Politics

• Wednesday, November 2nd 2011 - 20:35 UTC

  Germany/France lashes out at Papandreou and establish mid-December deadline

  

  Germany and France told Greece on Wednesday it should make up its mind by mid-December whether it wants to stay in the Euro zone when Greeks vote on a 130-billion-Euro bailout.

• Wednesday, November 2nd 2011 - 20:26 UTC

  “End of subsidies with no utility rates modifications” announces Argentina

  

  Economy Minister Amado Boudou and Planning Minister Julio de Vido announced Wednesday in a press briefing, a full lift on subsidies; a decision which will reach various public sectors, including electricity gas and water companies. The changes imply annual fiscal savings of 600 million pesos (140 million dollars).

• Wednesday, November 2nd 2011 - 04:50 UTC

  Change of attitude? CFK tells street protestors to respect fellow citizens

  

  President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, CFK, blasted on Tuesday union protesters who set a roadblock in the Ricchieri highway, one of the main routes of access to the Argentine capital Buenos Aires.

• Wednesday, November 2nd 2011 - 04:48 UTC

  Canada freezes contributions to UNESCO, following vote on Palestine

  

  Canada will not contribute more to UNESCO to make up for a shortfall after the US cut its funding over the Palestinians joining the UN cultural body, Foreign Minister John Baird said Tuesday.

• Wednesday, November 2nd 2011 - 04:35 UTC

  Colombia dissolves domestic intelligence service embroiled in scandal

  

  Colombia's president dissolved the country's domestic intelligence service, an agency that had become embroiled in scandal during the term of his predecessor.

• Wednesday, November 2nd 2011 - 04:06 UTC

  China on ‘harmonious mission’ in the Caribbean to show it’s a responsible power

  

  A Chinese navy hospital ship has landed dozens of doctors and nurses in Jamaica on a humanitarian mission to treat the needy on the Caribbean island. The mission is part of a global campaign by Beijing to portray its rapidly growing military as a responsible power.

• Wednesday, November 2nd 2011 - 04:00 UTC

  Overstretched Royal Navy resources trigger controversy on UK’s defense

  

  The UK has been without a single warship allocated to defending its shores for a month because of defense cuts and operations in Libya, the Ministry of Defense has confirmed.

• Tuesday, November 1st 2011 - 22:45 UTC

  Revelations on Chavez health condition were done ‘on request from the family’

  

  Salvador Navarrete the doctor who had to abandon Venezuela after revealing that President Hugo Chavez life expectancy is two years, because of a pelvic cancer, said he proceeded on request from members of the president’s family.

• Tuesday, November 1st 2011 - 21:52 UTC

  Amnesty helps anti-mafia lawmaker leave Brazil following death threats

  

  A high-profile state congressman in Rio de Janeiro who investigated criminal militia groups is leaving Brazil after he said police found at least seven death threats against him this month.

• Tuesday, November 1st 2011 - 21:12 UTC

  Latin America will demand at G20 summit greater voice for emerging economies

  

  The Latin American block arrives this week at the G20 summit in Cannes with a consensus spearheaded by the strong political standing of Brazil in global affairs and with criticisms to the way in which the European Union and the US are managing their respective “crises”.