Politics

Tuesday, June 26th 2012 - 22:16 UTC
Paraguay: Back to Latin America's bad old days? (*)

While the ouster of Paraguay’s president is a setback to the young democracy of the country, it shouldn’t be viewed as a repeat of Latin America’s history of coup d’états. The painful process of democratic maturity will continue, albeit slowly.
Tuesday, June 26th 2012 - 06:32 UTC
Argentina/China sign a raft of agreements to boost trade and investment

Argentina signed with China a raft of mostly farm-related agreements at a ceremony on Monday in Buenos Aires attended by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and his Argentine president Cristina Fernandez.
Tuesday, June 26th 2012 - 06:25 UTC
US Supreme Court rules in favour of Argentina and unfreezes funds

The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by two US investment funds that seek to seize 105 million dollars of Argentina's central bank deposits in New York to satisfy their claims from the country's huge debt default a decade ago.
Tuesday, June 26th 2012 - 06:14 UTC
Argentine major gas field remains blocked by striking workers that rampaged control offices

American Energy said on Monday it has been unable to regain access to a strategically important oil and gas field it operates in Argentina's Chubut Province because protesters are blocking the roads leading to it.
Tuesday, June 26th 2012 - 04:36 UTC
Bolivian police sixth day of mutiny: clashes between Morales supporters and strikers

Rebel police clashed with pro-government supporters Monday outside Bolivia's presidential palace in the capital La Paz on the sixth day of a mutiny demanding better pay.
Tuesday, June 26th 2012 - 04:13 UTC
Mexican presidential front-runner ten points ahead for next Sunday’s election

Mexican presidential front-runner Enrique Peña Nieto filled most of Latin America’s largest soccer stadium on Sunday for his last rally in the capital before the July 1 election, pledging to root out drug violence.
Tuesday, June 26th 2012 - 03:54 UTC
Arizona immigration law pruned but police can check status of “suspected illegals”

The U.S. Supreme Court scaled back Arizona’s first-of-its-kind crackdown on illegal immigrants, striking down three provisions in a decision that asserts the federal government’s exclusive role to set immigration policy.
Tuesday, June 26th 2012 - 01:36 UTC
Uruguay will not support any kind of economic sanctions on Paraguay

Uruguayan president Jose Mujica rejected on Monday the possibility of applying economic sanctions on Paraguay following on the “parliamentary coup” as was announced by Venezuela which decided to cut the supply of subsidized oil.
Tuesday, June 26th 2012 - 01:33 UTC
Mercosur and Unasur leaders to hold a joint discussion next Friday in Mendoza

Chilean president Sebastián Piñera revealed that next Friday during the regular Mercosur summit, the leaders of Unasur member states are scheduled to hold an extraordinary meeting to jointly address the political crisis in Paraguay triggered by the removal of President Fernando Lugo.
Tuesday, June 26th 2012 - 00:40 UTC
Paraguayan Electoral tribunal confirms Franco president and the electoral calendar

The Paraguayan Supreme Electoral tribunal said on Monday that President Federico Franco “must complete” the current mandate that concludes August 2013 and discarded any possibility of advancing the national elections scheduled for April the same year.