Politics

• Saturday, January 10th 2015 - 06:22 UTC

  Significance of China for Latam trade and investment underlined by Eclac

  

  The importance of forging closer strategic ties between China and Latin America was underlined by Alicia Barcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in her speech to the China-Community of Latin American and Caribbean two-day ministerial forum that took place in Beijing.

• Friday, January 9th 2015 - 07:44 UTC

  UK calls for resumption of Unasur-member Guyana parliament and local elections

  

  The United Kingdom again called on the Guyana government for the earliest possible resumption of Parliament as required by the country's constitution and Commonwealth charter, and urged the government to name a date for long-delayed general elections. Guyana is a member of Unasur, Celac and associate member of Mercosur.

• Friday, January 9th 2015 - 06:59 UTC

  Charlie Hebdo plans to publish a million copies on next week's edition

  

  Charlie Hebdo, the controversial French magazine that was the target of a deadly attack on Wednesday will publish a million copies on next week's edition, compared to its usual print run of 60,000, its lawyer Richard Malka announced.

• Friday, January 9th 2015 - 06:42 UTC

  Merkel said Germany wants Greece in the Euro-zone, but Athens must abide bailout terms

  

  Germany's Angela Merkel has played down the chances of a Greek exit from the Euro zone, but made clear she expected Athens to stick to the terms of its international bailouts after this month's election.

• Thursday, January 8th 2015 - 06:28 UTC

  Euro zone inflation turns negative putting more pressure for ECB stimulus

  

  Inflation in the Euro-zone has turned negative, official figures have shown, with prices in December 0.2% lower than the same month a year earlier. The tip into deflation adds pressure on the European Central Bank (ECB) to take further action to stimulate the bloc's economy.

• Thursday, January 8th 2015 - 05:50 UTC

  Alleged Falklands' links sufficient motive to suspend fishing license of Tierra del Fuego company

  

  Argentina's Tierra del Fuego provincial government decided on Wednesday to preventatively suspend Pesantar's fishing license following claims that the company is associated with another group operating in the South Atlantic but with a Falklands' government license.

• Thursday, January 8th 2015 - 05:34 UTC

  Maduro announces 20bn dollars in investment credits from China

  

  President Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday he had secured a total of more than 20 billion dollars in investment from major creditor China for economic, social, and oil-related projects.

• Thursday, January 8th 2015 - 05:21 UTC

  Fears in Europe of violent retaliation and Islamophobia following Paris killings

  

  The terror attack that killed 12 people in Paris on Wednesday will have come as little surprise to Europe's police and intelligence services. For months, they've regarded the prospect of a mass killing in Europe by isolated gunmen or small groups of Islamist terrorists as a question of when rather than if.

• Thursday, January 8th 2015 - 01:08 UTC

  Authorities raid Buenos Aires HSBC accused of aiding tax evasion

  

  Authorities on Wednesday conducted a court-ordered search of the Argentine headquarters of London-based bank HSBC, which faces allegations of aiding tax evasion, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

• Thursday, January 8th 2015 - 00:42 UTC

  Argentina shocked over the death of indigenous child of malnutrition and TB

  

  Argentina is in state of shock following the death of a seven-year old aborigine of malnutrition which turned into a complicated case of TB. The child belonged to the Qom indigenous community in Chaco, northern Argentina that has been forced to a life of deprivation and despair because on ongoing battles over the possession of reservation lands.