Politics

• Tuesday, April 10th 2012 - 05:12 UTC

  Argentine factory begins production of Pampa training aircraft with German help

  

  Argentina’s government controlled Aircraft Factory, Fadea, plans a production of 100 Pampa II training and combat aircraft at its plant in Cordoba in association with the German company Grob Aircraft AG, it was announced.

• Monday, April 9th 2012 - 22:38 UTC

  Thirty years after the war, Falklands under siege by a volatile Argentina

  

  A book published this week in Britain takes an in-depth look at the Falkland Islands 30 years on from the short but deadly conflict of 1982. “Fortress Falklands – Life Under Siege in Britain’s Last Outpost”, is written by journalist Graham Bound. Although normally resident in the United Kingdom, Bound is an Islander, and he returned to the Falklands to report on a situation that he says is more volatile and dangerous than it has been at any time since 1982.

• Monday, April 9th 2012 - 15:50 UTC

  China’s inflation rebounds in March conditioning easier monetary policy

  

  China's inflation rebounded slightly in March after logging an extremely low growth in February, backing lingering uncertainty regarding the country's ability to contain price rises.

• Monday, April 9th 2012 - 06:20 UTC

  Argentine government in full force support Vice-president accused of embezzlement

  

  The Argentine government came out in full force over the weekend to back Vice-President Amado Boudou after he was accused of embezzlement in what become known as the “Ciccone Case”.

• Monday, April 9th 2012 - 06:17 UTC

  FT says UK trying to collect £ 45m Argentina used in the Falklands’ conflict

  

  According to a piece from the Financial Times Britain is chasing £45m of debt owed by the Argentine government that was lent to the military Junta in 1979 and used, in part, to buy weapons that were later used during the Falkland Islands in 1982.

• Monday, April 9th 2012 - 05:52 UTC

  Brazilian president expected to emphasize on trade, investments and technology

  

  In spite of disagreements in several issues, President Dilma Rousseff during her meeting on Monday at the White House with her peer Barack Obama is expected to insist on the need to join efforts in combating the world economic crisis and particularly monetary instability originated in the manipulation of foreign currency exchanges, which the Brazilian describe as a “monetary tsunami”.

• Monday, April 9th 2012 - 05:26 UTC

  Sarkozy warns voters: look at Greece and Spain after seven years of Socialism

  

  Nicolas Sarkozy warned French voters Thursday they should re-elect him as president to pursue his cost-cutting plans or face the kind of debt crises that have gripped Greece and Spain.

• Monday, April 9th 2012 - 02:44 UTC

  Rousseff arrives at the White House for a good family photo, but not much more

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff begins Monday a two day to the United States with the purpose of improving bilateral political, trade and investment relations as well as continuing on the agenda worked out for when President Obama’s visit to Brazil last year.

• Saturday, April 7th 2012 - 07:29 UTC

  Education absorbs 25% of the Falklands budget; students are funded to study in UK universities

  

  Education is one of those intangible values that demand a huge percentage of the Falkland Islands budget, close to 25%, according to Jan Cheek, member of the elected Legislative Assembly and head of the education portfolio.

• Saturday, April 7th 2012 - 07:25 UTC

  Uruguayan minister refers to Jesus Christ as that “skinny fellow crucified for being too candid”

  

  A major controversy has erupted in Uruguay following what were considered ‘unnecessarily offensive’ references to Jesus Christ by Defence minister Eleuterio Fernandez Huidobro during a conference at a businesspeople gathering this week in Montevideo.