Politics

• Saturday, February 26th 2011 - 10:37 UTC

  Falklands Facts

  

  In his reply of 19 February to my letter of the 12th, Mr. Cisneros says “the worst thing we can do is quibble and distract ourselves from the main problem”. But it is not a “quibble” to state simple facts, as I did in my letter. So I suggest we get a few facts straight – not unilateral facts, but straightforward historical facts.

• Saturday, February 26th 2011 - 06:02 UTC

  Brazilian judge blocks plans to build world’s third largest dam in the Amazon

  

  A Brazilian judge has blocked plans to build a huge hydro-electric dam in the Amazon rainforest because of environmental concerns. Federal judge Ronaldo Desterro said environmental requirements to build the Belo Monte dam had not been met.

• Saturday, February 26th 2011 - 05:57 UTC

  BBC ends Spanish broadcasts for Latin America; major role in Falklands war

  

  The BBC has ended its radio broadcasts in Spanish for Latin America, 73 years after they first went on air. The service faced its greatest challenge during the Falklands War between Britain and Argentina in 1982.

• Saturday, February 26th 2011 - 03:12 UTC

  U.S. reacts ironically to Timmerman’s advise on contacts with the Argentine press

  

  Unite States officials said they would continue to claim the US Air Force aircraft cargo seized in Argentina and rejected point blank pressures on embassy officials from Argentina’s Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman to abstain from comments on the issue with the Argentine press.

• Saturday, February 26th 2011 - 03:02 UTC

  Latin America: Making the Good Times Better

  

  By Dominique Strauss-Kahn - Latin America has enjoyed tremendous economic dynamism and a rising quality of life in recent years. But, faced with new challenges, the question is: how best to sustain this progress?

• Friday, February 25th 2011 - 21:53 UTC

  Argentine government makes a small gesture towards farmers’ groups

  

  Argentina decreed the dissolution of the controversial ONCCA, (Office for the commercial control of agriculture produce) which was directly involved in market regulation and distribution of subsidies and as such caused much irritation and criticism particularly from farmers’ organizations.

• Friday, February 25th 2011 - 21:46 UTC

  HMS Gloucester rounds up Falklands patrol with visit to South Georgia

  

  Royal Navy Portsmouth-based Type 42 destroyer HMS Gloucester, which is nearing the end of a seven-month deployment to the South Atlantic, has rounded off her Falkland Islands’ patrol with a visit to South Georgia.

• Friday, February 25th 2011 - 21:17 UTC

  Milestone victory for US radical conservatives in Wisconsin

  

  In what is considered a milestone victory for US radical conservatives the Wisconsin state Assembly approved a Republican proposal to strip public sector unions of most collective bargaining rights despite fierce objections from Democrats and labour unions.

• Friday, February 25th 2011 - 21:13 UTC

  Argentina names globalization-critic economist as ambassador in France

  

  Argentina has appointed economist Aldo Ferrer (84) ambassador to France. The decision was confirmed by the decree 180/2011 which was signed by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman, on February 22.

• Friday, February 25th 2011 - 06:36 UTC

  Brazil wants global trade talks, ‘but will not make new concessions’

  

  Brazil's Foreign Affairs ministry told U.S. officials on Thursday that Brazil wants global talks at the World Trade Organization to move forward, but can't make any new concessions.