Politics

Thursday, December 23rd 2010 - 08:02 UTC
WikiLeaks founder Assange named “Man of the Year” by France’s Le Monde

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been named “Man of the Year” by France's Le Monde newspaper, one of the five publications to cooperate with the whistleblowing website on its its latest release of leaked documents.
Thursday, December 23rd 2010 - 07:20 UTC
Hillary Clinton will represent Obama at Rousseff’s inauguration January first

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will head the United States delegation to attend the inauguration of Brazilian president-elect Dilma Rousseff next January first, announced Wednesday the White House.
Thursday, December 23rd 2010 - 02:33 UTC
Uruguayan Major General appointed head of UN mission in India and Pakistan

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced Wednesday the appointment of Major-General Raul Gloodtdofsky Fernandez from Uruguay as head of the United Nations mission in India and Pakistan.
Wednesday, December 22nd 2010 - 05:29 UTC
Uruguay’s sky-blue colours celebrate a hundred years of glory and pride

With the attendance of the country’s highest political authorities including President Jose Mujica and sports’ figures Uruguay celebrated Tuesday the hundredth anniversary of its sky-blue colours, world famous in international soccer.
Wednesday, December 22nd 2010 - 05:26 UTC
US ‘internet neutrality guidelines’ trigger controversy

Amid a firestorm of criticism from both ends of the political spectrum, the United States Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday adopted the first-ever regulations for broadband Internet service, rules designed to foster the fast-evolving market for TV and movies over the Web.
Wednesday, December 22nd 2010 - 05:24 UTC
President Chavez extends broadcast media clamp to the internet

Venezuelan lawmakers have imposed broadcast-type regulations on the internet, barring some types of online messages under measures that opponents say are a threat to freedom of speech.
Wednesday, December 22nd 2010 - 05:18 UTC
Carter wants Brazil to play a role in Mid East peace; US mediation exhausted

On the same day that work began on a new Palestinian embassy in Brasilia, Brazilian president Lula da Silva said that peace in the Middle East was impossible with the United States as a mediator, reported the Palestine News Network.
Wednesday, December 22nd 2010 - 05:15 UTC
Ernst & Young accused of helping Lehman Brothers hide financial problems

New York prosecutors sued Ernst & Young, accusing the accounting firm of helping to hide Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc's financial problems, the first major government legal action stemming from the Wall Street bank's 2008 downfall.
Tuesday, December 21st 2010 - 05:43 UTC
Unemployment is going down in Latam but job-quality has become the challenge

Latin America and the Caribbean experienced rapid employment recovery in 2010 to pre-crisis levels, according to data provided by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). However, the quality of jobs now being offered to those made jobless in the contracted worldwide recession over the past two years is fast becoming a problem in itself.
Tuesday, December 21st 2010 - 05:30 UTC
BBC Brian Hanrahan, famous for his coverage of the Falklands’ war dies at 61

Brian Hanrahan, one of the most famous BBC correspondents - best known for his coverage of the Falklands War - has died at the age of 61 after a short battle against cancer.