Politics

• Wednesday, January 25th 2012 - 07:42 UTC

  President Rousseff to address protestors of anti-Davos Economic Forum

  

  Thousands of trade unionists, students and activists for indigenous and environmental causes gathered Tuesday in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre to kick off debate in the anti-capitalist World Social Forum.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2012 - 04:30 UTC

  Chavez is also father of an embarrassing teen-ager who angers Venezuelans

  

  President Hugo Chávez 14-year-old daughter, Rosines angered Venezuelans and embarrassed her father by posting a picture of her holding a handful of US dollars on the web.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2012 - 03:52 UTC

  Lula da Silva back on the political stage next to President Dilma Rousseff

  

  Former Brazilian president Lula da Silva currently undergoing treatment for larynx cancer, returned on Tuesday to the political stage after three months of absence, for the inauguration ceremony of two new ministers from the cabinet of President Dilma Rousseff

• Tuesday, January 24th 2012 - 04:12 UTC

  President Cristina Fernandez resumes office on Wednesday “stronger than ever”

  

  Argentine Acting President Amado Boudou announced on Monday that Cristina Fernández is “stronger than ever” and will resume her activities on Wednesday after her medical leave absence due to a false-positive thyroid cancer surgery last 4 January.

• Tuesday, January 24th 2012 - 04:08 UTC

  Argentina rams ahead with imports rules: “it is understandable people are upset”

  

  The Argentine government ratified it won’t postpone the new legislation on imports as requested by local business leaders and minimized the current conflict with Brazilian industrialists who have bitterly complained about the new restrictions.

• Tuesday, January 24th 2012 - 04:05 UTC

  Uruguay expanded 6% in 2011 and fiscal deficit dropped to 0.8% of GDP

  

  Finance Minister Fernando Lorenzo said that Uruguay’s economy in 2011 expanded an estimated 6%, the ninth year running of sustained growth, and the budget fiscal deficit was 0.8% of GDP.

• Tuesday, January 24th 2012 - 03:54 UTC

  Argentine lawmakers after Socialist International support in Falklands’ dispute

  

  Members of Argentina’s opposition expect the Socialist International meeting in Costa Rica to express solidarity with Argentina’s Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty claim and also call on the UK to begin negotiations.

• Monday, January 23rd 2012 - 23:44 UTC

  Greece publishes “shame” list of tax evaders, totaling 14.8 billion Euros

  

  The Greek government published a list of the country’s worst tax evaders on Sunday, after months of warning those same evaders to pay up or risk being named and shamed.

• Monday, January 23rd 2012 - 23:39 UTC

  EU joins US: bans oil imports from Iran and imposes further economic sanctions

  

  The European Union banned imports of oil from Iran on Monday and imposed a number of other economic sanctions, joining the United States in a new round of measures aimed at deflecting Tehran’s nuclear development program.

• Monday, January 23rd 2012 - 18:27 UTC

  Caribbean Community recognizes Falklands’ right to self determination

  

  Ministers attending the Seventh Ministerial United Kingdom-Caribbean Forum have agreed an Action Plan, which recognises the right of self determination for the Falkland Islanders.