Politics

• Wednesday, January 21st 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Obama appeals to values and pledges era of responsibility

  

  Barack Obama became the United States 44th president on Tuesday assuring allies he'll rebuild the world's shattered economy while repairing strained friendships as millions cheered the apparent arrival of a new age of political idealism. He promised to leave aside the confrontational dogma and develop a more open and conciliatory relationship with the rest of the world.

• Wednesday, January 21st 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Fidel meets Cristina and agree Obama is “a sincere person”

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner held a half hour private meeting with Fidel Castro in the last day of her visit to Cuba and said the ageing revolutionary leader described US president Barack Obama as “a sincere person”.

• Tuesday, January 20th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  USA: Stage set for Obama to make history

  

  Barack Obama will make history when he is sworn in as the 44th president of the United States - the first black American to hold the post.

• Tuesday, January 20th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Best performer Peru changes financial helmsman

  

  In an unexpected move and only after six months in the job, Peru's Finance Minister Luis Valdivieso resigned Monday and later in the day was replaced by his predecessor Luis Carranza who is closely linked to the Andean country's praised economic performance.

• Tuesday, January 20th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Informal poll shows St Helenians not interested in airport

  

  When last December the British government put on hold plans to build an airport on the mid Atlantic island of St Helena, local councillors spoke of their “bitter disappointment”. But now a number of St. Helena residents say they want to stay cut off from the rest of the world, reports the BBC.

• Tuesday, January 20th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Corporate cuts cost Brazil 70.000 jobs and 27.8 billion USD

  

  Brazil is estimated to have lost the equivalent of 27.8 billion US dollars in investments from domestic and international corporations as a direct consequence of the global recession, according to press reports from Sao Paulo.

• Tuesday, January 20th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  “A great day for relations with Latinamerica”

  

  With President Barack Obama's administration a “new chapter opens and a new relation with Latinamerica begins” said on Tuesday US ambassador in Argentina Anthony Wayne during a conference in Buenos Aires.

• Tuesday, January 20th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  What the world wants of Barak Obama

  

  When Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th president of the United States, the wish list that has been building abroad may have grown longer than he or anyone else can deliver.

• Monday, January 19th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Ex Chilean Air Force chief arrested on embezzlement charges

  

  A former Chilean Air Force chief was arrested Monday on charges of embezzling nearly 2.9 million US dollars in a 1994 government deal to buy second hand Mirage Elkan fighter jets from Belgium and refurbish them, according to a Santiago court.

• Sunday, January 18th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  US President-elect Obama: 'Anything is possible in America'

  

  US President-elect Barack Obama has told a huge crowd of supporters at a pre-inauguration rally in Washington that “anything is possible in America”.