Politics

Thursday, January 11th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Pulp mills dispute: banks retain “Oust Botnia” stamped Argentine bills

Hundreds of bank clients in the Argentine city of Gualeguaychú suffered the effects of the ongoing battle of this city against the construction of pulp mills in neighboring Uruguay when bills with the inscription “Oust Botnia” were retained by cashiers.
Wednesday, January 10th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
OAS members support Insulza; Chavez wants an apology

Organization of American States Secretary General Jose Migule Insulza received on Tuesday full support from country members' representatives during a debate promoted by Venezuela following the controversy with Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez.
Wednesday, January 10th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Chavez promises six years of “Socialism or death”

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was sworn in for another six years on Wednesday, promising to press ahead with a sweeping socialist agenda: “Fatherland. Socialism or death ÃÂ¢€” I swear it” said Chavez, holding his right hand in the air as he invoked Cuban leader Fidel Castro's famous call to arms.
Wednesday, January 10th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Latam trade surplus with US tops 100 billion US dollars

Latinamerica and the Caribbean trade surplus with the United States in November dropped 11.5% in November to just over 7 billion US dollars according to the US Department of Commerce.
Wednesday, January 10th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Pickets playing cat and mouse with Buenos Aires ferry terminal

Officials from the Buenos Aires-Uruguay ferry shuttle company renewed their call for confidence among passengers following an informal “intelligence gathering” operation by picketers who are protesting the construction of a pulp mill in Uruguay and have promised “disruptions” this coming Friday.
Wednesday, January 10th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Reborn Ortega takes office praised by Chavez and Bush

Former Marxist guerrilla and United States Cold War enemy Daniel Ortega was sworn in as Nicaraguan president on Wednesday 16 years after voters tired of a civil war with Contra rebels threw him out of office.
Tuesday, January 9th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Insulza branded an “idiot”

Chavez's nationalization announcement came in his first speech of the year, a fiery address in which he used a vulgar word roughly meaning “idiot” to refer to Organization of American States Secretary-General Jose Miguel Insulza.
Tuesday, January 9th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
US and EU ratify commitment to the Doha trade round

United States president George W Bush and the European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso ratified Monday their commitment to seek fresh ways of overcoming differences and reaching an agreement on the Doha Round trade talks.
Tuesday, January 9th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Brazil willing to inject “greater cohesion” to Mercosur

Brazil has plans to grant economic and trade aid to Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay in an attempt to give South America's main trade grouping Mercosur, “greater cohesion”, according to the financial press of Sao Paulo.
Monday, January 8th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Lavagna with “slim” chances of beating incumbent candidate

Former Argentine Minister of Economy Roberto Lavagna could become “the main opposition candidate” but his chances of winning October's presidential elections are “slim” said a reputed Argentine political analyst and public opinion polls expert