Politics

Friday, December 2nd 2011 - 19:41 UTC
Brazil ready to support IMF but demands greater power for BRICS countries

Brazil conditioned the disbursement of more funds for the IMF to help countries in crisis to a greater say in the multilateral organization and the advance of European initiatives to solve the current Euro and debt crisis.
Friday, December 2nd 2011 - 18:58 UTC
Chile and Uruguay less corrupt in Latam; other Mercosur members not so clean

Chile and Uruguay are the least corrupt countries in Latinamerica, while Paraguay and Venezuela are at the other extreme, according to the latest ‘Corruption Perceptions’ Index’ from Transparency International released this week.
Friday, December 2nd 2011 - 16:04 UTC
“Four years more are more than enough”, says Argentine president

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez watered down any hopes of a limitless re-election during her visit to Venezuela stating that “four years more are more than enough”.
Friday, December 2nd 2011 - 16:00 UTC
CFK moved to tears on receiving picture of her husband painted by Chavez

Argentine President Cristina Fernández signed on Thursday nineteen cooperation agreements in different fields with her Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chávez at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas.
Friday, December 2nd 2011 - 15:38 UTC
Spanish regions pledge to control spending; unemployment reaches 21.52%

Leaders of Spain’s indebted autonomous regions pledged on Thursday to control spending after meeting incoming Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to discuss their troubled accounts, which are at the heart of the country’s economic crisis.
Friday, December 2nd 2011 - 15:34 UTC
Falklands 2012, “a moment of genuine celebration in all Overseas Territories”

British Prime Minister David Cameron reiterated before Parliament his support for the Overseas Territories, including the Falkland Islands, and their right to remain British. Cameron made special mention to the fact that next year in the anniversary of the liberation of the Falklands “which will be a moment for genuine celebration in all Overseas Territories”
Friday, December 2nd 2011 - 05:36 UTC
Unasur plans ten-year infrastructure and integration projects

Infrastructure and integration investments totalling 13.7 billion dollars in the next ten years to 2022 were announced by the Unasur (Union of South American Nations) infrastructure chapter this week in Brasilia.
Friday, December 2nd 2011 - 05:24 UTC
France denies Uruguay is a “fiscal haven”; underlines strong bilateral links

“Uruguay does not figure in the list of countries with which France has financial difficulties”, said a special envoy from President Nicholas Sarkozy who visited Montevideo this week, thus ending the controversy triggered at the end of the early November G8 Cannes summit when Uruguay was described as a “fiscal haven”.
Friday, December 2nd 2011 - 00:00 UTC
UK reaffirms to next Spanish government full support for Gibraltar sovereignty

Just a few days after the Conservative Popular Party swept into power in Spain, the British Government has underscored its long-standing assurance that it will not talk about Gibraltar’s sovereignty against the wishes of its people.
Thursday, December 1st 2011 - 16:30 UTC
Chile requests extradition of former US Army officer allegedly involved in the 1973 killing of two US citizens

Chile’s Supreme Court has requested the extradition of former US army officer, Capt. Raymond E. Davis, over his alleged involvement in the murder of two US citizens in Chile, days after the coup of 11 September, 1973 that ushered in 17 years of brutal military rule.