Politics

• Monday, January 25th 2010 - 14:20 UTC

  Argentina’s Central bank stand-off: police to block access of Redrado

  Argentine central bank President Martin Redrado vowed to stay in his post until Congress considers a government decree firing him for not setting aside 6.6 billion US dollars in reserves to pay debt due this year.

• Saturday, January 23rd 2010 - 15:52 UTC

  Lula da Silva calls for unity and warns followers about the “Piñera factor”

  

  Brazilian president Lula da Silva called on his followers not to repeat what happened in Chile where the centre-left coalition lost the recent presidential election to the conservatives for having run with two candidates.

• Saturday, January 23rd 2010 - 15:44 UTC

  Argentine courts ratify the freeze on use of Central Bank reserves

  

  Argentina’s Federal Contentious Administrative Court Friday ratified the suspension on the use of the Central Bank foreign currency reserves to payout public debt, according to judicial sources in Buenos Aires.

• Saturday, January 23rd 2010 - 15:21 UTC

  Cuba and US work together to preserve Hemingway’s heritage

  

  Cuban and US cultural institutions plan to keep working together to preserve the documents that belonged to Ernest Hemingway and are kept at Finca Vigia, the US writer’s home-turned-museum on the island, state media reported.

• Saturday, January 23rd 2010 - 15:13 UTC

  Brazilian bank plans to enter the Mexican retail banking market

  

  Brazil’s Banco Bradesco announced Friday that it plans to enter the Mexican retail banking market through the acquisition of Ibi Mexico

• Saturday, January 23rd 2010 - 15:10 UTC

  Commercial air link Gibraltar/Barcelona begins end of March

  

  Andalus Lineas Aereas will renew its service from Gibraltar to Barcelona as from the end of March, exactly six months after it pulled the plug on the route because of low passenger numbers, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.

• Saturday, January 23rd 2010 - 14:58 UTC

  Morales promises a tighter state control economy for “post-colonial” Bolivia

  

  Bolivian President Evo Morales began his second consecutive term on Friday vowing to fight poverty, further tighten state control over the economy and develop some of the world's largest lithium reserves.

• Friday, January 22nd 2010 - 17:05 UTC

  Argentine Central bank dispute moves to Congress on CFK request

  

  Argentina President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, CFK, cancelled a trip to China and called for a congressional committee to meet in an attempt to defuse the controversy over her plans to use Central bank reserves to pay for debts.

• Friday, January 22nd 2010 - 16:59 UTC

  Ex-para returns to Falklands to raise funds for combat stress charity

  

  A Scottish Falklands’ veteran is to recreate the paratroops' famous march to Port Stanley in a bid to raise funds for an armed forces charity. Ex-para Tony Banks, who is from Dundee and has built up a £60m care home business, wants to raise more than £10,000 for Combat Stress.

• Friday, January 22nd 2010 - 16:43 UTC

  Morales becomes head of a pluri-national state blessed by Aymara gods

  

  Bolivian president Evo Morales will be inaugurated Friday before Congress for a second mandate (2010/2015) after having achieved an overwhelming victory in December elections (64% of the vote) ensuring him majority control of both houses.