Politics

• Friday, August 27th 2010 - 08:28 UTC

  Timerman flies to Montevideo and will announce scientists for joint-river monitoring

  

  Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister Héctor Timerman informed via Twitter that he will fly to Montevideo next Monday to meet his Uruguayan counterpart, Luis Almagro in the framework of the recent agreement regarding the dispute over the UPM/Botnia pulp-mill.

• Friday, August 27th 2010 - 08:25 UTC

  Malvinas: Argentina working for more than “a gesture of support” from Unasur

  

  Argentina is working with Unasur (Union of South American Nations) so that in the future the South American forum offers more than “a gesture of support” to Argentina’s claim over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands and helps bring the United Kingdom to the sovereignty negotiations table, said Argentine ambassador before United Nations, Jorge Argüello.

• Friday, August 27th 2010 - 08:18 UTC

  Mexico to impose strict limits on cash transactions to fight organized crime

  

  Following the discovery of 72 bodies in northern Mexico, allegedly illegal immigrants heading for United States killed by one of the country’s main drug-cartels, Mexican President Felipe Calderon proposed Thursday a new package of measures against money laundering to help fight organized crime.

• Friday, August 27th 2010 - 08:13 UTC

  Cuba promotes luxury golf courses by giving state-land for 99 years

  

  The cash-strapped Cuban government will allow foreign investors to use state-owned land for up to 99 years in a change that is likely to bring developments of luxury golf courses to the communist island.

• Friday, August 27th 2010 - 07:54 UTC

  Dilma Rousseff forecasted to take “bold actions” including budget cuts

  

  As public opinion polls confirm the growing commanding gap between Brazil’s ruling coalition presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff and her main contender Jose Serra, analysts have begun to ponder on her policies.

• Thursday, August 26th 2010 - 05:05 UTC

  Mrs. Kirchner confrontation with Clarin and La Nacion scares investors

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner’s growing confrontation with the country’s largest newspaper is exacerbating the biggest tumble in its dollar bonds in two months and prompting JPMorgan Chase & Co. to recommend investors cut holdings.

• Thursday, August 26th 2010 - 05:02 UTC

  US closely following Argentine debate on freedom of the press

  

  United States Department of State Deputy Spokesman Mark Toner said President Barack Obama's administration is “closely” watching the debate on press freedom in Argentina.

• Thursday, August 26th 2010 - 04:59 UTC

  Argentine government promises free public access to internet

  

  The Argentine government has said it is working to create areas of free public access to the internet across the country through wireless networks.

• Thursday, August 26th 2010 - 03:41 UTC

  Mercosur spends less that 2% of GDP in defence; “no arms race in the region”

  

  South America and particularly Mercosur spend less than 2% of GDP in military hardware which makes it the world region that less invests in defence, said a high ranking official from the Barak Obama administration visiting Paraguay.

• Thursday, August 26th 2010 - 03:35 UTC

  UPM/Botnia pulp mill conflict: pickets vote to challenge agreement

  

  Argentina’s Gualeguaychú Assembly members decided to once again return to blocking the National Route 136 and this way obstruct the international road to neighbouring Uruguay; however, the measure will only take place during the Sundays of September and for a limited time, which came as a surprise.