Politics

• Monday, April 9th 2012 - 05:26 UTC

  Sarkozy warns voters: look at Greece and Spain after seven years of Socialism

  

  Nicolas Sarkozy warned French voters Thursday they should re-elect him as president to pursue his cost-cutting plans or face the kind of debt crises that have gripped Greece and Spain.

• Monday, April 9th 2012 - 02:44 UTC

  Rousseff arrives at the White House for a good family photo, but not much more

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff begins Monday a two day to the United States with the purpose of improving bilateral political, trade and investment relations as well as continuing on the agenda worked out for when President Obama’s visit to Brazil last year.

• Saturday, April 7th 2012 - 07:29 UTC

  Education absorbs 25% of the Falklands budget; students are funded to study in UK universities

  

  Education is one of those intangible values that demand a huge percentage of the Falkland Islands budget, close to 25%, according to Jan Cheek, member of the elected Legislative Assembly and head of the education portfolio.

• Saturday, April 7th 2012 - 07:25 UTC

  Uruguayan minister refers to Jesus Christ as that “skinny fellow crucified for being too candid”

  

  A major controversy has erupted in Uruguay following what were considered ‘unnecessarily offensive’ references to Jesus Christ by Defence minister Eleuterio Fernandez Huidobro during a conference at a businesspeople gathering this week in Montevideo.

• Saturday, April 7th 2012 - 07:20 UTC

  Chile, Brazil and Mexico approve OECD fiscal transparency test

  

  Chile, Brazil and Mexico are among eight new countries which approved the first test of fiscal transparency from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

• Saturday, April 7th 2012 - 07:12 UTC

  Chavez wept and asked God to spare his life during a pre-Easter mass

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wept and asked God to spare his life during a pre-Easter Mass in the eve of Good Friday after returning from his latest session of cancer treatment in Cuba.

• Saturday, April 7th 2012 - 07:07 UTC

  Obama administration sides with Argentina in case filed by ‘vulture funds’

  

  The US has sided with Argentina and asked a federal appeals court to reverse lower-court rulings stemming from bond holders’ attempts to collect on judgments against the Argentine Republic.

• Saturday, April 7th 2012 - 06:59 UTC

  Churches in Cuba celebrate Easter for the first time in over half a century

  

  Bells rang from Roman Catholic churches throughout Havana on Friday to remember the death of Jesus Christ as Cubans celebrated a holiday on Good Friday for the first time in more than half a century.

• Saturday, April 7th 2012 - 06:53 UTC

  Russian yacht goes missing in Antarctica en route to South Shetlands

  

  The Scorpius yacht with a Russian-Ukrainian crew on board has gone missing off the Antarctic coast while performing a polar circumnavigation voyage, the expedition’s press service said on Friday.

• Friday, April 6th 2012 - 07:40 UTC

  Falkland’s war experiences comes to life in Tyneside novel

  

  A successful Northumberland author’s latest novel has a very timely subject as the UK marks the 30th anniversary of the Falklands War.