Politics

Monday, December 28th 2009 - 12:49 UTC
Spanish bank forecasts strong recovery of Uruguayan economy in 2010

Spanish bank BBVA anticipates a strong recovery of the Uruguayan economy next year with one of the highest growth rates in the region and discards “any turbulences or surprises with the new government, it’s going to be continuation of current policies”.
Monday, December 28th 2009 - 12:44 UTC
Polls have Governor Serra leading comfortably in Brazilian presidential race

The opposition Social democrat governor of Sao Paulo, Jose Serra, remains as the clear leader to win next year’s Brazilian presidential election, according to the latest public poll released by the top selling magazine Istoé.
Monday, December 28th 2009 - 12:41 UTC
Demystifying the Big Apple and California; good for Creole and Hawai

New York and Connecticut rank at the bottom of the life-satisfaction states in the US while Hawaii and Louisiana figure as the top according to a new research by the UK University of Warwick and Hamilton College in the US which used the happiness levels of a million individual US citizens to discover which are the best and worst states in which to live in the United States.
Monday, December 28th 2009 - 12:35 UTC
Negative image of Cristina Kirchner’s administration at historic low

After two years in office (December 10) the administration of Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has one of the lowest support ratings in the country’s history according to a public opinion poll from Datamatica released this month.
Monday, December 28th 2009 - 12:32 UTC
Nigerian failed terrorist exposes security porosity and lack of coordination

Al Qaida warned of a terror attack just days before a former British student allegedly attempted to blow up a transatlantic airliner carrying 278 passengers, it has emerged. Security services on both sides of the Atlantic are under scrutiny after it emerged Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was able to board the jet with explosives despite warnings of his extremism, including one from his millionaire father.
Monday, December 28th 2009 - 12:27 UTC
Calls on Brazil’s highest court to review censorship on investigative reports

The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) has urged Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court to review its decision that resulted in the ongoing censorship of investigative reports that might expose wrongdoing in the Federal Senate.
Monday, December 28th 2009 - 12:21 UTC
Uruguay releases stamp issue on 70th anniversary of Battle of the River Plate

Uruguay released a stamp issue to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the River Plate --December 13th 1939--, which ended with the scuttling of the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee.
Monday, December 28th 2009 - 09:09 UTC
Lula da Silva unhappy with the media sponsors “social control” of content

Brazil’s most popular president in recent history, Lula da Silva, seems to be in a collision course with some of the big media corporations. His administration is sponsoring a National Conference on Communications allegedly to draft a regulatory framework which media corporations claim has an only purpose, government control of the press and its content.
Monday, December 28th 2009 - 08:59 UTC
Fish exports from Buenos Aires blocked or delayed because of labour conflict

The main maritime agencies operating in the River Plate are seriously considering cancelling the port of Buenos Aires and concentrating trade in Montevideo, given the labour conflict with the tugs arising from a long standing dispute in the Argentine fishing industry sector.
Sunday, December 27th 2009 - 06:23 UTC
Car sales in Chile indicate the country is on road to recovery

A November report shows a 27.3% spike in new car sales in Chile, making it the largest sales increase the country has seen in two years. The last similar increase of 29.9% was before the recent financial crisis, in January 2008.