Politics

Monday, May 27th 2013 - 08:22 UTC
Brazil’s April current account deficit a new record pushed by negative trade balance

Brazil posted another hefty current account deficit in April as its traditional trade surplus has turned into a deficit this year and foreign companies are repatriating more of their profits, according to central bank data.
Monday, May 27th 2013 - 08:13 UTC
Chile fines and suspends Barrick Gold for contamination at major project

Chilean authorities have fined the world's largest gold mining company, Barrick Gold Corp, more than 16 million dollars for environmental offences. Construction at the Pascua-Lama mine, on the border with Argentina, has been suspended until a system to contain contaminated water is put in place.
Monday, May 27th 2013 - 07:18 UTC
“The Malvinas are Argentine, but also Latinamerican” says President Correa

“The Malvinas Islands are not only Argentine, they are Latinamerica”, said Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa who claimed it was time to put an end to the ‘colonial situation’ of the disputed Islands in the South Atlantic and blasted the Organization of American States, OAS for dragging its feet on this and other crucial issues for the continent.
Monday, May 27th 2013 - 07:11 UTC
Falklands’ dispute expert named Argentine ambassador in Dublin

An expert in the Falklands/Malvinas Islands dispute and professional diplomat has been accepted as the new Argentine ambassador in Ireland. Silvia Maria Merega has held important posts at the Organization of American States in Washington, before the European Union and at the Argentine embassy in the US.
Monday, May 27th 2013 - 05:16 UTC
CFK calls for ‘empowerment of the people’ and another ten years of Kirchnerism

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez rallied a huge crowd Saturday night celebrating the 10-year government that she and her late husband Nestor Kirchner began in 2003. Her voice breaking, she called it a victorious decade, “won not by a government but by the people” and called for “the empowerment of the people” to defend what has been achieved in the ‘won decade’.
Monday, May 27th 2013 - 05:10 UTC
Millions take to the streets world-wide to protest against Monsanto and GM

The United States biotech giant Monsanto says it respects people’s rights to express themselves, but that its genetically-modified seeds improve farm productivity and food quality.
Monday, May 27th 2013 - 02:59 UTC
Colombia and rebels reach agreement of agrarian reform and development of rural areas

Colombia and the Marxist-led FARC rebels have reached agreement on the critical issue of agrarian reform, the two sides said in what appeared to be a major step forward for the peace process aimed at ending their long war.
Monday, May 27th 2013 - 02:54 UTC
Brazil warns Uruguay on Pacific Alliance plans: Mercosur can only act as ‘a block’

Mercosur must negotiate any possible incorporation to the Alliance of the Pacific “as a block” since it is important that its member countries remain ‘united’ and respect the current charter, said the Mercosur High Representative, Ambassador Ivan Ramalho from Brazil.
Monday, May 27th 2013 - 02:41 UTC
Brazil cancels 900 million dollars of African countries debt

Brazil has announced that it will cancel or restructure almost 900m dollars worth of debt with Africa. Oil- and gas-rich Congo-Brazzaville, Tanzania and Zambia are among the 12 African countries to benefit. The move is seen as an effort to boost economic ties between the world's seventh largest economy and the African continent.
Monday, May 27th 2013 - 01:49 UTC
Paraguay demands respect from Mercosur, “if not leave us as we are”

The Argentine ambassador to Uruguay, Dante Dovena, assured that authorities are “working intensely” in preparations for the next Mercosur summit scheduled to take place on June 28th in Montevideo. However news form Paraguay doesn’t indicate the same optimism and are demanding respect for ‘the country’s dignity and rule of the law”.