Politics

Monday, May 30th 2011 - 01:07 UTC
Zelaya is cheered on return to Honduras; June first OAS votes on reinstatement

Honduran former president Manuel Zelaya, whose ouster almost two years ago led to Honduras’ expulsion from the Organization of American States, OAS, returned home from exile Saturday following an agreement brokered by Colombia and Venezuela
Monday, May 30th 2011 - 00:50 UTC
Rousseff visits Uruguay to sign 12 accords on trade, integration and technology

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff arrives Monday in Uruguay, the third country she will be visiting after China and Argentina, since taking office last January first. The two countries are founding full members of Mercosur and Brazil is Uruguay’s main trade partner.
Sunday, May 29th 2011 - 20:05 UTC
Argentine refurbished ice-breaker should be ready for 2012/13 Antarctic season

The Argentine navy icebreaker “Almirante Irizar” which became an almost total loss in 2007 should be back fully refurbished and operational for the 2012/2013 Antarctic season following an investment of over 100 million US dollars reveals the Buenos Aires press.
Sunday, May 29th 2011 - 20:00 UTC
Cuba “needs more than ever church blessings” to support reforms, says Raul

President Raul Castro said that Cuba currently “needs more than ever the blessings from its evangelic churches” to keep advancing with the reforms to update the exhausted economic model of the last fifty years, according to reports in the official Havana media.
Saturday, May 28th 2011 - 07:45 UTC
Moyano cools down, says publicly he’s “tamer than Lassie on a leash”

Argentina’s organized labour leader Hugo Moyano described his relation with the administration of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner as “excellent” and blamed the press for all the stories of alleged clashes over political differences with the government.
Saturday, May 28th 2011 - 07:21 UTC
Over 100 injured in Barcelona as police takes protestors with rubber bullets and tear gas

Over 100 people were injured on Friday when police forcibly evicted protesters who have been camped out for two weeks in the main square of Barcelona as part of a nationwide mobilization against youth unemployment, austerity, corruption and the country’s political class
Saturday, May 28th 2011 - 07:11 UTC
US Supreme Court confirms controversial Arizona anti-illegal immigrant employment law

The United States Supreme Court gave its blessing this week to one of the strong immigration control laws passed by the state of Arizona, a law that has served as a model for similar measures in other states.
Friday, May 27th 2011 - 22:21 UTC
Brazilian government promises tax breaks in support of industry

Brazil will respond to the requests from industry and unions to reduce taxes to help boost local manufacturing and thus cut into the growing impetus of imports, promised Vice-President Michel Temer during a seminar sponsored by the powerful São Paulo Federation of Industries, FIESP, together with the two main organized labour unions.
Friday, May 27th 2011 - 22:03 UTC
Unasur Defence Council has to protect the region’s vast and strategic resources

The Union of South American Nations, Unasur, has among the objectives of the recently created South American Defence Council protecting the natural resources of the region which include 25% of the world’s drinking water and proven oil reserves estimated in 123 billion barrels of oil.
Friday, May 27th 2011 - 18:37 UTC
Lagarde too committed to the Euro to be nominated IMF chief, says top economist

Finance Minister Christine Lagarde is the wrong choice to head the International Monetary Fund as it gets deeper into the Euro-zone rescue, a former IMF chief economist said this week.