Politics

• Tuesday, June 28th 2011 - 04:41 UTC

  Falklands/Malvinas: Argentina condemns UK “militaristic regrettable statements”

  

  The verbal escalation between the Argentine and British governments in the Falklands/Malvinas Islands sovereignty issue continued Monday with strong exchange of statements.

• Monday, June 27th 2011 - 18:48 UTC

  Federal Reserve will remain biggest buyer of US Treasury bills

  

  The Federal Reserve will remain the biggest buyer of Treasuries, even after the second round of quantitative easing ends this week, as the central bank uses its 2.86 trillion US dollars balance sheet to keep interest rates low.

• Monday, June 27th 2011 - 18:36 UTC

  UK committed to Falklands in spite of all the “huff and puff” from Argentine politicians

  

  The UK remains committed to retaining sovereignty over the Falkland Islands in the face of renewed Argentine pressure over the issue, and has the political will and military means to defend the Islands, Defence Secretary Liam Fox said.

• Monday, June 27th 2011 - 16:44 UTC

  More than 50.000 people joined Gay Pride Parade in downtown Santiago de Chile

  

  With drag queens stomping in their stilettos and adults, teens and children waving rainbow flags, more than 50,000 people paraded through Santiago de Chile on Saturday in support of gay rights in the annual March for Sexual Diversity.

• Monday, June 27th 2011 - 16:34 UTC

  International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant for Libyan leader Gaddafi

  

  The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, and rebels trying to oust him said their forces had advanced to within 80 km of the capital Tripoli.

• Monday, June 27th 2011 - 15:00 UTC

  Soros: EU on verge of economic collapse; some countries will have to exit the Euro

  

  US/UK Hungarian born billionaire investor George Soros says a country will eventually exit the Euro zone and urged policymakers on Sunday to come up with a “plan B” that could rescue the European Union from looming economic collapse.

• Monday, June 27th 2011 - 06:48 UTC

  Brazil’s former Food Security minister voted next FAO Director General

  

  The United Nations’ food agency, FAO, elected Brazil’s Jose Graziano da Silva as its Director General, the first new leader in almost two decades as the world faces near-record food prices that are driving millions into poverty.

• Monday, June 27th 2011 - 06:44 UTC

  Australia, Canada and most of Latam support Mexican candidate as IMF chief

  

  Australia and Canada said they support Mexican central bank Governor Agustin Carstens for the top job at the International Monetary Fund over his rival Christine Lagarde, the French finance minister.

• Monday, June 27th 2011 - 06:24 UTC

  Parlasur member claims Mercosur summits have become ‘display of empty rhetoric’

  

  Mercosur summits have become a display of empty rhetoric, full of protocol and ‘family photos’ but with no full hearted willingness to achieve a solid, fair integration, claimed the head of the Paraguayan delegation before Parlasur, the Mercosur Parliament.

• Monday, June 27th 2011 - 06:09 UTC

  US think-tank says hedge funds are behind “land grabs” in Africa

  

  Hedge funds are behind “land grabs” in Africa to boost their profits in the food and bio-fuel sectors, a US think-tank says. In a report, the Oakland Institute said hedge funds and other foreign firms had acquired large swathes of African land, often without proper contracts. It said the acquisitions had displaced millions of small farmers.