Politics

Saturday, April 17th 2010 - 03:12 UTC
Reconstruction efforts will turn Chile from capital exporter to importer, says IIF

Increased external financing requirements to cover reconstruction costs triggered by the earthquake and tsunami of February 27 will shift Chile’s external position from capital exporter in 2009 (largely the result of its dynamic private pension system) to capital importer this year and next, according to the Institute of International Finance, IIF.
Friday, April 16th 2010 - 09:38 UTC
Outsider Clegg judged winner in first UK TV debate

Nick Clegg, a rank outsider to become Britain's next prime minister, upstaged the two main candidates in an unprecedented televised debate on Thursday, according to snap polls of viewers.
Friday, April 16th 2010 - 04:17 UTC
Argentine bonds’ swap could not be sufficient, warn anks

In spite of Argentine authorities optimism regarding the 20 billion USD bonds’ swap launched on Thursday the Institute of International Finance, (IIF), warned that the initiative could be insufficient to re-establish the country’s full access to voluntary money markets.
Friday, April 16th 2010 - 03:41 UTC
High-level corruption, not a few dissidents, is the main threat to communist Cuba

Corruption at the highest levels of government - not the meddling of a small band of dissidents - is the greatest threat to Cuba's communist system, a leading academic said in a highly unusual opinion posted Thursday on a state Web site.
Friday, April 16th 2010 - 01:46 UTC
Argentine Judge annuls first gay union, but Congress set to vote same-sex marriage bill

A judge in Argentina has annulled the first gay marriage in Latin America, state media said Thursday, but the two men in the groundbreaking union said they would appeal the decision.
Thursday, April 15th 2010 - 19:35 UTC
More changes anticipated in Ecuador’s cabinet and military commands

Ecuador president Rafael Correa announced changes in the military command and further cabinet reshuffling as part of the restructuring of his administration’s team for the next three years.
Thursday, April 15th 2010 - 19:31 UTC
Spanish dictator atrocities case presented before Argentine federal court

Argentine human rights groups turned the tables on Spain Wednesday, asking for a local judicial probe of killings and disappearances as well as suspected genocide during the Spanish Civil War and Gen. Francisco Franco's long dictatorship.
Thursday, April 15th 2010 - 19:22 UTC
Uruguay’s support for Unasur’s chairman will be known at next summit

Ecuadorean Foreign Affairs minister Ricardo Patiño apologized to Uruguay for having stated that the administration of President Jose Mujica would support the nomination of former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner as chairman or the Union of South American nations, Unasur.
Thursday, April 15th 2010 - 17:08 UTC
Paraguay retains Taiwan diplomatic links and opens trade office with Beijing

Mercosur member Paraguay is reconsidering the terms of its relation with Taiwan, “retaining diplomatic links” but at the same time establishing “formal economic relations with Beijing”, said the country’s Foreign Affairs minister Héctor Lacognata.
Thursday, April 15th 2010 - 05:53 UTC
Argentina to resume nuclear program in cooperation with Russia

Russian President Dimitri Medvedev met with President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to commemorate 125 years of bilateral relations between Argentina and Russia and to sign several cooperation agreements in different fields including helping Argentina to develop its nuclear program.