Politics

• Wednesday, July 7th 2010 - 06:01 UTC

  Retrurn of Honduras to OAS, is “only a matter of time”

  

  United States Under-secretary of State for Hemisphere Affairs, Arturo Valenzuela, said Honduras' re-incorporation to the Organization of American States (OAS) “is progressing” and that it is only “a matter of time.”

• Tuesday, July 6th 2010 - 09:37 UTC

  EU files document on ‘Argentine protectionism’ to WTO Council for Trade

  

  European Commission officials confirmed Monday that a document on “Argentina’s protectionism” was filed to the World Trade Organization within the framework of the growing concern among several European countries about Buenos Aires position which is also seen as an obstacle for the renewed trade and cooperation talks between the EU and Mercosur.

• Tuesday, July 6th 2010 - 09:29 UTC

  Brazilian development bank lending level and rates triggers controversy

  

  Brazil’s state development bank President Luciano Coutinho rejected criticism that record lending is placing a burden on the central bank to keep inflation in check and slowing the reduction of public debt.

• Tuesday, July 6th 2010 - 09:25 UTC

  Human rights groups in Cuba say number of political prisoners has dropped

  

  The number of political prisoners in Cuba has declined in the last six months, an independent human rights group said Monday.

• Tuesday, July 6th 2010 - 09:20 UTC

  Initiative to upgrade Chilean Antarctic Province to “Special Territory”

  

  A group of Chilean senators from the ruling Conservative coalition presented a constitutional reform initiative that would declare as a ‘special territory’ the Chilean Antarctic Province with the purpose of protection and conservation of the zone’s biodiversity.

• Tuesday, July 6th 2010 - 07:20 UTC

  IMF needs to find ‘adequate balance between economics and politics’

  

  The International Monetary Fund should find an adequate balance between economics and politics, and take advantage of its cross-country experience to deepen its engagement in the Western Hemisphere and improve the effectiveness of its economic policy advice, a group of high-level advisors recommended Monday.

• Monday, July 5th 2010 - 05:18 UTC

  EU takes Argentina’s “restrictive measures” on trade to the WTO

  

  The first week of negotiations in years between the European Union and Mercosur to reach a political and trade association agreement that took place in Buenos Aires did not end well.

• Monday, July 5th 2010 - 05:10 UTC

  UK press insists Prince William wants to go Falklands’ as helicopter pilot

  

  Mail on Sunday reports Prince William is battling to go to the Falkland Islands next year as an RAF search-and-rescue helicopter pilot. William, 28, finishes his training in the autumn and is due to travel to the Falklands for eight weeks next summer.

• Monday, July 5th 2010 - 05:05 UTC

  IDB president Moreno forecasted to be re-elected this week for five more years

  

  The Inter American Development Bank will be electing new President this week, but with the nomination period closed last June 26 and no names presented, Colombia’s Luis Alberto Moreno seems certain to be re-elected.

• Monday, July 5th 2010 - 05:02 UTC

  Morales inaugurates presidential jet and former Miss Bolivia as special envoy

  

  Bolivian President Evo Morales has a new presidential aircraft, a Falcon 900EX manufactured by the French company Dassault. The Bolivian Air Force One was delivered by Philippe Létrilliart, France’s Chargé d’Affairs in La Paz during a ceremony at the air base of El Alto.