Politics

Tuesday, June 25th 2013 - 02:00 UTC
Lead case in Uruguay: Herbicide-spraying company forced to pay compensation for fumigating school

A Uruguayan rural school teacher who suffered the consequences of agro-toxics spraying from neighbouring soybean crops has won a civil court demand against the fumigation company. The court ruled that Agronegocios del Plata, ADP, must compensate Silvia Nobelasco the equivalent to 6.800 dollars.
Monday, June 24th 2013 - 19:09 UTC
Abortion law in Uruguay stands; insufficient support to force a repeal referendum

A liberal abortion law in Uruguay withstood a challenge Sunday as Uruguayan opponents failed to attract enough votes in a consultation ballot to force a national referendum on repealing it.
Monday, June 24th 2013 - 15:46 UTC
Google is in a borderline crisis with European Union

By Thomas Richardson - Google has reached a settlement with regulators of the European Union after antitrust charges were levied against the company. The EU accused Google of selectively displaying results based on its preferences. Google, which owns a virtual monopoly on Internet queries in Europe, is also accused of favouring the use of its own products in search results, which has drawn complaints from competitors, and the attention of regulators.
Monday, June 24th 2013 - 08:24 UTC
Supreme Court Justice and anti-corruption champ has become symbol of Brazilian protests

Joaquim Barbosa the black magistrate from Brazil’s Supreme Court and who won national acknowledgement as inflexible with corruption cases has become the preferred candidate for 2014 presidential elections by the thousands of protestors who took to the streets these last two weeks.
Monday, June 24th 2013 - 08:22 UTC
Three out of four Brazilians fed up with poor public services support street protests

An overwhelming majority of Brazilians, 75% supports the two weeks street demonstrations demanding improved public services and complaining about the huge sums invested in stadiums for football world cups, according to a public opinion poll from Ibope and which was released in the latest edition of the weekly magazine Epoca.
Monday, June 24th 2013 - 08:20 UTC
Ecuador confirms Edward Snowden has formally requested for asylum

Ecuador's foreign minister said his country was “analyzing” a request for asylum by fugitive US intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden who is currently in Moscow
Monday, June 24th 2013 - 08:18 UTC
Francis will meet indigenous leaders abused and persecuted in northern Argentina

Following a request made by Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Pope Francis is scheduled to meet on Monday with Félix Díaz, the chief of the La Primavera Qom indigenous community from northern Argentina.
Monday, June 24th 2013 - 08:15 UTC
End of near-zero interest rates; governments must do more for economic recovery and reform, says BIS

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) says banks have done their bit to help economic recovery and governments must do more. The Basel bases organization, known as the “central banks' central bank” says it is time for them to stop pumping funds into their economies.
Monday, June 24th 2013 - 08:13 UTC
Europe remains divided as to how to bail-out failed banks; next try Wednesday

Europe failed to agree on how to share the cost of bank collapses, as Germany resisted attempts by France to water down rules designed to spare taxpayers in future crises.
Monday, June 24th 2013 - 03:09 UTC
Bolivia will hold double membership of Mercosur and the Andean Community

Bolivia will join Mercosur without abandoning the Andean Community and will continue with negotiations for a cooperation and trade agreement with the European Union, announced in La Paz the Foreign ministers from Bolivia, David Choquehuanca and Luis Almagro from Uruguay which currently holds the group’s chair.