Politics

Saturday, April 30th 2011 - 10:17 UTC
CELAC has not been created to exclude the US or Spain, says Iglesias

The head of the Ibero-American Secretariat Enrique Iglesias denied that the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, CELAC, to be created next July pretends to take distance from the United States or Spain.
Saturday, April 30th 2011 - 10:07 UTC
Brazilian has 190.7 million population, and 14.6 million illiterates

Brazil’s population reached 190.7 million according to primary data collected from the 2010 demographic census and released Friday by the Brazilian Geography and Statistics Institute, IBGE. The census also showed that almost 10% of the population is illiterate.
Saturday, April 30th 2011 - 10:03 UTC
Moyano calls for CFK re-election and wants a finger in companies and Congress

Argentina's powerful organized labour leader Hugo Moyano called for President Cristina Fernandez, CFK, to run for re-election but also asked for greater labour participation in the ballot lists, sharing companies’ profits and seats in the boards of the main corporations.
Saturday, April 30th 2011 - 09:44 UTC
Argentina and Chile pay homage to John Paul II for his 1984 peace treaty

Argentina’ Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman and his Chilean peer Alfredo Moreno will lead next Monday in the Vatican homage to John Paul II for his 1978 successful mediation in preventing a full fledged armed conflict between the two neighbouring countries.
Saturday, April 30th 2011 - 09:34 UTC
UNASUR Secretary General officially takes office May 9 in Guyana

Union of South American Nations, UNASUR, nominated Secretary General Maria Emma Mejia said Friday in Uruguay that her round of visits to country members has the purpose of defining a work agenda to be elaborated once she formally takes office in May.
Friday, April 29th 2011 - 23:23 UTC
World Cup, Olympics, excellent opportunity to promote the Brazil brand

Rio de Janeiro's hosting of the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics is an unprecedented chance to promote the Brazil brand and ensure a legacy of economic and social benefits, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Friday.
Friday, April 29th 2011 - 06:09 UTC
Falkland Islands declares public holiday and celebrates with a community party

AT least thirty bridal gowns will be paraded before guests at the Falkland Islands’ Friday community party to celebrate the Westminster wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, reports the Penguin News.
Friday, April 29th 2011 - 06:01 UTC
An estimated two billion will watch ‘the most popular event ever broadcast’

Hundreds of millions of people around the world are expected to watch the royal wedding of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton on television. More than 8,000 journalists have descended on London to jockey for positions outside London's Westminster Abbey for Friday's ceremony.
Friday, April 29th 2011 - 05:53 UTC
Face bombast with reason British official tells Falklands

“IN the face of bombast you can show reason and humanity” was the message a Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) official carried to the Falklands this week.
Friday, April 29th 2011 - 05:34 UTC
Menem forecasts Cristina’s re-election in October but also the end of Kirchnerism

Former Argentine president Carlos Menem (1989/1999) forecasted ‘a hands-down’ victory for President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner next October, although he also forecasted that when her four years are up “it will be the end of Kirchnerism”.