Politics

• Wednesday, October 5th 2011 - 08:12 UTC

  Argentina highest court rejects French request to extradite “the blond angel of death”

  

  The Argentine Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a French request to extradite former navy captain Alfredo Astiz, who was convicted in absentia in Europe for killing two French nuns during the 1976-1983 “Dirty War.”

• Tuesday, October 4th 2011 - 20:24 UTC

  Brazil and EU call for concerted action to face current international situation

  

  Brazil and the European Union must take concerted action to calm markets fearful of global contagion spreading from Europe's debt crisis, leaders from both sides said on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, October 4th 2011 - 20:00 UTC

  Greek striking public sector workers blockade ministries and paralyze Athens

  

  Greece’s striking public sector workers blockaded the entrance to several ministries in Athens on the second anniversary of the ruling Socialist party's election victory, disrupting talks with EU and IMF inspectors on the next aid tranche.

• Tuesday, October 4th 2011 - 19:52 UTC

  Federal Reserve tries to calm markets; promises further action to prop the economy

  

  The Federal Reserve is prepared to take further steps to help a fragile economic recovery held back by a weak job market and financial stresses in Europe, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, October 4th 2011 - 06:59 UTC

  Latin America has diminished poverty indexes but deep inequality gaps remain

  

  Latin America has experienced significant advances in the reduction of poverty but has barely improved the deep social inequalities that limit its development according to Heraldo Muñoz, head of the regional UN Program for Development.

• Tuesday, October 4th 2011 - 06:53 UTC

  UK relation with OTs (including Falklands) is based on ‘the choices of the peoples’

  

  The United Kingdom relationship with the Overseas Territories “is based on the choices of the peoples” said Monday British representative Philip Parham before the UN Fourth Committee on Decolonization in response to several statements from Latin American delegates regarding the Falkland Islands and sovereignty discussions with Argentina.

• Tuesday, October 4th 2011 - 06:49 UTC

  Clarin says it’s time for Argentina to disclose Malvinas war documents

  

  Buenos Aires daily Clarin in an editorial asks for the Argentine government to release and disclose documents to public scrutiny, referred to the Argentine landing in the Falklands/Malvinas conflict in 1982 since next 2 April 2012, thirty years would have elapsed.

• Tuesday, October 4th 2011 - 06:45 UTC

  EU farm losses from trade deal with Mercosur ‘would range 1 to 3 billion Euros’

  

  European Union farmers could suffer losses ranking from one to three billion Euros if a trade agreement is finally agreed with Mercosur according to a European Commission evaluation paper on the impact.

• Tuesday, October 4th 2011 - 06:42 UTC

  A CFK landslide, as polls show, could ensure majorities in both Congress houses

  

  It’s a fact that the next Argentine government will see a significant gain in legislative benches in the coming October 23 election while the opposition is appealing to voters support to ensure a balanced congress since everybody admits Cristina Fernandez will be re-elected by a landslide.

• Monday, October 3rd 2011 - 21:43 UTC

  Overly restrictive fiscal measures unlikely to solve EU crisis, warns Rousseff

  

  Overly restrictive fiscal measures are unlikely to solve the European Union's debt crisis, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said on Monday in Brussels in the sidelines of the V strategic meeting between the European Union and Brazil.