Politics

• Tuesday, January 26th 2010 - 08:50 UTC

  Haiti’s aid and reconstruction plan main challenge: a legacy of failures

  

  Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaking at the International Conference on Haiti taking place in Montreal conceded Monday that countries are in for a decade of “hard work” to rebuild earthquake-shattered Haiti.

• Tuesday, January 26th 2010 - 08:46 UTC

  Redrado barred from Argentine Central Bank, the dispute moves to Congress

  

  Police stopped the head of Argentina's central bank from entering the bank on Sunday evening, hours after he vowed to stay in his job despite a court ruling that the government said meant he had to step down.

• Monday, January 25th 2010 - 15:03 UTC

  Women make up half of the new Bolivian ministerial cabinet

  

  Bolivia’s president Evo Morales began his second mandate with a cabinet reshuffle removing most ministers and complying with the gender parity. The announcement was done over the weekend following his second consecutive inauguration ceremony last Friday.

• Monday, January 25th 2010 - 14:52 UTC

  Brazil and Argentina, first countries president elect Piñera will visit

  

  Brazil and Argentina are the first countries to be visited by Chilean president-elect Sebastián Piñera, who added he will accept invitations from Spain and France and anticipated one of his first actions would be to de-freeze relations with neighbouring Peru.

• Monday, January 25th 2010 - 14:49 UTC

  Chile and Argentina consolidate bilateral integration and cooperation

  

  Chile announced that the “Integration and Cooperation” agreement with Argentina, which was stamped by Presidents Cristina Kirchner and Michelle Bachelet last October 30, became effective as of Friday January 22nd.

• Monday, January 25th 2010 - 14:44 UTC

  Lula da Silva’s closest advisor denies a repeat of Chilean scenario in Brazil

  

  President Lula da Silva’s main advisor in international affairs Marco Aurelio Garcia brushed aside the idea that Brazil could repeat a scenario like that of Chile in the last elections, when the opposition defeated the ruling coalition.

• Monday, January 25th 2010 - 14:40 UTC

  White House confident of Bernanke’s confirmation at the Federal Reserve

  

  The White House says it is confident of Ben Bernanke's confirmation as Federal Reserve chairman for a second term.

• Monday, January 25th 2010 - 14:39 UTC

  Hope for Haiti Now telethon raises 58 million US dollars

  

  More than 58 million US dollars have been raised through the all-star Hope for Haiti Now telethon, according to organizers.

• Monday, January 25th 2010 - 14:38 UTC

  Chavez forces television stations off the air for not broadcasting his speeches

  Six television stations including opposition RCTV (Radio Caracas TeleVision) were forced off the air on Sunday for not broadcasting President Hugo Chavez' speeches. The new rules passed in December require stations to air Chavez's speeches, among other mandates.

• Monday, January 25th 2010 - 14:35 UTC

  Brazil hands to Argentina Colonel accused of human rights abuses

  Brazil has extradited to Argentina a retired Uruguayan army colonel to face charges of human rights abuses dating back to military rule in the Southern cone countries during the 1970s.