An unprecedented exchange between the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, and the King of Spain, Juan Carlos I de Borb??n, took place during the closing ceremonies of the 17th Iberoamerican Summit (XVII Cumbre Iberoamericana). As the current president of Spain, Rodr??guez Zapatero, was responding to some earlier charges on the part of Chavez, Chavez continually […]
Pinochet, the military dictator who ruled Chile with a bloody and iron fist from 1973 to 1990, and who then had himself named Senator for Life, has died. Implicated in the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians during his bloody regime, Pinochet died at 2:15 pm today (Chilean time) from complications after a heart attack.
Augusto […]
The Venezuelan government has begun a national disarmament plan in which they pay ?Ǩ205 (euros) for each automatic pistol turned in to government, and ?Ǩ123 for each revolver. The funds will be paid by the Venezuelan Economic and Social Development Bank.
Guns lacking identification, or which have been identified as having been used in a crime […]
Chileans have just elected Michelle Bachelet by a 53% majority as the first woman president. A socialist, her election is another chapter in the 34 year struggle to put the right wing dictatorship and bloody historical stain of Augusto Pinochet behind and to return to a popularly elected government which reflects the majority opinion of […]