Politics

• Thursday, April 26th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Developing countries split over agriculture in Geneva WTO talks

  

  Differences emerged this week in Geneva between developing countries over a key issue in World Trade Organization (WTO) agriculture talks: basically the degree to which poorer food importing countries can protect their farmers in any eventual tariff-cutting WTO deal by designating certain products as “special.”

• Wednesday, April 25th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Mrs. Kirchner promises full support for Mexico's Mercosur bid

  

  Visiting Argentine First Lady Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner promised full support for Mexico's incorporation bid to the South American customs union group, Mercosur during a meeting this week with leaders in the Mexican Senate.

• Wednesday, April 25th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Youth delegates in Geneva pledge to promote road safety

  A United Nations-sponsored gathering of young people from around the world has issued a global call to arms for governments, schools, universities, the media, the entertainment industry, bartenders and youths themselves to take action to improve road safety for young people — who are more likely to be killed by road accidents than any other cause.

• Wednesday, April 25th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Mercosur Parliament opens May 7 in Montevideo

  

  Mercosur's Parliament will be formally opened next May 7 at Uruguay's Legislative Palace and in its first year will have an operational monthly budget of 30.000 US dollars, according to delegates from the five member countries.

• Tuesday, April 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Bolivia's Morales receives Malvinas soil gift from veterans

  

  Argentine Malvinas veterans visiting La Paz on Monday handed Bolivian president Evo Morales a coffer with Falkland Islands soil and requested support to recover the Islands for Argentina and Latinamerica.

• Tuesday, April 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  United Nations welcomes New York City “green” initiative

  

  Plans unveiled by New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Earth Day to reduce the strain on natural resources such as water, air and land were warmly embraced by officials with the United Nations department that promotes sustainable development.

• Tuesday, April 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Pulp mills dispute: Brazil praises dialogue resumption

  

  Brazil expressed complacence on Monday at the resumption of dialogue between Argentina and Uruguay regarding the dispute over the construction of a pulp mill by the Finnish company Botnia along a shared river between the two neighboring countries.

• Tuesday, April 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Boris Yeltsin Moscow funeral announced

  

  The body of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin is to lie in state in Moscow ahead of a funeral on Wednesday

• Tuesday, April 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Spain proposing Gibraltar tripartite experience for the Falklands

  

  Spain's current ambassador in Argentina Rafael Estrella who is identified as the driving force in the Spanish Government's decision to pursue the Cordoba tripartite dialogue process (*), is urging the Argentine Government to take a similar approach to the Falkland Islands as Spain has to the Rock.

• Monday, April 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Lula da Silva tackles political reform and illicit campaigning

  

  Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva asked on Monday for opposition support to overhaul a political system which he described as vulnerable to corruption and also promised he would not seek a third term in 2010, a sensitive issue for the opposition.