Politics

Friday, August 26th 2011 - 02:52 UTC
Mining companies agree to pay Peru an extra billion dollars annually

Peru has reached an agreement with mining companies that will raise the industry’s annual payments to the government to about one billion dollars, the government said on Thursday, fulfilling a campaign promise by President Ollanta Humala.
Thursday, August 25th 2011 - 06:47 UTC
Unasur agrees to greater economic coordination but remains divided on Libya

Union of South American Nations, Unasur, Foreign Affairs ministers agreed Wednesday in Buenos Aires to increase economic coordination and send monitoring missions to regional elections but could not reach a common position on the Libyan situation.
Thursday, August 25th 2011 - 06:42 UTC
Thousands of tons of undistributed food had to be destroyed in Venezuela

Venezuelan opposition lawmaker Neidy Rosal claimed before the country’s Prosecutors Office that an estimated 160.000 tons of food, in decomposing conditions, were being destroyed by the government’s Food Production and Distribution Office, Pvdal, in the state of Carabobo.
Thursday, August 25th 2011 - 06:33 UTC
HMS Edinburgh visits South Georgia to test land and sea forces

HMS Edinburgh visited this month South Georgia as part of her six-month South Atlantic and Falkland Islands duties which included training soldiers in a cold weather environment and give sailors the chance under such challenging conditions.
Thursday, August 25th 2011 - 06:04 UTC
Gibraltar territorial waters dispute postponed at least until after November

Spain’s Foreign Minister Trinidad Jimenz has confirmed that there will be no further tripartite talks regarding Gibraltar whilst the dispute on issues related to sovereignty of Gibraltar territorial waters continues.
Thursday, August 25th 2011 - 05:57 UTC
Argentine organized labour leader stays on; claims “destabilizing campaign”

Argentina’s Secretary General of the CGT Labour Confederation, Hugo Moyano, denied all rumours indicating his imminent departure from the CGT and attributed them to “a destabilizing media operation”. He added he was preparing to defend “workers’ minimum wage”.
Thursday, August 25th 2011 - 00:15 UTC
Cristina Fernandez among the 20 most powerful women in the world, says Forbes

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is the second most powerful Latinamerican woman in the world according to a ranking released by Forbes.
Wednesday, August 24th 2011 - 23:22 UTC
Savage infighting in Brazilian coalition exposes President Rousseff political weakness

A Brazilian minister accused his own party of trying to destroy him and said he might not have enough support to continue in his job, raising the odds of yet another high-level departure from President Dilma Rousseff's beleaguered government.
Wednesday, August 24th 2011 - 22:15 UTC
Two-day strike takes off in Chile with Piñera increasingly debilitated

The Chilean capital Santiago was witnessing another tumultuous day on Wednesday as protests started to sweep the nation’s capital and unions called for a two day nationwide shutdown to protest the educational system.
Wednesday, August 24th 2011 - 07:28 UTC
President Rousseff battles for cohesion in a disappointed ruling coalition

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff said on Tuesday that the two main parties of the ruling coalition, “PT (Workers party) and the PMDB (Brazilian Democratic Movement) are the basis of the stability and trust of the government”.