well as civil society ÃÂ¢€“ of the crucial role a free press plays in strengthening democracies and fostering development around the world”.
Thursday, May 3rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Cuban forces foil attempt to hijack a civilian aircraft

Fugitive Cuban army recruits killed a military officer they took hostage early Thursday in a failed attempt to hijack a plane bound for the United States according to a release from the Interior Ministry. Two of the escaped recruits were arrested after Army Lt. Col. Victor Ibo Acuña Velazquez was killed in the aborted hijacking.
Wednesday, May 2nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Disaster management team in the Falkland Islands

“To spread the word that preparedness does save lives” This was the reason given by Frank Savage, adviser on disaster management to the British Foreign and Commonwealth's Overseas Territories Department (FCO/OTD), why he and colleague, Roger Bellers of the Department for International Development (DFID) are in the Falkland Islands this week.
Wednesday, May 2nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands War “a mistake”. Bombing raid reversed withdrawal decision

Argentina was ready to announce withdrawal of its troops from the Falklands Islands on May 2nd exactly 25 years ago but President Galtieri reversed his decision when the British Vulcan bomber and Harrier aircraft launched their raid on Stanley Airport the previous day.
Wednesday, May 2nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Decisive Falklands War actions recalled. Vulcan bomber raid and Belgrano

Two of the most dramatic actions of the 1982 Falklands War have been recalled in a series of media reports in the United Kingdom 25 years after they took place - the sinking of the Argentine cruiser Belgrano with heavy loss of life and the attack on Stanley airport by a British Vulcan bomber in the longest air raid flight in history.
Wednesday, May 2nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Benedict XVI visits Brazil to strengthen regional predominance

Pope Benedict XVI urged on Wednesday prayers of support for his trip to Brazil next week, his first pilgrimage to Latin America and an effort to strengthen a church battling to retain its predominant role in the region.