Politics

• Tuesday, November 9th 2010 - 04:17 UTC

  Diverging growth rates in rich countries according to OECD report

  

  Growth rates in the world's developed economies are set to diverge, the OECD said, with the recovery losing steam in France, Brazil, Canada, China, Italy and Britain, but picking up pace in Germany, Japan and the United States.

• Tuesday, November 9th 2010 - 04:10 UTC

  Getting around sovereignty

  

  By Roberto Cox (*) - Few people in Argentina, or Britain for that matter, are aware that in the years leading up to the war that was fought over the possession of the Islands that Argentina calls the Malvinas and Britain the Falklands, the British government was trying to integrate them with the mainland. Out of deference to the islanders — the Kelpers as they are called — I will not be so bold as to write that Britain was intent on giving the islands and their inhabitants to Argentina, but that was the general idea.

• Tuesday, November 9th 2010 - 02:16 UTC

  Brazil’s population is 186 million; 9.5% increase over the previous census in 2000

  

  Brazil, the country with most territory in Latin America also has the largest population, almost 186 million according to preliminary figures from the latest census, released by the Brazilian Geography and Statistics Institute, IBGE.

• Tuesday, November 9th 2010 - 01:10 UTC

  Study reveals Chilean insensitivity to one of the country’s main problems, poverty

  

  A recent study shows Chileans’ low sensitivity to one of the nation’s biggest problems—poverty. Despite that 58.8% of Chileans say they believe poverty to be one of the country’s biggest problems only 15.3% say they feel responsible for the low quality of life of those who have limited resources.

• Tuesday, November 9th 2010 - 00:55 UTC

  Population of Buenos Aires province: 15.2 million according to preliminary census

  

  The province of Buenos Aires has the largest population of Argentina having increased 9.9% in the last nine years and reaching 15.2 million according to the preliminary results form the country’s national census.

• Tuesday, November 9th 2010 - 00:53 UTC

  Narco-violence and political repression threaten Latin American press

  

  Latin American media leaders warned Sunday that press freedoms in the region are under threat from narco-violence in Mexico and political repression in Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador.

• Monday, November 8th 2010 - 23:26 UTC

  Falklands achieves philatelic milestone: completes national stamp collection

  

  The Falklands has achieved a philatelic milestone – the completion of the country’s national stamp collection.

• Monday, November 8th 2010 - 16:29 UTC

  Venezuelan military would “not accept” an elected opposition government

  

  A top Venezuelan military commander said that the National Bolivarian Armed Force is committed to President Hugo Chavez and his Socialist project, therefore if in the coming elections the opposition wins “it will not be accepted because they would sell the country”.

• Monday, November 8th 2010 - 15:25 UTC

  Brazilian exporters ask Rousseff for a US dollar between 2 and 2.2 Real

  

  The Brazilian Confederation of Industry, CNI, is strongly lobbying president-elect Dilma Rousseff who takes office next January first to adopt additional measures to help contain the strong appreciation of the Real vis-à-vis the US dollar.

• Monday, November 8th 2010 - 04:17 UTC

  Argentine president leaves for Korea to address investors and G-20 summit

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner travels Monday to South Korea in order to take part in the Heads of State Group of Twenty (G-20) Summit that will be held Thursday and Friday in Seoul.