Politics

• Monday, September 3rd 2012 - 06:08 UTC

  The world infested with the “ghosts of a trade war” warns Argentina ambassador

  

  The Argentine ambassador to the United States, Jorge Argüello, warned that the world is infested with the “ghosts of a trade war” as he witnesses the protectionist measures applied by developed countries.

• Saturday, September 1st 2012 - 06:56 UTC

  Peña Nieto confirmed as president-elect; takes office December first

  

  Mexico's electoral tribunal officially named Enrique Peña Nieto as president-elect on Friday, ending a drawn-out dispute over the results of the July election.

• Saturday, September 1st 2012 - 06:50 UTC

  Top tax-man suggests Argentines spend vacations in the country, but he prefers Punta del Este

  

  Argentines should stay at home and spend their vacation in Argentina, suggested the head of the tax revenue office, AFIP, arguing in favour of the latest measures severely limiting debit and credit card purchases abroad by charging them an additional 15% expense.

• Saturday, September 1st 2012 - 06:33 UTC

  Bernanke’s speech sparks enthusiasm but also neutralizes expectations

  

  Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Friday progress in bringing down US unemployment was too slow and the central bank would act as needed to strengthen the economic recovery.

• Saturday, September 1st 2012 - 06:25 UTC

  WTO says Argentina officially lodged a beef dispute against the US

  

  Argentina on Thursday officially lodged a dispute against US restrictions on imports of Argentinean beef and other meat products, the World Trade Organization (WTO) said on Friday.

• Saturday, September 1st 2012 - 06:20 UTC

  Colombia GDP overtakes Argentina’s, “a dream come true” says Finance minister

  

  Colombia’s outgoing Finance minister Juan Carlos Echeverry said on Friday that the country’s GDP overtook Argentina’s thus making Colombia’s economy the second largest of South America and third of Latinamerica, behind Brazil and Mexico.

• Saturday, September 1st 2012 - 04:20 UTC

  Brazil breaks ground: grants civil union to a trio under a “polyfidelitous” relationship

  

  Brazilian public notary Claudia do Nascimento Domingues set off a firestorm by granting Brazil's first civil union to a trio, an act so unprecedented that there isn't a word for it in Portuguese.

• Saturday, September 1st 2012 - 04:05 UTC

  Brazilian economy commodities dependency en route to its worst year since 2009

  

  The Brazilian economy expanded 0.4% in the second quarter of the year over the previous three months, and 0.5% over the same period a year ago, according to the latest release from the country’s official Brazilian Geography and Statistics Institute, IBGE.

• Friday, August 31st 2012 - 12:01 UTC

  “Now is the time to restore the promise of America” pledged candidate Romney

  

  Mitt Romney has pledged “to restore the promise of America”, as he accepted the Republican presidential nomination at the party's convention in Florida. The former Massachusetts governor accused President Barack Obama of failing to deliver on his soaring promises of hope and change. Mr Romney will challenge the Democratic president in November's election.

• Friday, August 31st 2012 - 05:33 UTC

  Falklands claim Argentina wants to decimate Illex fishery: “environmental terrorism”

  

  Argentina has no interest whatsoever in fisheries conservation, Chair of the Falkland Islands Fishing Companies Association (FIFCA) Cheryl Roberts stated this week, and Director of Natural Resources John Barton believes an Argentine action aimed at undermining the Falklands fishery is likely to have a negative impact on their own fishery.