Politics

• Monday, February 28th 2011 - 02:14 UTC

  World famous solo regatta surprise returns to Uruguay; deterred by violence in Brazil

  

  Velux 5 Oceans. The Ultimate Solo Change is unexpectedly returning to Uruguay after twelve years. The four solo competitors are currently sailing along the South Atlantic and the leading yacht is expected to arrive in Uruguay’s renowned international resort of Punta del Este late Monday.

• Monday, February 28th 2011 - 01:30 UTC

  UK threatens to pull out of FAO unless it improves its ‘patchy’ performance

  

  Britain threatened to pull out of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), unless it improves its “patchy” performance. The announcement follows a review of British overseas aid ordered by the coalition government.

• Sunday, February 27th 2011 - 23:23 UTC

  Cuba elected as vice-president of the UN Special Committee on Decolonization

  

  Cuba was elected last week vice president of the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization, also known as the Committee of the 24, exclusively in charge of promoting a decolonization agenda.

• Sunday, February 27th 2011 - 23:19 UTC

  Former Obama aid elected Chicago mayor; ends 40 years of Daley-family dominance

  

  Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel was elected mayor of Chicago in the most competitive city hall election in more than two decades. Emanuel, who is also a former congressman, trumped five rivals with 55% of the vote.

• Sunday, February 27th 2011 - 23:10 UTC

  India interested in reaching out to Latin America and Mercosur

  

  India is reaching out to emerging markets and Latin America, and more precisely Mercosur is a strategic priority, said India’s Minister for Commerce and Industry Jyotiraditya Scindia addressing the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) India-Uruguay business conference that hosted a large Uruguayan business delegation led by the country’s Vice-President, Danilo Astori.

• 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?