Politics

• Wednesday, September 26th 2012 - 01:08 UTC

  Protestors clash with riot police as Spain discusses 2013 budget and more austerity

  

  Protesters clashed with police in Spain's capital as the government prepares a new round of unpopular austerity measures for the 2013 budget that will be announced on Thursday.

• Wednesday, September 26th 2012 - 01:05 UTC

  Brazil says orthodox fiscal policies worsened the recession in developed countries

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff who opened the UN round of General Assembly speeches, called on countries to boost international efforts to tackle the global economic crisis, stressing that a balance must be found to stimulate growth while at the same time controlling public spending without resorting to extreme austerity measures.

• Wednesday, September 26th 2012 - 00:45 UTC

  Argentina hits back at Lagarde: “this is not a football match and we are a sovereign nation”

  

  Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez hit back at the IMF on Tuesday for warning her country about bad stats data, saying her nation is sovereign and would not be subjected to threats of any kind.

• Wednesday, September 26th 2012 - 00:31 UTC

  Gibraltar Chief Minister Picardo thanks UK Liberal-Democrats support

  

  Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo told delegates at the Liberal Democrat party conference in Brighton on Sunday night that Gibraltar was grateful for the support it had received over the years from UK politicians.

• Wednesday, September 26th 2012 - 00:07 UTC

  China’s first aircraft carrier enters into service, “a cause for patriotic passion”

  

  China's first aircraft carrier has entered into service, the defence ministry announced. The 300 meters Liaoning - named after the province where it was refitted - is a refurbished Soviet ship purchased from Ukraine (ex Varyag).

• Tuesday, September 25th 2012 - 23:17 UTC

  Ambassador Argüello praises “best US/Argentina trade relationship in 200 years”

  

  Argentine ambassador in the United States Jorge Argüello assured that Argentina and the US “are having the best trade relationship in almost 200 years of bilateral relations” and said that “they’ve never had a trade volume similar to the one reached this year, which left a 13 billion dollar surplus.”

• Tuesday, September 25th 2012 - 23:12 UTC

  Lavagna tells Kirchnerites to stop clapping and give true picture of the Argentine economy

  

  Argentine former Economy Minister Roberto Lavagna considered the “economic model” led by President Cristina Fernandez administration is entering “a clear downfall” and slammed Kirchnerite politicians, unionists and businessmen “for, out of fear, clapping at political rallies instead of saying what they really believe about the economy”.

• Tuesday, September 25th 2012 - 15:01 UTC

  Human Rights Court tells Peru to annul ruling favouring ex-president Fujimori

  

  Inter-American Court of Human Rights told Peru on Monday to annul a ruling by its Supreme Court that could have paved the way for an early release of jailed former President Alberto Fujimori.

• Tuesday, September 25th 2012 - 14:49 UTC

  Welsh church hand 150-year historic bell to Chilean fire-fighters

  

  Chilean fire-fighters formed a guard of honour at a south Wales church as a historic bell was handed over at a ceremony. The bell was one of several removed and taken to Wales after being salvaged from a 19th Century fire which killed 2,500 people at a church in Chile.

• Tuesday, September 25th 2012 - 08:11 UTC

  At least 21.9% of Argentines poor, according to the Catholic University

  

  Poverty in Argentina is at least three times the official figure presented by the controversial government stats office, Indec, if the criteria and methodology applied by the Argentine Catholic University Social Debt Barometer are taken into account.