Politics

Friday, January 7th 2011 - 21:10 UTC
Chile recognized Palestine as an independent state

Chile has recognized Palestine as an independent state, Foreign Minister Alfredo Moreno said Friday, following in the footsteps of several other Latin American countries.
Friday, January 7th 2011 - 05:22 UTC
Falkland Islands: SAAS stoppage, director claims partners pressured

THE planned increased use of containers for the shipment of fish, meat and wool received a blow this week with the news that the Islands’ only shipping service to South America is to end.
Friday, January 7th 2011 - 04:32 UTC
India-Russia: Friends Forever

It all began in 1955 with Indian Prime Minister Nehru’s maiden visit to the erstwhile Soviet Union and Khrushchev's reciprocal trip to India same year. Since then, Indo-Russian ties have withstood every test of time. During this period of over half a century, both nations ferried through turbulent waters. But the relationship between Moscow and New Delhi was never adversely affected per se.
Friday, January 7th 2011 - 00:47 UTC
Barcelona: Argentine private medevac plane arrested with 900k on cocaine

Civil Guard officers based at Barcelona’s El Prat Airport have seized almost one ton of cocaine from a private medevac plane which recently landed at the airport, on a flight from Cabo Verde.
Thursday, January 6th 2011 - 22:58 UTC
Haiti: Sexual violence against women increasing

Women and girls living in Haiti’s makeshift camps face an increasing risk of rape and sexual violence, Amnesty International said in a new report released today.
Thursday, January 6th 2011 - 22:14 UTC
Argentina reaffirms Malvinas’ sovereignty; blasts UK reluctance to discuss sovereignty

Argentina reaffirmed Monday its “imprescriptible” sovereignty rights over the Malvinas and other South Atlantic islands and considers “incomprehensible” the British negative to find a peaceful and definitive solution to the controversy as mandated by the international community.
Thursday, January 6th 2011 - 22:06 UTC
Chile: an Opus Dei convent or a country on the Liberal path?

Under the heading of: “Chile, the convent of the Americas? A country between the Opus Dei and Liberalism” the German journalist Maurice Weibel analyzes Chilean politics, where the followers of Escriva de Balaguer have a dominating presence in politics and over the agenda to update values in a country on the move to join the developed world.
Thursday, January 6th 2011 - 20:52 UTC
Chile supports Israel-Palestine peace dialogue; Piñera to visit the area next March

The Chilean presidency Secretary General Eva Von Baer reterated this week that the Chilean Executive “fully supports the dialogue between both sides, the state of Israel and Palestine, and we support the continuation of such dialogue, and from that dialogue the creation of an independent Palestine state”.
Thursday, January 6th 2011 - 20:45 UTC
China to the rescue of Europe confirms purchase of Spanish sovereign debt

Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang has said Beijing is willing to buy about Euro 6 billion worth of Spanish public debt, Spanish newspaper El Pais reported on Thursday, citing government sources.
Thursday, January 6th 2011 - 13:36 UTC
US embassy Wikileak questions Chilean president Piñera’s business practices

United States Ambassador to Chile Alejandro D. Wolff apologized to Chile’s President Sebastian Piñera for Wikileak revelations that showed U.S. officials questioning the past businessman practices of Piñera during last year’s presidential runoff race between the Conservative coalition candidate and Senator Eduardo Frei, of the center-left Concertacion coalition