Politics

• Thursday, September 2nd 2010 - 21:53 UTC

  Santos invites Brazil to list the FARC guerrilla as a “terrorist group”

  

  Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos said the best way Brazil can help to find a solution to the internal conflict of Colombia is by declaring the FARC guerrilla a “terrorist group”.

• Thursday, September 2nd 2010 - 21:41 UTC

  Anti-corruption academy with UN and EU sponsoring opens in Austria

  

  An anti-corruption academy co-sponsored by the United Nations opened Thursday in Austria with the aim of filling the rising global need for training, research and contemporary measures and techniques in the fight against corruption.

• Thursday, September 2nd 2010 - 21:08 UTC

  Argentina calls on Mercosur to become world’s main agro-food business region

  

  Argentine president Cristina Kirchner called on Mercosur partners to convert the group into the world’s leading agro-food business region and to put an end to asymmetries.

• Thursday, September 2nd 2010 - 14:56 UTC

  Falklands’ government awards public relations 3 year contract to Edelman

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has appointed Edelman to provide public relations support for the next three years.

• Thursday, September 2nd 2010 - 07:37 UTC

  Rousseff promises, if elected, full support for Colombian president Santos

  

  Brazilian incumbent presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff held on Wednesday a private meeting with visiting Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos and promised if elected that Brazil would continue with its willingness to mediate with the Colombian FARC guerrillas, as long as Bogotá formally makes a request.

• Thursday, September 2nd 2010 - 07:30 UTC

  Venezuela buying out land and cattle belonging to the UK Vestey family

  

  Venezuela will buy a group of large farms and thousands of cattle from a British company announced President Hugo Chavez as part of his populist drive to redistribute land among the country’s peasants.

• Thursday, September 2nd 2010 - 07:25 UTC

  Jewish community in Venezuela shrinks by half

  

  If someone were to rank the most embattled Jewish communities in the world today, the Jewish community of Venezuela would certainly be high on that list. Over the past decade the community has shrunk by half its size, according to a report from Gil Shefler published in the Jerusalem Post.

• Thursday, September 2nd 2010 - 07:21 UTC

  Brazilian central bank keeps benchmark interest rate on hold at 10.75%

  

  Brazil's central bank held on Wednesday its benchmark interest rate at 10.75%, ending a monetary tightening cycle that helped cool the economy as the country prepares for October 3 presidential election.

• Thursday, September 2nd 2010 - 07:19 UTC

  Korea and Peru conclude free trade agreement effective next year

  

  Korea and Peru concluded in Lima negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA), which is expected to go into effect midway through next year once it is approved by the parliaments of the two countries.

• Thursday, September 2nd 2010 - 06:39 UTC

  First time ever Argentine purchase of Russian military hardware

  

  Russia has signed a “historic” contract to deliver Mi-17 helicopter to Argentina, a member of a Russian delegation said on Wednesday according to a report from Russian news agency RIA Novosti.