Politics

• Wednesday, October 24th 2012 - 21:12 UTC

  “Ecuador in the midst of a press freedom crisis”, claims IPI in-situ report

  

  The International Press Institute (IPI) released a final report on its May 2012 press freedom mission to Ecuador, stating that the nation’s private media outlets are being targeted by the government of President Rafael Correa.

• Wednesday, October 24th 2012 - 21:04 UTC

  First time in US presidential race history that no candidates are WASP

  

  Argentine political analyst and historian Rosendo Fraga writes about the US presidential elections and their global impact, plus underlining some interesting facts about the country’s population and religion trends and their impacts.

• Wednesday, October 24th 2012 - 05:51 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez triggers further uncertainty and fears to markets and investors

  

  The Argentine stock market Merval index fell the most in eleven months following on President Cristina Fernandez plans to overhaul securities rules and force insurers to spend more on industrial and infrastructure projects.

• Wednesday, October 24th 2012 - 05:34 UTC

  ‘Ice Project’ will feature film on Shackleton and search for his vessel Endurance

  

  There are impressive plans to mark the centenary of British explorer Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 Endurance expedition with a search for the wreck of the vessel on the sea floor in the Weddell Sea and a feature film based on the failed expedition, shipwreck and subsequent survival and heroic rescue the stranded men.

• Wednesday, October 24th 2012 - 05:21 UTC

  Consensus in Argentine congress to approve the teen suffrage bill

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández said that giving youngsters between 16 and 18 years old the opportunity to vote gives democracy more sustainability because “the more people decide, better.”

• Wednesday, October 24th 2012 - 05:19 UTC

  Italian seismic experts sentenced to jail for inadequate warning triggers global controversy

  

  Six scientists and a government official were sentenced to six years in prison for manslaughter by an Italian court on Monday for failing to give adequate warning of an earthquake that killed more than 300 people in L'Aquila in 2009.

• Wednesday, October 24th 2012 - 05:03 UTC

  Mexico asks WTO to begin dispute procedure over Argentina’s trade restrictions

  

  Mexico will ask a World Trade Organization panel to adjudicate a dispute over trade restrictions with Argentina, said Economy Minister Bruno Ferrari.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2012 - 21:20 UTC

  Gibraltar, a ‘smokescreen’ to distract Spain’s austerity cuts claims political party

  

  The Spanish leftwing political party Izquierda Unida [IU] has tabled questions in Spain’s parliament asking why Gibraltar continues to be a priority matter for the central government in Madrid.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2012 - 07:27 UTC

  Brazil will invest 2bn dollars in promoting fishing industry and doubling catches

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff announced on Monday an ambitious program to boost and make competitive the fishing industry doubling catches for which she promised the government would invest 4.1bn Reais (2bn dollars).

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2012 - 06:54 UTC

  BBC faces major scandal for alleged cover-up of sexual abuse by a presenter

  

  The head of the BBC goes before lawmakers on Tuesday with the publicly funded British broadcaster facing one of the biggest crises in its history over accusations it pulled a probe into sexual abuse by a former presenter as part of a wider cover-up.