Politics

Friday, October 12th 2012 - 06:18 UTC
Global editors warn on ongoing campaign in Argentina against independent media

The Global Editors Network (GEN) called on the world’s media to focus attention on a press freedom crisis in Argentina where independent journalism is facing a major threat on 7 December 2012, the day announced by the government for the break-up of the Clarin Group, the country’s main independent media organization.
Friday, October 12th 2012 - 06:11 UTC
Chinese dissident says Nobel in Literature was meant to please Beijing

Prominent Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng on Thursday criticized the awarding of the Nobel literature prize to officially tolerated author Mo Yan, saying the move was meant to please Beijing.
Friday, October 12th 2012 - 06:06 UTC
Argentina inflation in nine months of 2012 reached 18%, says “Congress index”

Argentine opposition lawmakers presented on Thursday September’s ‘Congress inflation index’ based in the analysis of nine private agencies, which showed a 1.93% increase against the previous month and 18% in the first nine months of 2012.
Friday, October 12th 2012 - 05:57 UTC
Argentina sends top level political mission to Ghana after the ARA Libertad

Argentina is sending a top level ministerial delegation to Ghana to discuss the release of the Navy’s tall vessel ARA Libertad, retained in the African country following a Thursday court ruling which confirmed the seizure on the complaint from a hedge fund.
Friday, October 12th 2012 - 00:18 UTC
Brazilian president calls for European ‘greater understanding’ of the Argentine situation

President Dilma Rousseff, meeting with her Irish peer Michael D. Higgins said the global crisis has had a greater impact on Argentina than on Brazil, which has a stronger industrial base, and called for a better understanding of President Cristina Fernandez administration.
Thursday, October 11th 2012 - 23:53 UTC
Unasur leaders to discuss peace, security and cooperation protocol in Peru

Unasur presidents will be meeting next 30 November in Lima to discuss the Protocol on Peace, Security and Cooperation in the framework of a greater debate referred to democracy and integration, and democracy and social inclusion, announced the Peruvian Foreign Minister Rafael Roncaglio.
Thursday, October 11th 2012 - 23:41 UTC
UK reaffirms sovereignty over Gibraltar and its territorial waters

The British Government responded to Spain’s intervention at the UN Fourth Decolonization Committee with a firm statement about its commitment to the people of Gibraltar and their British sovereignty.
Thursday, October 11th 2012 - 23:28 UTC
IMF asks for “a bit more time” for Greece and Spain but Germany says it will affect confidence

The IMF on Thursday backed giving debt-burdened Greece and Spain more time to reduce their budget deficits, cautioning that cutting too far, too fast would do more harm than good.
Thursday, October 11th 2012 - 23:20 UTC
Ghana court denies release of ARA Libertad detained on a complaint from US hedge fund

A Ghana court judge rejected on Thursday the plea put forward by Argentina to release the ARA Libertad training ship, which has been detained in a port close to Accra with its crew since October 2nd due to a complaint by a US hedge fund.
Thursday, October 11th 2012 - 05:58 UTC
The Americas Defence ministers’ conference divided on Falklands/Malvinas issue

Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands continues to generate discrepancies among countries of the Americas, as was exposed in the Declaration of Punta del Este, at the end of the X Conference of Defence Ministers of the Americas which took place in Uruguay.