Politics

Thursday, January 12th 2012 - 04:16 UTC
US: Romney consolidates as Republican presidential front-runner

Mitt Romney cemented his status as the Republican presidential front-runner on Tuesday with a win in the New Hampshire primary that left rivals fighting for a chance to derail his march to the nomination as the race moves south.
Thursday, January 12th 2012 - 04:14 UTC
Argentine president recovering fast and back at the helm with the big decisions

Argentine President Cristina Fernández is recovering much faster than anticipated from her thyroid surgery and on Wednesday actively discussed a range of government issues with Vice-President Amado Boudou and Cabinet Chief Juan Manuel Abal Medina, amongst others.
Wednesday, January 11th 2012 - 06:36 UTC
EU warns Euro crisis is not over and asks for patience with Greece

Greece is nearing an agreement with private-sector bond holders on a debt swap crucial to a second bailout package for Athens, the European Union's top economic official said on Tuesday.
Wednesday, January 11th 2012 - 06:34 UTC
Falklands' conflict Harrier fleet sold to the US Marines for spares

The fleet of vertical take-off Harrier aircraft, a crucial weapon in the 1982 Falkland Islands conflict has been sold to support the US Marine Corps in a deal worth £110m, reports the British press.
Wednesday, January 11th 2012 - 06:33 UTC
Argentina imposes new restrictions to slow consumer goods’ imports

Argentina will impose new restrictions on consumer goods’ imports, according to a resolution from the Revenue Office published this week in the Official Gazette and effective next February first.
Wednesday, January 11th 2012 - 06:29 UTC
Latin America a “top priority” for President Rajoy’s foreign policy

Spanish president Mariano Rajoy said that Latin America is a “top priority” of his administration’s foreign policy and his target is to have the “best possible” relations with the Ibero-American community.
Wednesday, January 11th 2012 - 06:27 UTC
A divided EU to decide on oil embargo on Iran January 23

European Union governments agreed Tuesday to bring forward a meeting of foreign ministers expected to decide on an oil embargo on Iran by one week to January 23. In its statement confirming the date, the EU said the decision to bring it forward from January 30 was taken to avoid a scheduling clash with a summit of EU leaders set for that day.
Wednesday, January 11th 2012 - 06:27 UTC
Brazil runs the risk of becoming highly dependent on natural-resources exports

A leading Brazilian economist Edmar Bacha, one of the architects behind the 1994 Plan Real to stabilize Latin America’s largest economy said the country was at risk of becoming entirely dependent on natural resources exports and urged greater savings to invest in diversification.
Wednesday, January 11th 2012 - 06:22 UTC
Argentina says no change in Mercosur decision to bar Falklands’ flagged vessels

Argentina in two brief statements said on Tuesday that there has been no change in Mercosur members’ position to bar Falklands’ flagged vessels from the region’s ports and that the United Kingdom admits that such policy has become effective.
Tuesday, January 10th 2012 - 21:57 UTC
Malvinas recovery for Argentina must become a “Chilean cause”, says former minister

Chilean former Foreign Affairs minister and ambassador before the UN, Juan Gabriel Valdes has called for Chileans to adopt the Argentine sovereignty claim over the Malvinas Islands --disputed with the UK--, as a “Chilean cause”.