Politics

Saturday, August 18th 2012 - 05:50 UTC
China’s (and the world) leading bank authorized to operate in Brazil

One of the world’s leading banks, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has been authorised to operate in Brazil, indicates a Brazilian government decision published on Thursday in the official gazette.
Saturday, August 18th 2012 - 02:37 UTC
In nine years of “Kirchner era” Argentina honoured 32 billion dollars in debts

Argentina’s Central bank confirmed that during the “Kirchner era” the country paid 32 billion dollars in pending debts, “the centre piece of the policy to recover sovereignty by cutting indebtedness” and praised the decision to appeal to the bank’s international reserves to support such a policy.
Saturday, August 18th 2012 - 02:02 UTC
OAS decides to hold ministerial meeting on Ecuador-UK conflict next week

The Organization of American States (OAS) has scheduled an emergency meeting of its foreign ministers next week to discuss the differences between Ecuador and Britain over the asylum that Quito granted to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Friday, August 17th 2012 - 07:16 UTC
Latam support for Ecuador could turn Assange case in another ‘Falklands issue’ for UK

Another major diplomatic conflict between South America and the UK, as with the Falkland Islands’ sovereignty dispute, could turn nasty following Latinamerican strong support for Ecuador and its granting of political asylum to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and London’s explicit determination to deny him a safe conduct and have him extradited to Sweden.
Friday, August 17th 2012 - 07:08 UTC
Falklands’ residents share HMS Dauntless ‘secrets’ during a reception on board

Falkland Islands residents and the local media discovered the ‘secrets’ of ultra modern Type 45 destroyer HMS Dauntless last weekend at Mare Harbour following her journey to the South Atlantic via Africa and a stop off at Tristan da Cunha.
Friday, August 17th 2012 - 06:56 UTC
New Dominican president takes office: “my wife will help you look after the place”

Economist Danilo Medina was sworn in on Thursday as the Dominican Republic's new president and pushed for a pact against poverty as he assumed the post. The economist, who belongs to the Dominican Liberation Party of outgoing President Leonel Fernandez, won May 20 election on a promise to raise the country's standard of living.
Friday, August 17th 2012 - 06:51 UTC
Buenos Aires most liveable city in Latam, but region scores in the bottom half

Buenos Aires is the most liveable city of Latinamerica followed closely by Santiago de Chile and Montevideo, according to the 2012 report form the Economist Intelligence Unit which ranks the degree of satisfaction and comfort of residents in 140 cities from all over the world based on several factors.
Thursday, August 16th 2012 - 19:52 UTC
Struggle for education reform in Chile: police arrest 70 students occupying schools

Chilean police stormed on Thursday three schools in the centre of Santiago, overtaken by students for the past week, and arrested 70 young people who were involved in the protests demanding education reform.
Thursday, August 16th 2012 - 19:37 UTC
Ship linked to Captain Scott’s failed South Pole expedition found off Greenland

The wreck of the ship that carried Captain Robert Scott on his doomed expedition to the Antarctic a century ago has been discovered off Greenland. The SS Terra Nova was found by a team from a US research company.
Thursday, August 16th 2012 - 19:27 UTC
UK determined to extradite Assange in spite of asylum granted by Ecuador

Ecuador has granted asylum to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange two months after he took refuge in its London embassy while fighting extradition from the UK, but Foreign Secretary William Hague said the UK would not allow Assange safe passage out of the country.