Politics

• Monday, March 28th 2011 - 00:40 UTC

  Chavez begins South American tour; praises Syria’s Assad as a humanist

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez begins Monday a tour of four South American countries to strengthen ties and to analyze existing accords, the Bolivarian revolution leader said on Sunday.

• Sunday, March 27th 2011 - 22:55 UTC

  Libya: As you sow, so shall you reap

  The west has already scripted the ouster of the Libyan strongman Colonel Muammar Qadhafi. Coalition forces have given a severe blow to the Libyan Air Force and Army. Now, NATO has taken over the military command. Qadhafi’s one son has reportedly been killed. Qadhafi can be dethroned anytime.

• Sunday, March 27th 2011 - 05:18 UTC

  Colombia and Peru closer to implementing the free trade agreement with the EU

  

  Negotiators from the European Union, Colombia and Peru have signed the final texts on an association agreement with a free trade chapter designed to increase commerce between the Andean countries and the European bloc, it was reported Friday.

• Sunday, March 27th 2011 - 05:00 UTC

  Yemen president negotiating terms of transfer of power

  

  Agreement is close on a transfer of power from Yemen's veteran President, Ali Abdullah Saleh, a government minister says. After six weeks of protests, Mr Saleh has said he is willing to step down this year. But the demonstrators want him to go immediately

• Sunday, March 27th 2011 - 04:53 UTC

  Ending BBC Caribbean Service considered politically unwise for region’s public opinion

  

  BBC Caribbean Service has made its final broadcast, ending seven decades of programming for the region. The service is being shut as part of budget cuts announced by the BBC World Service in January.

• Sunday, March 27th 2011 - 04:47 UTC

  Honduras closer to normalization allows return of former president Zelaya

  

  Former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says he won't return to Honduras for fear of being killed. Zelaya says he is in danger because “there are people who want to liquidate me and are still alive, and they have great power.”

• Sunday, March 27th 2011 - 04:43 UTC

  Massive march in London to protest planned measures to cut budget deficit

  

  In possibly the biggest protests since those against the Iraq war in February 2003, organizers say up to 250,000 people took to the streets of London on Saturday to show their frustration with planned austerity measures designed to cut a record budget deficit.

• Sunday, March 27th 2011 - 04:37 UTC

  President Obama’s weak message to Latin America

  

  On Thursday March 24 The Washington Post published a rather critical editorial on President Barack Obama recent visit to Brazil, Chile and El Salvador.

• Saturday, March 26th 2011 - 10:36 UTC

  Second Fed governor in a week against extending US stimulative policies

  

  The Federal Reserve has less need to support an improving US economy beyond the 600 billion dollars Treasury purchase plan already in place, and any changes to the central bank’s stimulative policies should be considered some time after the program ends, said Charles Evans, , president of the Fed’s regional bank in Chicago.

• Saturday, March 26th 2011 - 10:30 UTC

  Unrest extends across Syria including Damascus; security forces shoot on protestors

  

  Protests have been staged in towns and cities across Syria, including the capital Damascus, a day after the government announced limited changes. Unconfirmed reports said a number of people had been killed in at least three separate protests.