Politics

Wednesday, March 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
CK calls for peace and confirms planned Venezuela trip

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner called on all Latinamerican countries to ratify their “commitment to peace” in the eve of her long planned Wednesday trip to Venezuela, which together with Ecuador have militarized their borders following an incursion by Colombian forces in Ecuadorian territory to kill a FARC rebel leader.
Wednesday, March 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
FARC and France exchange veiled warning messages

The killing of Raul Reyes, spokesperson and second in command of the Colombian FARC guerrillas, during an incursion by Colombian troops in Ecuador, is a “serious blow to the possibilities of a humanitarian exchange and to a political solution to the conflict” said the rebel group in a message released on Tuesday.
Wednesday, March 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
OAS: no agreement on Ecuador Colombia conflict

Country members from the Organization of American States, OAS, were unable to reach a statement on the Ecuador/Colombia incident forcing the Permanent Council to suspend the emergency session until mid day Wednesday.
Wednesday, March 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
OAS resolution eases tension between Colombia and Ecuador

The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) on Wednesday approved a resolution stating Colombia violated Ecuador's sovereignty with a cross-border raid to kill a leftist rebel over the weekend.
Tuesday, March 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Colombia to bring genocide charges against Chavez

Colombian President Alvaro Uribe announced Tuesday he will ask the International Criminal Court in Rome to bring genocide charges against President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. He accused Mr Chavez of sponsoring and financing Colombian FARC rebels. Venezuela denies the charge.
Tuesday, March 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Prosecutor reviewing ex-governor Kirchner Santa Cruz oil funds

An Argentine prosecutor has requested former president Nestor Kirchner be summoned to declare on alleged irregular handling of funds belonging to the provincial government of Santa Cruz, which he ruled during eleven years
Tuesday, March 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
UN urges C 24 decolonization advance process

All over the world, hundreds of millions of people had exercised their right to self-determination and achieved self-government, and facilitating that process was “one of the proudest chapters of our Organization's history” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said last week as he opened the current session of the Special Committee on decolonisation, the so called C24 (according to official UN reports).
Monday, March 3rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Strong criticism to “bi-lateralization” of Mercosur block

The “bi-lateralization” of Argentine-Brazilian relations and the incorporation of Venezuela are factors grinding the basic structure of Mercosur, said Uruguay's former president Julio Maria Sanguinetti during a recent visit to Paraguay.
Monday, March 3rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Chavez sends troops and tanks to Colombian border

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez ordered on Sunday the militarization of the border with Colombia and the closing of Venezuela's embassy in Bogotá a day after Colombian troops in an incursion in Ecuadorian territory killed FARC rebel group number 2, an action he described as a “cowardly murder”.
Monday, March 3rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
S. American leaders want to mediate in Colombia conflict

The killing of a Colombian guerrilla leader by Colombian forces in Ecuadorian territory and the alleged discovery of documents linking the rebel group with the governments of Ecuador and Venezuela has pushed South America closer to an armed conflict.