Politics

Wednesday, April 24th 2013 - 01:47 UTC
Falkland Island''s tells MPs ‘we’re no quaint toy town’ on suggestion of changing Stanley’s name

A suggestion by some British senior Members of Parliament advocating a change of name for the Falkland Islands capital, Stanley to Port Margaret Thatcher in honour of the late Baroness had a strong reply from the local weekly, Penguin News.
Wednesday, April 24th 2013 - 01:34 UTC
Falklands’ debates contribution to Baroness Thatcher’s funeral costs

The UK public opinion controversy over the cost of Baroness Thatcher’s funeral has reached the Falkland Islands where a member of the public proposed a ‘six figure’ contribution towards the event from the local government.
Wednesday, April 24th 2013 - 01:06 UTC
Chile’s growing concern with soaring Peso and plummeting dollar in local market

Chilean authorities are feeling “calmer” with the exchange rate nearing 480 pesos per US dollar, Finance Minister Felipe Larrain said on Tuesday, as the currency retreated from the year-and-a-half highs it reached earlier this month.
Wednesday, April 24th 2013 - 01:02 UTC
Battered Piñera sends a lady to prop his administration and challenge Michele

Chilean president Sebastian Piñera on Monday named the head of a government agency that promotes gender equality to be the new education minister. Carolina Schmidt replaces Harald Beyer, who was impeached by Congress last week.
Tuesday, April 23rd 2013 - 21:17 UTC
Will Cartes fall prey to the past or make Paraguay part of an emerging new Latinamerica?

By R. Viswanathan (*) - Horacio Cartes of the Colorado party won the presidential elections held last Sunday in Paraguay. The Colorados had ruled the country continuously for 61 years in a one-party dictatorship until 2008 when Fernando Lugo, the leftist “Bishop of the Poor” defeated the Colorado candidate and made history.
Tuesday, April 23rd 2013 - 21:12 UTC
World economic forum on Latinamerica’s future begins in Lima

In the midst of global economic uncertainty, Latin America has maintained steady levels of economic growth and financial resilience over the past decade. The region has a forecast of almost 4% economic growth in 2013, and it is this encouraging prospect that is the focus of the 2013 World Economic Forum on Latin America in Lima, Peru, which opened on Tuesday 23 until April 25.
Tuesday, April 23rd 2013 - 06:46 UTC
Brazil investigating sale of 20 Embraer E-190 to Aerolíneas Argentinas fearing surcharges

Brazil’ aircraft manufacturer Embrear is again resurfacing suspicions regarding the sale of commercial planes to Aerolineas Argentinas involving several million dollars in surcharges. The company informed the US Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, that it is investigating companies from five different countries to which it sold aircraft allegedly in transactions suspicious of irregularities.
Tuesday, April 23rd 2013 - 06:38 UTC
Spain official population fell in 2012, first time since 1946 because of the recession

Spain's official population fell last year for the first time since the 1940s as immigrants fled a five-year on-and-off recession that has sent unemployment soaring. The number of residents fell by 206,000 to 47.1 million, the National Statistics Institute said on Monday.
Tuesday, April 23rd 2013 - 04:23 UTC
United States, Peru and Chile congratulate Cartes and the Paraguayan people

United States, Peru and Chile among others extended their congratulations to president-elect Horacio Cartes and to the Paraguayan people for the ‘extraordinary’ Election Day last Sunday and their significant turnout in such special circumstances.
Tuesday, April 23rd 2013 - 04:15 UTC
Ralph Lauren fined in the US for briberies committed by Argentine subsidiary

Ralph Lauren Corp. has agreed to pay 1.6 million dollars to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, after finding that its subsidiary in Argentina repeatedly bribed customs officials, federal authorities announced Monday.