Politics

• Saturday, July 21st 2012 - 06:08 UTC

  Angola approves wide-ranging cooperation agreement with Brazil

  

  Angola’s National Assembly approved this week the Joint Declaration on the Establishment of Strategic Partnership with Brazil, as well as the draft resolution on Cooperation between the two countries in defence domain.

• Saturday, July 21st 2012 - 00:16 UTC

  Senior economist “ashamed” of having worked for IMF; blasts power-play

  

  A senior economist at the International Monetary Fund spearheading the bailouts of three Euro zone countries has lambasted its lack of leadership and said its first female chief is not fit for the job.

• Friday, July 20th 2012 - 08:27 UTC

  Argentines inflation expectations for the next 12 months in July climbed to 35.7%

  

  Argentines inflation expectation for the next twelve months climbed in July to 35.7% from 34.9% in June according to the latest report form the Di Tella University Finance research centre (UTDT).

• Friday, July 20th 2012 - 08:21 UTC

  Argentina blasts WTO for its biased and tendentious reports on world trade

  

  The Argentine government, together with Brazil, India and South Africa questioned the inclination, almost bias, of some trade measures elaborated by the World Trade Organization Director General.

• Friday, July 20th 2012 - 07:48 UTC

  Brazilian police arrest land owners and gunmen who killed indigenous chief

  

  Police in Brazil have arrested 18 people in connection with the killing of an indigenous leader last November. Gunmen shot Nisio Gomes in Mato Grosso do Sul and took away his body, which is still missing.

• Friday, July 20th 2012 - 07:43 UTC

  New Yahoo CEO compensation package could reach 70 million in five years

  

  New Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer's compensation package could total more than 70 million dollars in salary, bonuses, restricted stock and stock options over five years, according to a regulatory filing made by the company Thursday.

• Friday, July 20th 2012 - 07:37 UTC

  Mexican president-elect accused of laundering money in his campaign

  

  Mexico's ruling conservatives lent their support to accusations that President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto benefited from laundered money in his campaign, piling more pressure on the country's next leader.

• Friday, July 20th 2012 - 05:44 UTC

  Falklands after young leaders to attend Youth Parliamentary event in London

  

  Following on the successful experience of this year’s attendance at the UN Decolonization committee, the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly is looking for young Islanders interested in representing the Falklands’ at another political event.

• Friday, July 20th 2012 - 02:40 UTC

  Argentine government entities can only buy fuel from YPF

  

  Argentina's state entities must purchase diesel, gasoline and lubricant supplies for cars, boats and planes solely from YPF, the recently nationalized oil company, and not competitors like ExxonMobil, Petrobras or Shell, the government ordered Thursday.

• Thursday, July 19th 2012 - 23:35 UTC

  Further ‘parsimonious’ monetary-easing anticipated from Brazilian central bank

  

  Brazil’s central bank reiterated that inflation will continue to slow toward its target, signalling it will further reduce interest rates that have already been cut to a record.