Politics

Saturday, March 19th 2011 - 07:09 UTC
Swiss Attorney General denies Argentina’s union leader is under investigation

The office of the Swiss Attorney General Friday confirmed Friday it has asked Argentine authorities for legal assistance amid an ongoing investigation into alleged money laundering.
Saturday, March 19th 2011 - 00:06 UTC
Brazil wants an equals relation with the US, says Foreign minister Patriota

Brazil’s Foreign Affairs minister Antonio Patriota said that the visit of US president Barack Obama represents a significant reset in bilateral relations. What Brazil wants, declared the minister, ‘is to be treated as an equal, in a more seamless relationship without confrontations’.
Saturday, March 19th 2011 - 00:03 UTC
Obama’s Rio Sunday’s public speech moved from an open plaza to a theatre

President Barack Obama has cancelled a public speech he was scheduled to deliver Sunday in Rio’s main square during his visit to Brazil, the US embassy in Brasilia said.
The speech in the historic plaza known as Cinelandia, in the heart of Rio de Janeiro, “is cancelled” said an embassy spokesperson.
Friday, March 18th 2011 - 18:55 UTC
Brazil “could be important partner” for the US, says President Rousseff

Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff said that Barak Obama’s visit this weekend strongly consolidates the perception that Brazil “could be an important partner” for the United States, during a press interview.
Friday, March 18th 2011 - 18:29 UTC
Jobs at top of Latin America agenda

By President Barack Obama
In recent weeks, we've seen how turmoil and tragedy around the globe can affect our own prosperity and security; how events abroad often have implications for everything from markets on Wall Street to families' wallets on Main Street. And as a nation, we will continue to do everything we can both to promote stability and democracy in the Middle East and help the people of Japan recover from the devastating earthquake and tsunami.
Friday, March 18th 2011 - 16:46 UTC
EU/Mercosur negotiations stumble, but both sides determined to continue

The fourth round of European Union/Mercosur negotiations for a trade agreement concluded in Brussels Friday with no major advances which could be a setback for the original plan to have a deal sealed by the end of the year.
Friday, March 18th 2011 - 04:05 UTC
US, UK, France prepare to implement UN Security Council no-fly zone over Libya

United States President Barack Obama called his British and French counterparts on Thursday and the three agreed Libya must comply with a new U.N. Security Council resolution, the White House said.
Obama, British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy also agreed that violence against the civilian population of Libya must cease.
Friday, March 18th 2011 - 03:55 UTC
Argentine truckers strike to protest Swiss justice investigation of their leader

Argentina’s powerful truck drivers’ union called for a strike to be held on Monday to show their support to the head of the CGT Labour confederation, Hugo Moyano and his family that are being investigated in Switzerland for alleged money laundering.
Friday, March 18th 2011 - 03:45 UTC
Wikileaks: Argentina’s self centred attitude almost had her thrown out of G20

Disappointed and shocked with the self-centred performance of President Cristina Kirchner at the G-20 summit in Washington in 2008, a group of powerful countries seriously considered kicking Argentina out of the industrialized and emerging countries’ Group of Twenty.
Thursday, March 17th 2011 - 21:05 UTC
Argentina further tightens the noose on the Falkland Islands

The Argentine senate unanimously approved Wednesday a bill that bars companies and persons from participating in hydrocarbons exploration and exploitation activities in the Argentine continental platform (which includes the Falkland Islands), and proscribes fines for infractions and barring periods of time from 5 to 20 years for companies that violate the law.