Politics

Friday, September 14th 2012 - 03:40 UTC
Thousands across Argentina take to the streets to protest against re-re-election

Appealing to social networks thousands of Argentines Thursday evening took to the streets of the country’s major cities to protest some of the latest measures from the government of President Cristina Fernandez including the re-re-election plans and the increasing restrictions to the purchase of dollars.
Friday, September 14th 2012 - 00:51 UTC
Brazilian extends tax breaks to two dozen industries to stimulate economy

Brazil rolled out additional stimulus measures to bolster its sluggish economy on Thursday, extending tax breaks to more than two dozen industries and reducing the cost of acquiring capital goods in a bid to help struggling local businesses.
Friday, September 14th 2012 - 00:48 UTC
Half a million dollars reward for information regarding fate of Raoul Wallenberg

The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation is increasing to 500.000 dollars the reward it is offering to any person or entity who can provide solid and provable information on the whereabouts of Wallenberg and his chauffeur, Vilmos Langfelder, Baruch Tenembaum and Eduardo Eurnekian, Founder and Chairman of the Foundation, announced last week.
Thursday, September 13th 2012 - 18:42 UTC
Fed announces further financial stimuli for the US economy to help employment

The US central bank announced on Thursday it will resume its policy of pumping more money into the economy via so-called quantitative easing which consists of buying “additional agency mortgage-backed securities at a pace of 40 billion dollars per month”.
Thursday, September 13th 2012 - 17:12 UTC
Switzerland tightens taxes on wealthy foreigners living in the country

Switzerland will keep its special low-tax deals for wealthy foreigners such as music and sports celebrities but increase the amount of tax they pay following a vote by parliament which faced pressure to scrap the system.
Thursday, September 13th 2012 - 17:07 UTC
Argentina’s official inflation for August, 0.9% and 6.8% in the eight months

Argentina’s inflation advanced 0.9% in August and 6.8% in the first eight months of the year according to the controversial official stats office Indec. Whole sale prices were up 1% over July and the construction cost increased 1.3%.
Thursday, September 13th 2012 - 17:03 UTC
Argentina “suggests” banks should limit dollar extractions by credit card holders

The Argentine central bank has informally “suggested” the banking system to limit the advances (in dollars) of credit card holders overseas, reports the Buenos Aires financial press. This is seen as another tightening of the dollar clamp imposed by the administration of President Cristina Fernandez to retain much needed foreign currency.
Thursday, September 13th 2012 - 16:01 UTC
Six ambassadors present credentials in Uruguay, including UK, Germany and Chile

Six ambassadors presented their credentials to Uruguayan president Jose Mujica during a ceremony held at the Executive Tower on Tuesday. The first to meet President Mujica was UK ambassador Ben Lyster-Binns.
Thursday, September 13th 2012 - 06:22 UTC
Political violence in Venezuela escalates as Election Day, October 7, gets closer

Supporters of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez sporting the bright red that symbolizes his populist movement clashed Wednesday with backers of the opposition candidate in next month's presidential election. . Each side essentially blamed the other for the violence.
Thursday, September 13th 2012 - 06:20 UTC
UN recommends Colombian peace-process takes into account victims of ongoing conflict

The peace process opened in Colombia between the government and the guerrilla FARC must not contemplate “pardons or amnesties” and must take into account the civilian victims of the ongoing internal war, said on Wednesday Todd Howland special envoy of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay.