Politics

Thursday, January 9th 2014 - 06:35 UTC
People living in Buenos Aires shanty towns increased 52% in ten years

The number of people living in shanty towns or “misery villages” in Argentina and particularly in the capital Buenos Aires keeps increasing despite a decade of sustained growth at almost Chinese rates. According to data from the latest census of 2010, the number of people living in 'misery villages' in Buenos Aires was 163.587 compared to the 107.422 in 2001, with a 52% increase.
Thursday, January 9th 2014 - 06:23 UTC
Increase in TB cases in Buenos Aires linked to sweat shops working conditions

Tuberculosis cases in Buenos Aires City have increased 25% between 1985 and 2011 according to a paper presented by a Federal Attorney who links the surge to dreadful working conditions in many of the sweat-shops in the Argentine capital that employ cheap foreign labor.
Wednesday, January 8th 2014 - 20:59 UTC
Gibraltar/La Linea unions and business groups call for free flow of persons across the border

Gibraltarian and Spanish unions and business organizations on Tuesday called on their respective governments to act and implement measures that will guarantee the free flow of persons across the border. In a memorandum that will be sent to the European Commission and the European Parliament, the cross-border group expressed its “absolute aversion” to the current situation at the frontier, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.
Wednesday, January 8th 2014 - 20:17 UTC
Kennedy in 1963 considered a military intervention in Brazil; a coup followed in 1964

Former US President John F Kennedy mulled possible military intervention in Brazil one year before the 1964 coup that ousted then constitutional president Joao Goulart, according to archive documents released on Tuesday.
Wednesday, January 8th 2014 - 05:48 UTC
Venezuela's violent crime unstoppable: former beauty queen and husband shot dead

Gunmen shot dead a former Miss Venezuela and her ex-husband in the South American nation, authorities said today. Monica Spear, 29, a soap opera actress, and Henry Berry, 39, died in an attempted robbery on the highway between Puerto Cabello and Valencia in central Venezuela.
Wednesday, January 8th 2014 - 05:43 UTC
BOT Turks and Caicos former premier extradited from Brazil to face corruption charges

The former premier of the British Overseas Territory Turks and Caicos has been extradited back to the territory to face corruption charges, officials said Tuesday. Michael Misick arrived at JAGS McCartney International Airport in the capital Grand Turk early Tuesday from Brazil, the Turks and Caicos Islands Governor's Office said.
Wednesday, January 8th 2014 - 05:34 UTC
When talking fuel, Mexico and Argentina the better off; Colombia and Uruguay bottom of the list

Taking as reference the ratio between the average salary and the price of gasoline in six Latam countries, Mexican and Argentine consumers are the better off when it comes to filling up the tank while for Uruguay and Colombia the ratio is the least favorable.
Wednesday, January 8th 2014 - 05:00 UTC
US dollar climbs to new record in Argentina: 10.90 Pesos

The newly appointed Argentine Central bank chairman Juan Carlos Fábrega strategy to make the money exchange markets converge does not seem to be working: on Tuesday the 'blue' or parallel dollar soared to a new record, 10.85 and 10.90 Pesos, while the gap with the official rate again climbed to almost 60%.
Wednesday, January 8th 2014 - 04:56 UTC
Expectation: Cristina Fernandez is back and is scheduled to address the situation

Argentine President Cristina Fernández resumed on Tuesday her official activity in the Government House, after spending 18 days with her relatives in the Patagonia province of Santa Cruz. She arrived in Buenos Aires late Monday night and is scheduled to make a public appearance on Wednesday.
Tuesday, January 7th 2014 - 23:58 UTC
Record 496 Spanish incursions into Gibraltar waters, says the Foreign Office

The Sunday Telegraph reported a record number of Spanish incursions into Gibraltar waters last year, but its calculations in fact fell short of the final total, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.