Politics

• Friday, October 5th 2012 - 06:10 UTC

  Argentine Coast and Border Guards conflict unchanged in its fourth day

  

  Argentine Border and Coast Guards members were moving into their fourth day of conflict despite the fact the government of President Cristina Fernandez had deposited their full pay-checks that had been ‘mistakenly’ severely cut, based on Decree 1307. Prospects are that the conflict could extend until Tuesday.

• Friday, October 5th 2012 - 06:06 UTC

  Brazil mocks Argentina after “super-match” was cancelled because of power failure

  

  Chaco Governor Jorge Capitanich publicly regretted and apologized on Thursday for the major embarrassment caused by the suspension of an Argentina-Brazil friendly match scheduled for Wednesday night when the stadium floodlights failed.

• Thursday, October 4th 2012 - 20:50 UTC

  Argentina will have to post 10m plus bond in Ghana to liberate ARA ‘Libertad’

  

  Argentina will have to come up with 10 million dollars or more as a bond to liberate the flagship of its navy, “Libertad” retained in the Ghanaian port of Tema, following on the request from a US hedge fund.

• Thursday, October 4th 2012 - 19:23 UTC

  Latam created 35 million jobs in last decade and helped combat income inequality

  

  Labour markets played an important role the transformation and advance of the Latin American economy in the past decade as more than 35 million additional jobs were created in that period plus the fact that high informality declined in seven out of nine countries of the region.

• Thursday, October 4th 2012 - 19:18 UTC

  Youth unemployment in 17 of the G20 countries stands at over 16%

  

  The youth jobs situation remains critical, with 17.7 million young people, or just over 16%, unemployed in 17 of the G20 countries for which data is available, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has said.

• Thursday, October 4th 2012 - 16:41 UTC

  Falklands’ commercial oil production projected to commence in 2017

  

  By Alicia Dunkley-Willis (*) - With commercial oil production projected to commence in 2017 for the 3,000 population Falkland Islands, efforts are now underway to ensure that the impending wealth does not upset the order here.

• Thursday, October 4th 2012 - 10:32 UTC

  Belgium provides financial support for demining programs in Ecuador and Peru

  

  Belgium signed on Wednesday an agreement with the Organization of American States (OAS) to provide financial support for the program “Landmine Victim Assistance in Ecuador and Peru,” carried out by the OAS.

• Thursday, October 4th 2012 - 07:34 UTC

  Obama and Romney clash on taxes, deficit and health care

  

  President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney have clashed over their economic plans in the first of three televised debates. In their Denver duel, the candidates contrasted their approach on taxes, the deficit and healthcare.

• Thursday, October 4th 2012 - 07:28 UTC

  Massive protests from Argentine Coast and Border Guards demanding higher salaries

  

  The administration of president Cristina Fernandez was facing on Wednesday the major challenge of her second mandate as thousands of troops and petty officers from the border patrol and coast guard, plus some naval and police sectors went on strike over wage cuts and working conditions.

• Thursday, October 4th 2012 - 07:24 UTC

  Lula da Silva’s former chief of staff ‘master mind’ of Brazil’s biggest corruption scandal

  

  Former president Lula da Silva's chief of staff masterminded a vote-buying scheme by the ruling Workers Party in Brazil's Congress, a Supreme Court justice said Wednesday, in the biggest corruption scandal in the country in 20 years.