Politics

Wednesday, October 26th 2011 - 02:47 UTC
Iran blames the West for the killing of Gaddafi and ‘plundering’ Libya

Western countries supported Muammar Gaddafi when it suited them but bombed the Libyan leader when he no longer served their purpose in order to “plunder” the north African country's oil wealth, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday.
Wednesday, October 26th 2011 - 02:45 UTC
Euro zone bailout summit outcome in doubt; Italian government on the brink

Italy's cabinet failed on Tuesday to agree on pension reforms as the country seeks to re-launch its economy and tackle its debt. Meanwhile, financial markets nervously await the outcome of Wednesday's second Euro zone summit.
Wednesday, October 26th 2011 - 02:36 UTC
Brazilian president misses regional summit but prepares for G20 in France

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff won’t be attending the Ibero-American summit to take place in Paraguay next Friday and Saturday and will be represented by her Foreign Affairs minister Antonio Patriota, it was announced Tuesday.
Wednesday, October 26th 2011 - 02:32 UTC
Argentine industry ratifies support for CFK policies, but demands more competitiveness

Over 80% of the Argentine electorate ratified on Sunday the current economic course, ‘which we must all support’ said the president of the powerful Argentine Industrial Union, Jose Ignacio de Mendiguren, who nevertheless called for a greater effort in “systemic competitiveness”.
Tuesday, October 25th 2011 - 21:06 UTC
US disassembles last of Cold War’s most potent nuclear bombs

The last of the United States' most powerful nuclear bombs — a weapon hundreds of times more destructive than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima — is being disassembled nearly fifty years after it was put into service, informed Tuesday the newspaper Texas Star-Telegram.
Tuesday, October 25th 2011 - 19:45 UTC
Crises in the US and Spain have Uruguayans returning in growing numbers

Uruguayan expatriates are returning at an average of 350 per month which is three times the 2010 rate, but his only refers to those that have formally requested advice and assistance from the country’s Foreign Affairs ‘Return and Welcome Office’.
Tuesday, October 25th 2011 - 03:40 UTC
Argentina formally multiparty, but with an only hegemonic political force

Leaving names aside, Sunday’s election consolidates in Argentina the hegemonic Peronist movement as the prevailing political force to the extent that it not only amply occupies officialdom but also part of the opposition, argues Rosendo Fraga a renowned Argentine political analyst and historian.
Tuesday, October 25th 2011 - 03:32 UTC
Cristina Fernandez establishes several records in Argentine electoral history

The extraordinary showing of President Cristina Fernandez established a new set of records in Argentine electoral history. The difference over her runner up Hermes Binner was just below that of Juan Domingo Peron (Argentina’s icon political leader of the XXth century) when he returned triumphantly after 17 years in exile in Spain to the presidency.
Tuesday, October 25th 2011 - 03:29 UTC
CFK recovers control over both houses and with sufficient seats for quorum

The Sunday landslide victory of President Cristina Fernandez means the coalition she leads has regained control of both houses of Congress (lost in the 2009 debacle) and with a sufficient majority to work with its own quorum.
Monday, October 24th 2011 - 22:55 UTC
US government sends e-mailed congratulations to re-elected Argentine president

The US Government congratulated President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner after being re-elected and assured that it will continue to work with the Argentine government to strengthen bilateral ties, State Department spokesman for Latin America William Ostick said.