Politics

Thursday, April 15th 2010 - 05:45 UTC
Kirchner victory as Senate ratifies nomination of Central Bank governor

The Argentine Senate finally approved the nomination of economist Mercedes Marcó del Pont as president of the Central Bank, post for which she was named by President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner last February.
Thursday, April 15th 2010 - 05:39 UTC
BRIC leaders arrive in Brazil for two-day summit in anticipation of G20

Leaders from the world's four biggest emerging economies --Brazil, Russia, India and China, arrived in Brasilia Wednesday for a two-day summit. It's the second summit of the so-called BRIC countries.
Wednesday, April 14th 2010 - 22:53 UTC
Mrs. Kirchner personally apologizes to Hu Jintao for cancelled visit to China

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner apologized to her peer, China’s Hu Jintao for having cancelled in January at last moment a long time planned official visit to Beijing. Mrs. Kirchner and President Hu Jintao met in the sidelines of this week’s nuclear security summit in Washington.
Wednesday, April 14th 2010 - 22:04 UTC
Depressed by daily news, try 1000awesomethings.com

Depressed by reading bad news daily and with his marriage failing, Canadian Neil Pasricha decided to try to focus on the positive and come up with 1,000 simple, free, awesome things, posting one each day on a blog.
Wednesday, April 14th 2010 - 20:57 UTC
Chile and Uruguay support Mr. Kirchner as Unasur chairman

Chile and Uruguay will support former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner for the post of chairman of the Union of South American Nations, Unasur, confirmed in Santiago Ecuadorean Foreign Affairs minister Ricardo Patiño.
Wednesday, April 14th 2010 - 20:35 UTC
South Atlantic Royal Navy nuclear powered sub en route to be decommissioned

After a shorter than expected stay in South Africa’s Cape Town, the Royal Navy nuclear-powered, but conventionally armed, fleet submarine HMS Sceptre (S104) departed from Simon's Town naval base having only spent five days in port.
Wednesday, April 14th 2010 - 20:33 UTC
Chilean journalist wins 2010 World Press Freedom Award

A Chilean journalist known for her staunch defence of freedom of expression has been awarded the 2010 World Press Freedom Prize.
Wednesday, April 14th 2010 - 20:28 UTC
Taiana anticipates better relations with Uruguay following The Hague ruling

Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Taiana described bilateral relations with neighbouring Uruguay are “good and will improve” after the International Court of Justice's ruling regarding the placement of the Botnia paper mill on the shores of the Uruguay river is made public on April 20th.
Wednesday, April 14th 2010 - 07:59 UTC
“We are building a global role for Argentina”, says CFK after meeting Obama

“We are building a global role for Argentina that it did not have until now” said Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) following a meeting with US President Barack Obama Tuesday in the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit.
Wednesday, April 14th 2010 - 03:56 UTC
Brazil signs in the Pentagon wide ranging defence cooperation agreement

Brazil and United States signed a military cooperation agreement Monday in the Pentagon, Washington that both sides underlined as an example of partnership and transparency for the Americas.