MercoPress
Monday, May 10, 2010 - 00:00
Leading Brazilian presidential candidate Jose Serra said it was "very good" for his campaign that Venezuela's leader Hugo Chavez should openly support his main competitor incumbent hopeful Dilma Rousseff.
Monday, May 10, 2010 - 00:00
The Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) agreed over the week end to boost defence expending transparency to ensure regional stability.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010 - 00:00
Former economy minister Jose Martinez de Hoz, the economic brains behind the 1976-1983 military dictatorship, has been arrested and transferred to a clinic after an amnesty law was lifted.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010 - 00:00
Latin Business Chronicle also admits that the rating is not without controversy since many economists have doubts about "Argentina's official INDEC statistics."
Monday, May 3, 2010 - 00:00
The extraordinary summit of presidents of countries members of UNASUR is to debate next Tuesday in Buenos Aires an agenda dominated by the intention of Nestor Kirchner to run for the post of Secretary General of the regional bloc.
Monday, May 3, 2010 - 00:00
Argentine former President Nestor Kirchner harshly criticized a sector of the press and the government's "opposition" in Congress that wants "to set the country on fire."
Monday, May 3, 2010 - 00:00
Roman Catholic Cardinal Jaime Ortega announced Sunday he managed to convince Cuban authorities to lift the month-long ban on street protests by "Ladies in White"-the wives and mothers of political prisoners.
Monday, May 3, 2010 - 00:00
Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo said this weekend that the Argentine government has "high expectations" that former president Nestor Kirchner will be named next Tuesday as secretary general of the Union of South American Nations.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 00:00
Brazil plans to increase the number of its voluntary army from 300.000 to 500.000 in the next two decades as the defence budget keeps growing steadily.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 00:00
The United States will support Chile's Jose Miguel Insulza in his bid for another five years as head of the OAS, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday in a letter to the OAS secretary-general.