Politics

Friday, September 14th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Over 700.000 foreigners apply for Argentine residence

In spite of the recurrent economic cycles Argentina remains a magnet for people from neighboring countries. Over 700.000 foreigners applied for Argentina residence between 2003 and September this year, according to official figures from Argentina's Migration Office.
Friday, September 14th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
EU plans to increase grain crop by cutting on fallow land

The European Commission proposed this week to suspend for a year rules forcing grain farmers to leave a percentage of fallow land and thus helping to curb soaring prices of cereals such as wheat.
Thursday, September 13th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Fragile victory for key Lula da Silva Congressional ally

The Brazilian Senate narrowly voted Wednesday to absolve the embattled higher house president Renan Calheiros, a key ally of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who faced expulsion over corruption allegations.
Thursday, September 13th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Chile accepts 100 Palestinian refugees displaced from Iraq

Several Chilean cities have offered to take in as many as 100 Palestinian refugees that are currently living in refugee camps along the Iraqi border. These include the cities of La Calera and San Felipe in Region V, and Ñuñoa in the Metropolitan Region.
Thursday, September 13th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Russia after closer trade and political links with Mercosur

Russia is interested in closer political and economic relations with Mercosur said on Wednesday Russian visiting acting Foreign Affairs minister Sergei Lavrov in Uruguay one of the several countries included in the current South American tour.
Thursday, September 13th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
UN landmark declaration outlines rights of indigenous peoples

The United Nations General Assembly today adopted a landmark declaration outlining the rights of the world's estimated 370 million indigenous people and outlawing discrimination against them – a move that followed more than two decades of debate.
Wednesday, September 12th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Kirchner, Uribe and Calderon, region's most popular leaders

Argentina's president Nestor Kirchner together with the presidents of Colombia Alvaro Uribe and Mexico's Felipe Calderon rank as the top of the list of Latinamerican leaders in performance support according to Consulta Mitofsky a respected Mexican public opinion consultant.
Wednesday, September 12th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Mrs. Cristina F. Kirchner avoids controversy in Berlin

In the third day of her highly publicized visit to Germany, first lady Cristina Fernández de Kirchner met Chancellor Angela Merkel without any special reference to the bilateral problems regarding the renegotiation of the external debt and irate German bond owners.
Wednesday, September 12th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Policeman shot dead and riots on Pinochet coup anniversary

One police officer was killed and 41 people injured in Chile's capital Santiago when hundreds of protesters battled with riot police through the night on the anniversary of the September 11, 1973 military coup. The Chilean government reported on Wednesday that 216 people were arrested.
Wednesday, September 12th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
American dream: One in five in US don't speak English at home

One in five people living in the United States speaks a language at home other than English, according to new Census data showing the wide-ranging effects of immigration.