Politics

• Wednesday, November 5th 2014 - 07:20 UTC

  Cuba is asking for 8 billion dollars in investment from private corporations

  

  Cuba asked international companies on Monday to invest more than 8 billion dollars in the island as it attempts to kick-start a centrally planned economy starved for cash and hamstrung by inefficiency.

• Wednesday, November 5th 2014 - 07:05 UTC

  China rolling stock manufacturer to begin maintenance operations in Argentina

  

  China’s rolling stock manufacturer China South Railway, CSR-Sifang will establish a presence in Argentina in a workshop currently ran by State-owned Trenes Argentinos Operadora Ferroviaria, Interior and Transport minister Florencio Randazzo announced on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, November 5th 2014 - 06:43 UTC

  The end of an era: Is the US petrodollar under threat?

  

  Recent trade deals and high-level cooperation between Russia and China have set off alarm bells in the West as policymakers and oil and gas executives watch the balance of power in global energy markets shift to the East.

• Wednesday, November 5th 2014 - 06:19 UTC

  Falklands' 1914 German sunken battle ships to be explored by marine archeologist

  

  Historian and renowned Marine Archaeologist, Mensun Bound, has been researching the events surrounding the December 2014 Battle of the Falklands and has secured private funding for a once in a life time expedition.

• Wednesday, November 5th 2014 - 05:59 UTC

  Republicans take control of the Senate: complicated last two years for Obama

  

  The Republican Party has taken control of the Senate in the US mid-term elections, increasing their power in the final years of President Barack Obama's presidency. After gains in Arkansas, Montana, South Dakota, West Virginia and Colorado, North Carolina clinched victory. Kentucky's Mitch McConnell will become the Senate majority leader.

• Wednesday, November 5th 2014 - 05:16 UTC

  Chile chosen by World Bank for Latam’s first Research and Development Center

  

  Chile’s Finance Ministry Alberto Arenas, and the World Bank Group (WBG), represented by its Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean, Jorge Familiar, signed a cooperation agreement to establish in Chile the first Research and Development Center in Latin America, and the second outside Washington, DC.

• Wednesday, November 5th 2014 - 04:30 UTC

  US reply to Argentina: Soderberg's responsibilities as public servant not linked to bonds' dispute

  

  The US Department of State has backed the appointment of Nancy Soderberg as Chair of the Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB), saying her “responsibilities” as public servant are “not linked” with Argentina’s dispute with the holdouts, Argentina's Telam news agency reported.

• Wednesday, November 5th 2014 - 04:06 UTC

  “Mercosur and Pacific Alliance are not contradictory competing blocks”

  

  Mercosur and the Pacific Alliance are not contradictory competing blocks, and can advance towards a mutually beneficial convergence, said Chile's Economy minister Luis Felipe Cespedes during a trade and investment promotion seminar in Brazil.

• Wednesday, November 5th 2014 - 03:43 UTC

  Argentina appeals Judge Griesa's 'contempt of court' ruling

  

  Argentina on Monday asked the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a federal judge’s finding that it is in contempt of court for taking steps to evade his orders that bondholders who agreed to debt restructurings can only be paid if holdout hedge funds are also compensated.

• Wednesday, November 5th 2014 - 03:34 UTC

  Scottish minister explores fisheries and trade opportunities in Chile

  

  Scottish Minister for Environment and Climate Change Paul Wheelhouse visited Puerto Montt and Santiago to strengthen links with Chile on fisheries and climate change. Chile and Scotland have two of the largest global aquaculture industries.