Politics

Thursday, April 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Chile All Ways Surprising campaign in London cabs

During a month and in the framework of the program “Chilean Weeks in Europe”, 30 cabs are circulating London with publicity on Chile and Chilean products under the motto “Chile All Ways Surprising”.
Thursday, April 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Holland delivers fourth multi purpose frigate to Chilean navy

Holland delivered this week the last of the four frigates sold to the Chilean Navy in the framework of the “Proyecto Puente II” to renew the navy's surface fleet.
Thursday, April 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Malvinas veterans identify officer allegedly involved in abuses

A second Argentine officer allegedly involved in the abuse of conscripts, including the death of several of them, during the 1982 Falkland Islands conflict has been identified by one of the victims, reports this week the Argentine press.
Wednesday, April 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Chávez hints at buying Argentine nuclear plant

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez raised the idea of buying a nuclear power plant from Argentina yesterday and playfully suggested to his Colombian colleague Alvaro Uribe that it could be set up near Venezuela's border with Colombia.
Wednesday, April 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
“Chavism” is non existent, “it's a president with a checkbook”

Chilean former president Ricardo Lagos denied the existence of “Chavism” (President Chavez ideology) both in Venezuela and in the rest of Latinamerica but rather “a charismatic president with a lot of money available and who lacks a solid political support”.
Wednesday, April 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguayan engineer plays dead and is saved from Virginia killings

Uruguayan engineer Guillermo Colman will probably not want to tell about his odyssey during the Monday Virginia Technical University carnage when he saved his life on two occasions playing dead.
Wednesday, April 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Spain anticipates “no big news” in pulp mills dispute

Spain's Foreign Affairs Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos cautioned Wednesday that “no big news” can be expected from the first direct dialogue round between Argentina and Uruguay in Madrid regarding the controversy over the construction of a pulp mill in shared waters.
Wednesday, April 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Exercise Cassin Falcon shows off Falklands Air Defence systems

The invitation “for interested military and civilian personnel” to have an opportunity to watch the live firing of both the High-Velocity and Rapier missile systems drew a mixed audience on Wednesday, ranging from Deputy Governor, Miss Harriett Hall, to school children on holiday, a Swiss journalist and even Sergio Zagier, an Argentine writer and publisher of guide books.
Tuesday, April 17th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Pulp mills dispute: Uruguay/Argentina discussions in Madrid

Uruguay asserted on Tuesday its “dialogue spirit” for the coming two days meeting in Spain where the controversial issue of the construction of pulp mills, and alleged pollution, in shared waterways will be discussed with Argentine representatives.
Monday, April 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands' war: Argentine officers face charges from veterans

More than twenty Malvinas war veterans from the Argentine northern province of Corrientes with the support from the local Human Rights Office have gone to court claiming human rights abuses and even killings by their own officers during the armed 1982 conflict between Argentina and Great Britain.