Politics

Thursday, September 22nd 2011 - 08:36 UTC
IMF will use private and provincial data to gauge Argentine economy

The International Monetary Fund will use estimates from the private sector and provincial governments to measure economic growth and inflation in Argentina, underscoring the IMF distrust of official data.
Thursday, September 22nd 2011 - 08:21 UTC
Fifteen “Pirates” bring fresh air to Berlin and humiliate Merkel’s coalition

Last Sunday outside of Germany and probably Eastern Europe the feat was ‘uneventful’, but the Pirate party ‘captured’ 15 seats in Berlin’s state assembly with 8.5% of the votes humiliating major parties such as the Free Democrats and landing Chancellor Angela Merkel yet another political setback.
Thursday, September 22nd 2011 - 08:11 UTC
CFK agrees to visit Chile after October 23 presidential election

Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was invited to visit Chile during a meeting she held in New York City with her Chilean counterpart Sebastián Piñera on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
Thursday, September 22nd 2011 - 07:42 UTC
Latin America and the Caribbean’s Long-Term Growth: Made in China?

Robust growth over the past decade in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has had one new, key driver: China. The region’s relationship with the Asian giant has proved to be a critical source of stability, both during the global economic crisis of two years ago, the greatest since the Great Depression, and even the current market turmoil that is rolling across Europe and the United States.
Wednesday, September 21st 2011 - 22:27 UTC
UK Deputy PM very much interested in Falklands’ relations with ‘neighbours across the sea’

UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg was very much interested in the Falkland Islands situation, oil prospects and relations with “our neighbours across the sea”, said Islands’ lawmaker MLA Roger Edwards present at the Liberal-Democratic party conference this week in Birmingham.
Wednesday, September 21st 2011 - 22:08 UTC
Cuban regime warns “corrupt and corruptors”; close friend of Raul Castro family arrested

Cuba’s official press blasted the “corrupt and corruptors” more specifically “those scoundrels dressed in civil servant responsibilities” because they put at risk the island’s long struggle to make Socialism successful.
Wednesday, September 21st 2011 - 18:33 UTC
Argentine president at UN threatens to suspend Falklands’ air link with Chile

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, CFK, threatened to review and suspend the Falklands/Malvinas air link with Chile, covered by the 14 July 1999 agreement, unless the UK abides by UN resolutions and begins talks with Argentina on disputed South Atlantic Islands’ sovereignty.
Wednesday, September 21st 2011 - 17:08 UTC
World crisis “too deep” to be addressed by “a couple of countries” exclusively

Speaking at the UN General Assembly, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff warned that a full blown economic crisis could be devastating for emerging countries as well as for the world’s largest economies. She added that the global financial situation could cause a “serious rupture.”
Wednesday, September 21st 2011 - 06:14 UTC
Argentina to pay sovereign debts in 2012 with 5.7bn from the Central bank

The Argentine government plans to trim its dependence on central bank reserves to pay debt next year after tapping savings to slow depreciation of the Peso, according to its draft 2012 budget.
Wednesday, September 21st 2011 - 06:11 UTC
Colombian Army uncovers 2.000 FARC landmines; most casualties civilians

The Colombian army has found 1,961 landmines this year that were planted by FARC guerrillas in Putumayo, a jungle province on Colombia’s southern border with Ecuador and Peru, military spokesmen said.