Politics

Tuesday, December 18th 2012 - 03:39 UTC
IMF adopts a more flexible position regarding global capital flows management

The International Monetary Fund has developed a comprehensive, flexible, and balanced view on the management of global capital flows to help give countries clear and consistent policy advice.
Tuesday, December 18th 2012 - 03:32 UTC
EU and OAS agree to support peace project in Guatemala/Belize conflict

The Organization of American States (OAS) and the European Union signed an agreement to support the Peace Fund project, Implementation of Confidence Building Measures in the Adjacency Zone between Commonwealth member Belize and Guatemala, managed by the hemispheric organization.
Tuesday, December 18th 2012 - 03:20 UTC
Divorce rate soars in Brazil as new legislation makes it easier and faster

Brazil had a record-setting 351.153 divorces in 2011, 45.6% more than in 2010 and the most since the annual statistic began to be kept in 1984, the government said Monday.
Monday, December 17th 2012 - 21:10 UTC
Chilean Justice Minister resigns over private universities accreditation scandal

Chile’s Justice Minister Teodoro Ribera resigned on Monday amid allegations he has ties to a former director of the country’s accreditation committee, or CNA, which improperly authorized some universities to operate.
Monday, December 17th 2012 - 20:48 UTC
Deadly clash trial that cost the president his job begins in Paraguay

Prosecutors in Paraguay have filed charges against 14 peasants allegedly involved in a land dispute which resulted in the killing of 17 people last June, six months ago. The charges range from murder to criminal association and land invasion.
Monday, December 17th 2012 - 06:50 UTC
Paraguay’s next government ‘must debate on whether to remain or abandon Mercosur’

Foreign minister Jose Felix Fernandez Estigarribia said that Paraguay needs an open discussion on whether the country should remain or not in Mercosur, particularly since the issue has become extremely divisive. However the discussion must be addressed by the elected government that takes office in August 2013.
Monday, December 17th 2012 - 06:45 UTC
Argentine frigate expected back in Buenos Aires early January

“Once more we fulfill our promise, the Frigate is coming back,” was the first statement given by President Cristina Fernández over the ruling of the UN's International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea to release the ARA Libertad frigate.
Monday, December 17th 2012 - 06:39 UTC
Ghana government to review ruling on immediate release of Argentine vessel

The Ghanaian government indicated on Sunday that it will review the recent ruling by the International Court for the Law of the Sea ordering the African nation to release the Argentine Navy Libertad frigate, which remains impounded there since October 2.
Monday, December 17th 2012 - 06:29 UTC
In January begins third phase of Argentine landmine clearance in the Falklands

The third phase of explosive ordnance and landmine clearance in the Falkland Islands is scheduled to begin next January and extend until March 2013 and is programmed to concentrate in the surrounding of the capital Stanley.
Monday, December 17th 2012 - 06:09 UTC
Chavez candidates sweep in provincial elections; Capriles confirmed as opposition leader

President Hugo Chavez candidates swept nearly all of Venezuela's 23 states in Sunday's regional vote, but Henrique Capriles consolidated his position as top opposition leader by winning re-election as governor.