Politics

• Tuesday, April 17th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Pulp mills dispute: Uruguay/Argentina discussions in Madrid

  Uruguay asserted on Tuesday its “dialogue spirit” for the coming two days meeting in Spain where the controversial issue of the construction of pulp mills, and alleged pollution, in shared waterways will be discussed with Argentine representatives.

• Monday, April 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands' war: Argentine officers face charges from veterans

  

  More than twenty Malvinas war veterans from the Argentine northern province of Corrientes with the support from the local Human Rights Office have gone to court claiming human rights abuses and even killings by their own officers during the armed 1982 conflict between Argentina and Great Britain.

• Sunday, April 15th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Chavez apologizes; Bachelet to meet Venezuelan opposition

  Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez apologized on Sunday to Chilean leader Michelle Bachelet following his harsh criticism of the Chilean Senate, “bunch of fascists” for having sponsored a statement against the “arbitrary” closure of a Venezuelan opposition broadcasting and television station.

• Sunday, April 15th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Ecuador: Landslide victory for Correa and new political model

  

  Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa achieved a solid political victory following the landslide support in Sunday's referendum to call a constitutional assembly with full powers to review the chart and set the foundations for a “new model” of country.

• Friday, April 13th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Millions expected in Brazil for Pope Benedict XVI visit

  Pope Benedict XVI coming visit to Brazil from May 9 to 13 is expected to attract millions of faithful and tourists which will spend in the order of 22 million Euros in Sao Paulo according to estimates from the city's Tourist Office.

• Friday, April 13th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Lula da Silva praises Conservative allies in coalition

  Brazilian president Lula da Silva would like to see his ruling coalition remain in office even if this means supporting a conservative presidential candidate in 2010, according to an official spokesperson from the Planalto Palace.

• Friday, April 13th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  EU will not join US in WTO complaint against China

  The European Union does not plan to join United States complaint to the WTO about intellectual property rights and piracy in China despite agreeing with its substance, a senior European official said on Thursday.

• Friday, April 13th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Kirchner tells IMF to MYOB and stop making recommendations

  

  Argentine president Nestor Kirchner on Thursday again criticized the International Monetary Fund, IMF, and ironically said that “the IMF no longer can indicate what we should do, we well know what happened when we did so”.

• Friday, April 13th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Penguin News weekly update

  

  Headlines:
  'Bash' helps bring veterans back; Pension trustees angered by subsidy loss; Gainer withdraws from tourism job; 190 expected at Forum; Blaze aboard Irizar; Summer time ends this weekend.

• Thursday, April 12th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Army to patrol streets of crime plagued Rio do Janeiro

  

  Gov. Sergio Cabral Filho has formally requested that the army intervene to contain the violence that has been spiraling out of control in Rio de Janeiro.