Politics

Thursday, September 1st 2011 - 02:00 UTC
Chile will support Palestine state in UN vote but abstains from boundaries controversy

Chile will support the recognition of Palestine as a state in the event Palestine applies for admission during the upcoming U.N. General Assembly in late September, according to Foreign Affairs Minister Alfredo Moreno, who met with 15 Congress members earlier this week.
Thursday, September 1st 2011 - 01:55 UTC
Piñera to address Chilean students’ demands on Saturday in Government House

After much deliberation, Chilean Education Minister Felipe Bulnes agreed to meet with student leaders this Saturday, Sept. 3, to discuss their demands. The meeting is to take place in the La Moneda presidential palace, and will be hosted by President Sebastián Piñera himself.
Thursday, September 1st 2011 - 01:21 UTC
The Brazilian population reached 192.37 million on July first

The Brazilian population grew by 1.62 million between 2010 and 2011 according to the latest data from the country’s Geography and Statistics Institute, IBGE, which means that on July first the total number of inhabitants was 192.37 million.
Wednesday, August 31st 2011 - 21:24 UTC
Merkel bets she can convince ruling coalition sceptics to further support the Euro

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet approved Wednesday new powers for the Euro zone's bailout fund, kicking off a month-long battle to convince sceptics in her conservative camp to back efforts to contain the bloc's crisis.
Wednesday, August 31st 2011 - 21:12 UTC
Investigation exposes Canadian mining industry bribing in Mexico

Canadian police are investigating a Calgary-based mining firm for allegedly bribing a mayor in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas to protect a barite mine.
Wednesday, August 31st 2011 - 19:49 UTC
US doctors performed STD experiments with Guatemala patients killing at least 83

Medical experiments performed by United States doctors deliberately infected more than 1,000 Guatemalans vulnerable patients with syphilis and gonorrhoea in the late 1940s, killing 83 of them, a US presidential panel said this week.
Wednesday, August 31st 2011 - 19:37 UTC
Colombia Defence minister resigns; deep reshuffle in forces anticipated

Colombia's Defence Minister Rodrigo Rivera resigned Wednesday amid growing criticism of the security forces and increasing attacks by the narco-terrorist rebel groups in the country. Last week it was also revealed that the number of ‘disappeared’ in Colombia is almost 62.000.
Wednesday, August 31st 2011 - 09:03 UTC
Humala becomes Wall Street ‘darling boy’, and S&P raises Peru’s foreign debt rating

Peru had its foreign debt rating raised one level by Standard & Poor’s, which said it expects recently elected President Ollanta Humala to continue policies that support the country’s economic expansion.
Wednesday, August 31st 2011 - 08:57 UTC
Final voting results from August 14 Primary confirm CFK landslide

Argentine Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo announced Tuesday the final voting results of the primary elections that took place last August 14th, with President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner leading the presidential race by a 50.24% of the votes.
Wednesday, August 31st 2011 - 08:56 UTC
Cuban Ladies in White claim they are victims of (government sponsored) violent acts

Leaders of the dissident group Ladies in White asked the Catholic Church on Tuesday to intervene before the Cuban government to end what they described as violent acts against them and other human rights activists.