Politics

• Tuesday, October 2nd 2012 - 06:39 UTC

  Capriles pledges support for peace talks in Colombia and distance from Iran

  

  Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles pledged to help Colombia in its peace talks with rebels and distance himself from Iran should he defeat President Hugo Chávez in an increasingly tight race ahead of Sunday's election.

• Tuesday, October 2nd 2012 - 06:31 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez denies any dollar clamp: in nine months paid out 80bn dollars

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández again denied the existence of money exchange restrictions over the purchase of dollars by explaining that “Argentina has already paid 79.8 billion dollars so far this year”.

• Tuesday, October 2nd 2012 - 06:24 UTC

  HMS Dauntless called in Colombia and joined major UNITAS naval exercise

  

  After a major naval exercise in the Caribbean with the participation of 13 warships from several countries of the Americas and following some anti-drugs patrolling in the Caribbean HMS Dauntless is expected back in Portsmouth at the end of October.

• Tuesday, October 2nd 2012 - 06:20 UTC

  “K” fan compares CFK with Marilyn Monroe and explains why women hate her

  

  Kirchnerite philosopher and writer Jose Pablo Feinmann came out in defence of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez, CFK, with a very particular argument which even surprised supporters when he talked about onanism devotion and went as far as to compare her with US actress Marilyn Monroe.

• Tuesday, October 2nd 2012 - 05:54 UTC

  Bernanke says stimulus plan directed to create jobs; discards threats of inflation

  

  Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke delivered a broad defence on Monday of the central bank's controversial bond-buying stimulus plan, saying its actions are necessary to support a flagging economic recovery.

• Monday, October 1st 2012 - 22:05 UTC

  Argentine marine who headed invasion of the Falklands on 2 April, dies

  

  The Rear Admiral who headed the landing and invasion of the Argentine forces in the Falkland Islands on 2 April 1982 died over the weekend. Carlos Büsser was under house arrest for his alleged participation in crimes against humanity during the last military dictatorship although he was never convicted.

• Monday, October 1st 2012 - 20:44 UTC

  UK banking reform at the heart of discussions in the annual Labour conference

  

  UK Labour leader Ed Miliband has indicated that a threat by banks to move abroad would not deter him from breaking them up if they did not agree to revolutionise their operations and put ordinary customers first.

• Monday, October 1st 2012 - 20:32 UTC

  Euro-zone: no end in sight to the scourge of unemployment an increasing poverty

  

  Unemployment in the Euro-zone hit a fresh high of 18.2 million in August, the EU statistics agency has said. The number out of work rose by 34.000, but after the July data was revised up, it meant the unemployment rate remained stable at a record high of 11.4%.

• Monday, October 1st 2012 - 20:25 UTC

  Eight million Brazilian still live in “extreme poverty” conditions

  

  Eight million Brazilians still live in extreme poverty, with monthly family incomes of 35 US dollars according to official data released on Monday and which represents a 5% drop compared to the previous survey.

• Monday, October 1st 2012 - 09:44 UTC

  CFK’s positive image at a record low of 25.5%, according to latest poll

  

  The image of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has fallen at 25.5%, to its lowest positive, very distant from the over 54% she enjoyed last November, following her sweeping re-election, according to a public opinion poll from consultants Management & Fit released over the weekend.