Politics

Friday, May 25th 2012 - 21:47 UTC
Cameron pays tribute to Falklands’ conflict dead and reaffirms Islanders right to self determination

UK Prime Minister David Cameron has paid his own personal tribute to the 255 soldiers, sailors and airmen who gave their lives to liberate the Falkland Islands. Making his first visit to the national Armed Forces Memorial as Prime Minister, Cameron also reaffirmed his commitment to defend the Falkland Islanders' right to self-determination.
Friday, May 25th 2012 - 21:40 UTC
Almost 19 million urban Brazilians live with no access to drinking water of sewage

Almost 19 million Brazilians live in precarious housing with no running water, sewage or any basic public services, according to a report on urban infrastructure by the Brazilian Geography and Statistics Institute, IBGE.
Friday, May 25th 2012 - 21:37 UTC
Paraguay proposes India long-term plan to exchange food for investments and technology

Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo currently visiting India proposed an exchange of food for investment and technology. Lugo was received by President Pratibha Patil and later by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Friday, May 25th 2012 - 07:01 UTC
Three former presidents admit Mercosur has failed and has Uruguay ‘trapped’

Three former Uruguayan presidents recommended the current administration that without abandoning Mercosur, it should look at major trade blocks associations but at the same time a strong self criticism is needed because maybe the problem is not in Mercosur but in Uruguay.
Friday, May 25th 2012 - 06:56 UTC
Argentina extends dollar purchase control to residents travelling abroad

Argentina announced on Thursday the use of a new computer tool to gather information from buyers of holiday packages from travel agencies, in another attempt to control savers thirst for greenbacks after the government's crackdown on access to dollars.
Friday, May 25th 2012 - 06:51 UTC
Argentina revokes commuter railway concession involved in crash that killed 51m and injured 700

Argentina's government on Thursday revoked the commuter railway concession for a company whose train crashed in February, killing 51 people and injuring 703.
Friday, May 25th 2012 - 06:45 UTC
UK reassures support for Gibraltar after major incident with Spain in the Rock’s waters

UK reassured support for Gibraltar following Wednesday night’s incident when several Spanish Guardia Civil vessels and a helicopter were involved in a tense standoff with the Royal Gibraltar Police, the Gibraltar Defence Police and the Royal Navy while the Spanish trawlers tried to cast nets in the Rock’s bay.
Friday, May 25th 2012 - 01:21 UTC
Argentina attacks WTO and US on trade issues at OECD ministerial round

In an offensive to counter recent attacks on Argentina’s restrictive trade policies, Foreign Minister Hector Timerman expressed at the World Trade Organization, WTO, his government’s concern with the current course of global negotiations which face the serious risk of abandoning the development goals agreed when the launching of the current Doha Round of negotiations back in 2001.
Friday, May 25th 2012 - 01:16 UTC
UK deeper in recession; IMF recommends more stimuli measures

Britain fell deeper into recession than initially thought in the first quarter of 2012 due to a slump in construction output, raising the likelihood that the Bank will opt to inject more stimuli to protect the economy from the Euro zone debt crisis.
Thursday, May 24th 2012 - 16:27 UTC
China to take measures to boost demand fearing economy slowdown

China has said it will take measures to boost demand and investment amid fears of a slowdown in its economy. The government said it will encourage private investment in sectors such as energy, railways and telecommunications.