Politics

• Tuesday, September 18th 2012 - 14:49 UTC

  Evo’s Bolivia: far from Seventh Heaven

  

  By Jimmy Burns(*) - The colonial church of San Francisco in La Paz, founded in 1548, is a beautifully textured mixture of Christian imagery and Indian mythology. The facade and ceiling mixes in saints, Christs and Virgins with tropical birds, reptiles, and sweet corn.

• Tuesday, September 18th 2012 - 07:02 UTC

  In 2015, “if it’s not Cristina, it will be whoever Cristina nominates as candidate”

  

  The possibility of a constitutional review in Argentina opening the way for the re-re-election of President Cristina Fernandez was again put to consideration by one of her staunch followers who nevertheless anticipated “if it’s not Cristina, in 2015 it will be whoever Cristina nominates as candidate”.

• Tuesday, September 18th 2012 - 06:59 UTC

  Chavez blocks live broadcast of an opposition rally with a national chain message

  

  Venezuela's opposition candidate Henrique Capriles slammed President Hugo Chavez on Monday for blocking a live broadcast of an opposition rally, highlighting criticism the populist leader abuses state resources to guarantee his re-election.

• Tuesday, September 18th 2012 - 06:56 UTC

  Falklands immigration review to address labour demand from strong economy

  

  The future need of the Falklands Islands labour market is the driving force behind a decision to review the Falklands immigration system, confirmed Head of Policy Jamie Fotheringham this week in a report published by Penguin News.

• Tuesday, September 18th 2012 - 06:53 UTC

  IMF delays report on Argentina’ controversial economic data reporting

  

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) decided it will not “release any communiqué regarding Christine Lagarde report over Argentina's statistics,” the press department announced. It is expected that the report with the analysis of the Board of Directors will be released on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, September 18th 2012 - 06:30 UTC

  Rajoy loses the influential leader of the conservative wing of the ruling party

  

  Madrid regional president Esperanza Aguirre, an influential Spanish politician and a leader of the conservative wing of the ruling centre-right People's Party (PP), resigned on Monday in a surprise announcement.

• Tuesday, September 18th 2012 - 06:17 UTC

  Brazil begins rebuilding Antarctic base destroyed by deadly fire last February

  

  Three navy supply ships will head for Antarctica next month to begin rebuilding a Brazilian naval base destroyed by a deadly fire in February, Defence Minister Celso Amorim said Monday.

• Tuesday, September 18th 2012 - 05:53 UTC

  Paraguay and Syria excluded from South America/Arab countries leaders summit in Peru

  

  The third summit of leaders from South America and Arab Countries, ASPA, will take place in Lima, Peru next 1 and 2 October but without the attendance of Paraguay and Syria which have been suspended from their respective blocks, according to Peruvian Deputy Foreign Minister Jose Beráun.

• Monday, September 17th 2012 - 18:29 UTC

  Falklands’ referendum will send strong message to world public opinion

  

  The Falkland Islands don’t expect Argentina to accept the results of the coming referendum, but will show the rest of the world, particularly South and Central America that the Islands are a democracy and have the right to self determination, said Falklands’ lawmakers in an interview with the Mexican newspaper Excelsior.

• Monday, September 17th 2012 - 05:48 UTC

  Spain dumps Paraguay from the Ibero-American summit not to offend Argentina

  

  A top Spanish official made a low profile and unexpected visit to Paraguay last week with the purpose of trying to convince the administration of president Federico Franco to remain absent from the coming Ibero-American summit scheduled for November since Madrid fears his presence could turn the event into a failure.