Politics

Thursday, July 5th 2012 - 08:21 UTC
Paraguay formally accuses Venezuela of interference and orders ambassador home

Paraguay's new government ordered home its ambassador in Venezuela after accusing President Hugo Chávez government of meddling in an attempt to avert the impeachment of the Paraguayan president last month.
Thursday, July 5th 2012 - 08:14 UTC
Roaring inflation: Argentine “double zero” peso bills are “legal tender”

An issue of Argentine 100 Pesos bills printed in Brazil and in circulation in Buenos Aires was discovered to be missing the “1” which left them with only the double 00.
Thursday, July 5th 2012 - 08:06 UTC
Paraguay's Destructive Soy Boom

By Jeremy Hobbs - The following column was published in The New York Times Opinion page.
It gives another side of the current situation in Paraguay, and the role the landlocked country plays as a leading exporter of the oilseed.
Thursday, July 5th 2012 - 07:58 UTC
Argentine government in campaign to defend achievements of “economic model”

Argentina’s Cabinet Chief Juan Manuel Abal Medina asked for “responsibility” to safeguard “the present and the future of the Argentines and urged people to preserve the achievements of the Government, as he answered questions of the administration during a visit to the Lower House on Wednesday.
Thursday, July 5th 2012 - 07:51 UTC
Argentina’s top 20 banks will have to lend for investment, says CFK

In a further attempt to prop the economy and promote investment funding Argentine President Cristina Fernández, CFK, announced on Wednesday that via the Central Bank, “the twenty A-class banks in the country will be obligated to give out loans,” in order for investment to be made on goods and services.”
Thursday, July 5th 2012 - 07:30 UTC
Falklands’ considering easing capital gains tax for oil and gas industry

The Falkland Islands government is considering tax legislation that will help to further promote the oil and gas industry activities by granting more time for the capital gains effective presentation.
Thursday, July 5th 2012 - 07:17 UTC
Puricelli in China praises the Hong Kong model as a good precedent for Malvinas

Argentine Defence Minister Arturo Puricelli currently on a visit to Beijing underlined defence cooperation with China and said the “Hong Kong model” was a significant precedent for “the Malvinas cause”.
Thursday, July 5th 2012 - 00:11 UTC
The Army captain torturer-interrogator of Rousseff died in 1992 show documents

Army captain Benoni Albernaz head of an interrogators unit and one of the most vicious torturers of Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff, when she a student leader linked to the guerrilla movement died in 1992 according to O’Globo which published official documents from 1970.
Wednesday, July 4th 2012 - 23:21 UTC
Argentine economy forecasted to enter recession in second half, but could still end 2012 positive

The odds that Argentina's economy will enter a recession in the second half of this year held above 95% for a second consecutive month in the closely followed monthly leading indicator published by Torcuato Di Tella University, UTDT.
Wednesday, July 4th 2012 - 23:00 UTC
Libor rate manipulation: Barclays’ former CEO does not convince PMs and points to Bank of England

British banker Bob Diamond has revealed that one of his big fears during the 2008 global credit crisis was that his bank, Barclays, would be taken over by the British government.