Politics

Thursday, December 13th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
US wants Argentina to play a more active international role

President Nestor Kirchner administration was a “success” in pulling Argentina out from the 2001/02 collapse but President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner must take the following step and that is making Argentina again “an international player”, said Thomas Shannon Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs.
Thursday, December 13th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
“Reality is reality” and the Falkland Islands are British

“Reality is reality” and the “Falklands are British” was the first UK reaction to a protest letter from the Argentine government rejecting the inclusion of disputed (British) Overseas Territories in the Lisbon European Treaty which was signed by EU leaders this Thursday in the Portuguese capital.
Tuesday, December 11th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Celebrating Law of the Sea UN calls for oceans protection

Marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the opening for signature of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the Deputy Secretary-General called on States to work together to protect the marine environment which is under increasing pressure from human activities.
Tuesday, December 11th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Former Peruvian president trial on recess 'til Wednesday

Peru's former president Alberto Fujimori angrily shouted his innocence at the start of his trial Monday on accusations of murder and kidnapping stemming from a 1990s “dirty war” against communist rebels. However the presiding judge called a recess until Wednesday after he was diagnosed high blood pressure.
Tuesday, December 11th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Fujimori sentenced to six years for abuse of authority

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was convicted and sentenced to six years in prison on Tuesday on a charge of abuse of authority stemming from an illegal search he ordered as his government imploded in scandal seven years ago.
Monday, December 10th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Cool institutional relations of Uruguay with Mrs. Kirchner

Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez was absent on Sunday from the signing ceremony of the Bank of the South and from the dinner hosted by the presidential Kirchner couple in Buenos Aires to visiting leaders
Monday, December 10th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Cristina downplays conflict with Uruguay to “one difference”

Incoming Argentina president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner promised that during her term “differences” with neighboring Uruguay “will not deepen” but insisted that Uruguay was to blame for the dispute over the construction of a pulp mill on the shores of a jointly managed river.
Monday, December 10th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Kirchner couple slide into second mandate swapping jobs

The first elected woman president of Argentina, Cristina Kirchner, 54, was sworn in on Monday, receiving the sash of office from her husband, the outgoing head of state. Chants of “Viva Cristina” erupted when Kirchner swapped her position as first lady for that of president.
Monday, December 10th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Falklands' claim and multilateralism, CK's foreign policy punch

”We once again call on the occupying country which in international forums plays as advanced and respectful that here (in Argentina) we still have a colonial enclave”, was incoming President Cristina Kirchner's, CK, direct reference to the Falkland Islands in her inaugural speech before Congress on Monday.
Sunday, December 9th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Bolivian assembly approves new draft constitution

A special Bolivian constituent assembly approved this weekend a new draft constitution, despite a boycott by the main opposition party. Bolivians will now have a chance to vote on the changes in a national referendum next year.