Politics

• Tuesday, September 27th 2011 - 22:35 UTC

  Argentina’s bumpy ride (and hopefully smooth landing)

  

  The following piece was written by Andrés Velasco, a former Minister of Finance of Chile, and visiting professor at Columbia University for 2011-2012. As a neighbour of Argentina, first, and then as an economist he is well entitled to give an accurate briefing.

• Tuesday, September 27th 2011 - 05:15 UTC

  UK reaffirms Falklands’ sovereignty: ‘they are British and not negotiable’

  

  The UK has no doubts about Falkland Islands sovereignty: ‘they are British and they are not negotiable’, said on Monday a Foreign Office spokesperson in reply to a Sunday statement from the G77 plus China calling on Argentina and UK to resume sovereignty negotiations over the South Atlantic Islands.

• Tuesday, September 27th 2011 - 01:44 UTC

  Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu face 7.6bn dollars claim for failing to detect major auditing frauds

  

  Giant accounting and consulting firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu has been accused of failing to detect fraud during audits of a mortgage firm which failed during the US housing crash.

• Tuesday, September 27th 2011 - 01:17 UTC

  Bolivian Indians defending their lands expose divisions in Morales government

  

  Bolivia's Defence minister resigned on Monday to protest a police crackdown and arrests on anti-highway demonstrators which according to unconfirmed reports also caused the death of a baby and several disappeared.

• Monday, September 26th 2011 - 21:11 UTC

  Falklands’ governor praises local Chilean community and links with Chile

  

  The Falklands Governor praised the Chilean members of the Islands community, described them as well integrated and good workers and said he hoped to further increase and consolidate the good longstanding relations with Chile and its people.

• Monday, September 26th 2011 - 18:53 UTC

  Venezuelan opposition requests Unasur observers for elections and primaries

  

  Venezuela’s Democratic Unit Panel, MUD, which brings together most opposition forces, has requested Unasur observers for the 2012 presidential election and for the different parties’ primaries.

• Monday, September 26th 2011 - 17:10 UTC

  Spanish Conservatives poised for absolute majority in November election

  

  Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero dissolved parliament on Monday, but pledged more measures to tackle Spain's economic crisis before a November election that is expected to hand power to the conservative opposition.

• Monday, September 26th 2011 - 06:42 UTC

  Palestinians ready for negotiations if Israel freezes construction of settlements

  

  Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas repeated his refusal to talk with Israel without a settlement freeze after international mediators, responding to his United Nations bid for statehood, urged negotiations within a month.

• Monday, September 26th 2011 - 04:43 UTC

  Argentine inflation controversy reaches the courts: Judge subpoenaed reporters

  

  An Argentine Judge has subpoenaed six newspapers for the names and phone numbers of all reporters and editors who have covered Argentina's economy the past five years, so they can be called as witnesses against their sources.

• Monday, September 26th 2011 - 04:37 UTC

  Chavez says he’s fine but admits feeling “a little diminished’ and short in red cells

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that he is recovering “favourably” from the “impacts” of his fourth and latest round of chemotherapy, although he admitted that he feels that his physical strength is “a little diminished”.