Politics

Tuesday, April 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Boris Yeltsin Moscow funeral announced

The body of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin is to lie in state in Moscow ahead of a funeral on Wednesday
Tuesday, April 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Spain proposing Gibraltar tripartite experience for the Falklands

Spain's current ambassador in Argentina Rafael Estrella who is identified as the driving force in the Spanish Government's decision to pursue the Cordoba tripartite dialogue process (*), is urging the Argentine Government to take a similar approach to the Falkland Islands as Spain has to the Rock.
Monday, April 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Lula da Silva tackles political reform and illicit campaigning

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva asked on Monday for opposition support to overhaul a political system which he described as vulnerable to corruption and also promised he would not seek a third term in 2010, a sensitive issue for the opposition.
Monday, April 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Wolfowitz “damaged his own credibility” and is urged to resign

Senior former World Bank employees have urged beleaguered president Paul Wolfowitz to resign arguing he can no longer be an effective leader. Wolfowitz has admitted having helped his girlfriend win a promotion and pay rise.
Monday, April 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
A trip through Latin America's Socialist-populist blends

Brazilian president Lula da Silva is scheduled to visit Argentina and Chile, next Thursday and Friday with energy integration and trade as the main formal issues; but a trip that can also be described as an incursion through Latinamerica's different Socialist populist “blends”.
Sunday, April 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands never invited to compete in Panamerican Games

Sports officials from the British colony in the Islas Falklands, whose sovereignty Argentina claims, said they have never been invited to participate in the Panamerican Games, according to the Italian agency ANSA desk in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Sunday, April 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina's next move: Malvinas issue to UN Assembly

Argentina's next ambassador before the United Nations Jorge ArgÃÃ‚Â¼ello has as his main instruction to move the sovereignty claim over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands to the UN General Assembly as part of a more political approach to the issue by President Nestor Kirchner's administration, according to Buenos Aires press.
Saturday, April 21st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Almirante Irizar back in Argentina, “85% recovered from fire”

Argentine icebreaker “Almirante Irizar” arrived Friday night to Puerto Belgrano naval base ten days after a fire ravaged the generator room forcing the evacuation in mid South Atlantic of 300 people, including crew members and scientists on their return from Antarctica.
Saturday, April 21st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Pulp mills dispute: Madrid offers possible way out to deadlock

Uruguay and Argentina with the facilitating efforts of the Spanish Crown seem to have found this week in Madrid a possible way out for the deadlock over the pulp mills controversy which has soured bilateral relations between the neighboring countries.
Saturday, April 21st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Finland: President and 60% of cabinet ministers, women

A century after becoming the first country in the world to grant women full voting rights, Finland on Thursday marked another milestone by appointing the world's most female-dominated cabinet.