Politics

Saturday, January 11th 2014 - 06:45 UTC
Brazilian jails in collapse: one convict is slain every two days

Brazilian report shows at least 218 inmates were killed in the country’s jails last year, an average of more than one convict slain every two days. The data was published by Brazilian daily Folha de Sao Paulo on Thursday.
Saturday, January 11th 2014 - 06:30 UTC
Airlines operating in Venezuela have 3.3bn dollars trapped by currency controls

International airlines operating in Venezuela have 3.3 billion trapped because of currency controls, the International Air Transport Association, IATA, revealed. Airlines have to wait around 12 months for the government to convert their Bolivar earnings into dollars, with the time lag growing, according to the Venezuela Airline Association.
Saturday, January 11th 2014 - 06:27 UTC
Silent protest: thousands at funeral of ex-Miss Venezuela slain in an armed robbery

Thousands of people attended the funeral of actress and former Miss Venezuela Monica Spear and her ex husband this Friday, in solidarity with the family of the couple that was slain this week in an armed robbery.
Friday, January 10th 2014 - 07:10 UTC
The delayed Mercosur summit will have to address the EU new foreign aid policy

When Mercosur finally holds its much delayed summit in Venezuela at the end of the month following two postponements (12 December and 17 January), besides its normal agenda of agreements and disagreements, it will have to address a new challenge, this time from the European Union which has redefined its development support policy, leaving all Mercosur members, except Paraguay out of its tariffs and market access benefits.
Friday, January 10th 2014 - 06:46 UTC
Falklands oil industry will have its 'Made in USA' dock facility in Stanley harbor

The Falkland Islands budding oil and gas industry advanced a further step this week when the Falklands' Planning and Building Committee gave planning permission to a temporary dock facility (TDF) in Stanley harbor that will provide logistics support to exploration drilling.
Friday, January 10th 2014 - 06:40 UTC
Brazil treasury pays highest yield to launch new 10-year fixed-rate domestic bond

Brazil's Treasury on Thursday paid the highest yield ever to launch a new 10-year benchmark fixed-rate domestic bond. The Treasury said it sold two million NTN-F bonds maturing in January 2025, worth 1.64 billion Reais (683 million dollars), at a yield as high as 13.3899%. The bond is expected to become Brazil's new 10-year benchmark paper.
Friday, January 10th 2014 - 06:35 UTC
France fines Google for ignoring local law on tracking and storing users info

France's data protection watchdog has fined Google 150,000 Euros after the US search engine ignored a three-month ultimatum to bring its practices on tracking and storing user information in line with local law.
Friday, January 10th 2014 - 06:27 UTC
Construction of Monsanto plant in north Argentina halted on environmental grounds

A labor appeals court in north-central Argentina ruled that the construction of a Monsanto plant is unconstitutional, halting work on the site. The three judge court ruled 2-1 in favor of the activists who filed a legal appeal against Monsanto’s GMO seed plant on environmental protection grounds in the municipality of Malvinas Argentinas, located in central Cordoba Province.
Thursday, January 9th 2014 - 18:45 UTC
Violence threatens to thwart Iraqi oil resurgence

By Nicholas Cunningham - A wave of violence has swept parts of Iraq at the start of 2014 as the central government fights back against Al-Qaeda aligned militants in Anbar Province. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) reportedly took control of Ramadi and Fallujah, bombing police headquarters and killing dozens.
Thursday, January 9th 2014 - 15:03 UTC
Active online poll from “The Telegraph” shows Falklands should be under Argentine sovereignty

According to an active online poll released in the British newspaper “The Daily Telegraph”, a clear majority, almost double, of the voters affirmed that the Falklands Islands should be under Argentina’s sovereignty. Almost half the majority of respondents rejected the idea and supported Britain, while the rest answered that the territory should be under “shared sovereignty.”