Latin America

Tuesday, December 27th 2011 - 13:57 UTC
Argentine Media bill: “a dictatorship couldn’t have done it better”

The conservative and influential Brazilian newspaper O Estado de Sao Paulo in an editorial described the Argentine government as an “austral democradura” (authoritarian regime) which is sponsoring legislation “to terrorize the media”.
Tuesday, December 27th 2011 - 13:54 UTC
Rousseff reiterates pledge to eliminate extreme poverty in Brazil by 2014

President Dilma Rousseff, about to complete her first year in office, reiterated she remains committed to eliminate extreme poverty in Brazil by the end of her term in 2013.
Tuesday, December 27th 2011 - 13:53 UTC
Argentine human rights reference openly criticizes the Anti-Terrorism law

The president of Argentina’s Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo organization, Estela de Carlotto, has joined Justice Raúl Zaffaroni and other sectors from the country in criticizing the recently passed Anti-terrorism Law.
Tuesday, December 27th 2011 - 13:52 UTC
Cuba advances with capitalist reforms to install efficient market economy

Cuba will open up more of the country's retail services to the private sector next year, allowing Cubans to operate various services such as appliance and watch repair, and locksmith and carpentry shops, official media reported on Monday.
Tuesday, December 27th 2011 - 09:43 UTC
How US campaigns and elections shaped politics across the world

* By Andrew Hammond - The eyes of much of North America and South America will this coming year be on the US presidential and congressional elections as Democrats and Republicans fight it out for control of the White House, the US House of Representatives, and the US Senate. The ballots could have key implications not just for US domestic issues, but also US foreign policy across the Americas region, including in Cuba and Venezuela.
Monday, December 26th 2011 - 21:08 UTC
“Grand principles don’t impress” IMF chief reminds the Euro zone leaders

The head of the International Monetary Fund said that the world economy was in danger and urged Europeans to speak with one voice on a debt crisis that has rattled the global financial system.
Monday, December 26th 2011 - 17:25 UTC
“Falkland Islands don’t want to join Argentina”

From Monday's Globe and Mail (*)
The Falkland Islands, a windswept archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, are a British Overseas Territory, and have been since 1833. The 3,000 inhabitants of this Island are proud to be British subjects, and no amount of Argentine huffing or puffing will change that.
Monday, December 26th 2011 - 17:23 UTC
ARA Belgrano was heading to the Falklands, secret papers reveal

By Thomas Harding, The Telegraph Defense Correspondent. The following article referred to the major naval incident of the Falklands’ conflict was published Monday 26 December. Top secret papers are set to prove that the warship ARA Belgrano was heading into the Falkland's exclusion zone when it was sunk in May 1982, and not heading back to port as the Argentines claimed.
Monday, December 26th 2011 - 11:18 UTC
The Guardian: “Britain is asleep over Argentina and the Falklands”

In a piece published last week in London daily The Guardian, and referred to the recent Mercosur support for Argentina in the Falkland Islands dispute, Richard Gott argues that a new scenario has emerged with South America growing in strength, increasingly united and no longer looking to Europe for support and advice which means a different framework for the Falkland Islands s sovereignty dispute.
Saturday, December 24th 2011 - 03:47 UTC
Merry Christmas from MercoPress

MercoPress wishes a happy holiday season to all its readers.