Politics

• Tuesday, August 13th 2013 - 02:32 UTC

  Fraga: “the worst defeat for Kirchnerism since 2003; three out of four votes went to the opposition”

  

  Argentina’s Sunday primary was the worst election result for Kirchnerism since they first arrived to office in 2003, almost thirty percentage points below the 54% of Cristina Fernandez re-election in 2011 writes Rosendo Fraga, Argentine historian and political analyst.

• Tuesday, August 13th 2013 - 02:27 UTC

  UK warns Spain with legal action over the tight controls at the Gibraltar border

  

  Britain warned Spain it might take legal action to try to force Madrid to abandon tighter controls at the border with the contested British overseas territory of Gibraltar in what it called an “unprecedented” step against a European ally.

• Tuesday, August 13th 2013 - 02:22 UTC

  Kerry calls Colombia a ‘success story’ and promised strong support for peace talks

  

  Secretary of State John Kerry promised strong US backing for peace talks aimed at ending Colombia's half century of conflict, calling the country a success story in a world where many states have failed or are failing.

• Tuesday, August 13th 2013 - 02:19 UTC

  Timerman meets US Congress members complains about ‘anti-Argentina campaign’

  

  Foreign Minister Hector Timerman strongly criticised an alleged “anti-Argentina campaign” carried out in US Congress by members of hedge funds in litigation with Buenos Aires. Timerman made his case while meeting in his office with visiting members of the US congress.

• Tuesday, August 13th 2013 - 02:14 UTC

  Uruguay announces on-shore oil “scientific confirmation” but with no commercial certainty

  

  The Uruguayan government announced the discovery of free hydrocarbons liquids in core samples next to source rocks in the northern county of Salto at a depth of 450 metres, which seems to be similar to another discovery two years ago.

• Tuesday, August 13th 2013 - 02:07 UTC

  Argentine military sent napalm bombs to Bolivia to help hunt Che Guevara reveal Brazil documents

  

  The military government that ruled Argentina in 1967 provided its Bolivian peers with napalm bombs and other arms to help combat guerrillas headed by Ernesto Che Guevara who three months after delivery was killed, according to released documents in Brazil and published by O Estado de Sao Paulo.

• Tuesday, August 13th 2013 - 02:02 UTC

  Brazil military regime wanted the ‘bomb’ fearing an armed conflict with Argentina

  

  The military dictatorship that ruled Brazil from 1964 to 1985 was planning to develop an atomic bomb according to secret documents from the Armed Forces Chief of Staff to which the influential newspaper O Estado de Sao Paulo had access and released details.

• Monday, August 12th 2013 - 18:21 UTC

  Pope calls for respect for human life from conception; sends Ramadan message to Muslims

  

  Respect for human life from conception until natural death is something children must be taught, not mainly with words, but by the example of their parents, Pope Francis said. “Parents are called to pass on to their children the awareness that life must always be defended,” Pope Francis wrote in a message to people joining in the Brazilian Catholic Church's celebration of Family Week, which began August 11.

• Monday, August 12th 2013 - 18:15 UTC

  Assange says Americans have a debt of gratitude with leaker Snowden

  

  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says Americans owe US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden a debt of gratitude because his leaks prompted President Barack Obama to promise an overhaul of secret surveillance.

• Monday, August 12th 2013 - 18:10 UTC

  Brazil and Uruguay want a “two speeds” Mercosur agreement with the EU

  

  Brazil and Uruguay want to speed a trade agreement with the European Union but without abandoning Mercosur, and making it clear that they are willing to advance at “a different speed” than the rest of the group’s members, revealed a reliable source from the government of President Jose Mujica in Montevideo.