Stories for October 6th 2010

Wednesday, October 6th 2010 - 18:06 UTC
Chile tries to cool escalating conflict with Argentina

Chilean Foreign Affairs minister Alfredo Moreno said Wednesday he would not make any further comments involving the serious controversy which erupted following Argentina’s decision to deny extradition of a Chilean guerrilla fighter charged with the killing of a Senator and kidnapping the son of a media owner in 1991 when democracy had been restored to Chile.
Wednesday, October 6th 2010 - 17:39 UTC
IMF and Kirchner administration agree: economy to expand strongly 2010/11

The International Monetary Fund warned of considerably high price index inflation and seemed sceptic of official GDP growth reports in Argentina as it presented its World Economic Outlook report, although it forecast a 7.5 percent growth, with a strong expansion partly due to the favourable global scenery and a strong trade with Brazil.
Wednesday, October 6th 2010 - 17:34 UTC
“Argentina seeks to service all its debts” promises Mrs Kirchner in Germany

“Argentina seeks to service all its debts” said President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner following a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the chancellery in Berlin. Mrs. Kirchner is on a three day high profile visit to Germany where she also met with President Christian Wulff in Berlin’s Bellevue Palace.
Wednesday, October 6th 2010 - 15:32 UTC
Falklands ‘invasion broadcaster’ short listed for Commonwealth Sports award

Falklands’ news casting veteran Patrick Watts, known for his manning of the radio station during the Argentine invasion in April 1982, and an active promoter of the Islands worldwide, is on the shortlist for a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 29th Annual Commonwealth Sports Awards.
Wednesday, October 6th 2010 - 05:26 UTC
Woman power in Brazil: Dilma could still win and Marina holds key of run-off

Brazilian political analysts are trying to explain way Sunday’s electoral party went sour for Dilma Rousseff and her mentor Lula da Silva, the most popular president of the country in the last six decades.
Wednesday, October 6th 2010 - 05:22 UTC
President Piñera’s cousin and Senator says the Kirchners are not to be trusted

A leading Chilean Conservative Senator said on Tuesday it is going to be very difficult to have a confidence relation “with the Argentine government, the President and the Kirchner couple” and described Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman as someone who lacks “human and intellectual category”.
Wednesday, October 6th 2010 - 05:20 UTC
Chile freezes relation and calls off series of meetings with Argentina

Chilean Argentine relations deteriorated seriously on Tuesday when the government of President Sebastian Piñera announced they were calling off a series of meetings at Foreign Affairs ministerial level following on Buenos Aires decision to grant political asylum to a former guerrilla fighter.
Wednesday, October 6th 2010 - 05:16 UTC
Correa extends state of emergency and Army replaces police as Congress guards

Ecuador's government extended a state of emergency and soldiers replaced the police as the force that guards Congress after a deadly revolt by some officers last week over a new law cutting their bonuses.
Wednesday, October 6th 2010 - 05:13 UTC
Chavez rejects claims Spanish ETA terrorists were trained in Venezuela

Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez dismissed claims from Spain that two members of Basque separatist group ETA were trained in Venezuela as part of an international campaign to besmirch his government.
Wednesday, October 6th 2010 - 02:20 UTC
Brazil’s most voted federal Deputy could be barred from Congress for illiteracy

The candidate who won the most votes in Brazil’s Sunday general elections, Tiririca the clown, will have to show electoral authorities that he can read and write to avoid his electoral victory being annulled, an elections official said.