Politics

• Wednesday, November 3rd 2010 - 04:29 UTC

  Chavez/Santos normalize trade and energy relations: “we need to work together”

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Colombian counterpart Juan Manuel Santos agreed Tuesday to strengthen ties through energy projects as they sought to improve relations and leave behind recent bitter disputes.

• Wednesday, November 3rd 2010 - 00:27 UTC

  China offers to finance US infrastructure and help create jobs

  

  China’s sovereign wealth fund has urged the Obama administration to spend 1trillion US dollars on infrastructure over the next five years, to create jobs and improve US competitiveness.

• Wednesday, November 3rd 2010 - 00:26 UTC

  Accept reforms or “we will fall off the cliff” warns Raúl Castro

  

  Cuban President Raul Castro told unionists to accept layoffs and reforms that open the way for private enterprise as necessary for the survival of socialism.

• Wednesday, November 3rd 2010 - 00:18 UTC

  Austerity and tough spending cuts in Lula da Silva’s last two months

  

  Brazil’s Lula da Silva could implement a series of austerity measures and spending cuts during the last two months of his presidential period in order to leave an easier scenario for president-elect Dilma Rousseff, reported Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper.

• Wednesday, November 3rd 2010 - 00:16 UTC

  UK, France sign historic defence-sharing agreement including nuclear arms

  

  After years of political division, Europe's two biggest military powers have come together to sign a historic defence-sharing agreement.

• Tuesday, November 2nd 2010 - 04:51 UTC

  Some of the challenges waiting for Brazilian president-elect Dilma Rousseff

  

  Dilma Rousseff became on Sunday Brazil’s first woman president and the first former guerrilla to reach the highest post in the country. In spite of being described by her mentor Lula da Silva as “a first class (electoral campaign) warrior and excellent manager” Ms Rousseff faces phenomenal challenges, not least the legacy of who handpicked her.

• Tuesday, November 2nd 2010 - 04:44 UTC

  CFK admits “incredible painful time” but will carry on with her duties

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner spoke Monday at Government House and addressed, for the first time, the death of her husband and ex President Néstor Kirchner.

• Tuesday, November 2nd 2010 - 01:48 UTC

  Argentina joins Brazil’s development of military cargo aircraft

  

  Argentina and Brazil have signed a letter of intent to jointly develop the KC-390 twin-engine military cargo aircraft, announced Argentina’s Defense minister on Monday.

• Tuesday, November 2nd 2010 - 01:46 UTC

  President-elect Rousseff names business-friendly transition team

  

  Brazilian President-elect Dilma Rousseff named a market-friendly transition team on Monday as she prepares to take the helm of a booming economy threatened by heavy government spending and an overvalued currency.

• Monday, November 1st 2010 - 16:46 UTC

  UK and France to sign “close-cooperation” defence agreement

  

  The new head of the British armed forces has said it makes “absolute sense” for the United Kingdom and France to work together on defence, ahead of a summit on Tuesday. PM David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy are expected to sign a defence treaty improving collaboration between the two countries.