Politics

• Monday, November 1st 2010 - 00:03 UTC

  A woman president for Latinamerica’s largest economy and Lula da Silva’s legacy

  

  President Lula da Silva’s handpicked candidate Dilma Rousseff won Brazil's Sunday run-off becoming the first woman president to lead Latinamerica’s largest economy. Ms Rousseff promised to stick to policies that have lifted millions from poverty and made Brazil one of the world's hottest economies.

• Sunday, October 31st 2010 - 15:47 UTC

  Opinion polls show strong support for Cristina Kirchner’s re-election bid in 2011

  

  The sudden death of her husband, former president Nestor Kirchner, has contributed to strengthen the public opinion image of Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner who is now seen as the favourite candidate for next year’s general election.

• Sunday, October 31st 2010 - 15:46 UTC

  Argentine president retakes activities Monday and Tuesday will attend rally

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will resume her presidential activities on Monday and will travel to Córdoba province to head a rally on Tuesday. Córdoba Governor Juan Schiaretti confirmed the presence of the Head of State at the Renault local plant for the presentation of a new car.

• Saturday, October 30th 2010 - 19:01 UTC

  For The Economist, Kirchner’s death represents “The end of an era”

  

  With the passing of former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner, The Economist forecasts “the end of an era”. The president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is widowed, politically as well as personally, so what happens now, asks The Economist.

• Saturday, October 30th 2010 - 18:57 UTC

  Peru proposes South American Pacific countries free movement zone

  

  Peruvian President Alan Garcia is proposing to Chilean President Sebastian Piñera a zone for free movement of goods, people and capital, a zone that would include Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, Peru and Chile.

• Saturday, October 30th 2010 - 08:29 UTC

  “It’s back to business”, President Cristina Kirchner instructed her ministers

  

  Argentine Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo assured that President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner “will rapidly return to work” (most probably next Monday) and added that governors and mayors from all the country “have the responsibility of supporting her” for the future of her administration

• Saturday, October 30th 2010 - 08:28 UTC

  After two days of spontaneous popular support Kirchner is laid to rest in Rio Gallegos

  

  The coffin carrying the remains of former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner was buried late Friday at the family’s pantheon in his home town of Rio Gallegos in the Patagonian province of Santa Cruz, where he died last Wednesday following a massive heart attack.

• Saturday, October 30th 2010 - 06:58 UTC

  Another plus for Lula da Silva: Dilma in the threshold of becoming Brazil’s first woman president

  

  Brazilian ruling party candidate Dilma Rousseff cruised through the final television debate with presidential rival Jose Serra on Friday as another poll showed her heading for a convincing win in Sunday's runoff election.

• Saturday, October 30th 2010 - 06:39 UTC

  Lula da Silva’s name sounds strongly as next Unasur secretary general

  

  Following the death of former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner, the Union of South American Nations, Unasur must find a new consensus leader and the outstanding figure and possible candidate is Brazilian president Lula da Silva recognized as a great promoter of regional integration.

• Saturday, October 30th 2010 - 05:12 UTC

  Centre-left victory in Lima anticipates major changes in Peruvian politics

  

  The battle to be mayor of Lima, finally won by Susana Villaran, may have been the tightest electoral race in Peru's history. It was certainly one of the most drawn-out. <br />
  Electoral officials took more than three weeks to recount 8,384 ballots that were challenged over technical errors such as missing fingerprints and signatures on tally sheets.