Politics

Thursday, August 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguay/Argentina relations fall to bottom rock level

To the backdrop of several dozen Argentine protesters in a flotilla of boats and dinghies, Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez on Wednesday inaugurated storage facilities and improved docks in a port serving a controversial new pulp mill built in Uruguay by Finnish pulp producer Botnia.
Thursday, August 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Hundreds arrested in Santiago de Chile labor protest

Police prevented members and supporters of Chile's largest labor union – the United Workers Central (CUT) – from marching through the streets of the capital Santiago on Wednesday, after union leaders deliberately failed to seek authorization for their protest.
Thursday, August 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Controversy surrounds election of next IMF managing director

The race to fill the post of Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, IMF, completes a decisive leg this Friday when the period to register candidacies comes to a close at midnight.
Thursday, August 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Bachelet to lobby for UN human rights council seat

President Michelle Bachelet travels to Japan and Australia this Friday in an 11-day tour of Asian nations that includes a summit meeting of the APEC regional trade group in Australia.
Thursday, August 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
The most powerful women in politics according to Forbes

The Forbes list of the World's Most Powerful Women this year includes 29 women helping to run governments around the world. Though that's flat from 30 in last year's ranking, those who have stayed continue to flex their muscles.
Thursday, August 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Five senior posts reshuffle in Chinese cabinet

China replaced the finance minister, the head of the secret police and three other Cabinet members in a major reshuffle of senior posts ahead of a major Communist Party meeting that will set policies for the next five years.
Tuesday, August 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Brazilian Lula's former aide to face corruption trial

Brazil's Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a corruption case against former Cabinet members in a 2005 bribes-for-votes scandal that seriously damaged the reputation of the president's party.
Tuesday, August 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
US Judge opens way for Noriega's extradition to France

Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega can be extradited to France after completing his U.S. prison sentence on a 1992 drug trafficking conviction, according to a Tuesday ruling from a US federal judge.
Tuesday, August 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Rio de Janeiro wants bigger share of Brazil's oil money

An initiative by Rio de Janeiro state government to withdraw from Brazil's nation-wide treaty exempting taxes on investments in oil exploration has become a major concern for the country's oil sector, said industry sources on Monday.
Monday, August 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
New Lan Chile airline Union form

Union leaders from LAN – Chile's largest airline – will meet on August 29 to form a comprehensive new union organization that they hope will avoid the problems currently plaguing labor organizers around the nation.