Politics

• Monday, October 10th 2011 - 05:13 UTC

  UK Defence minister admits ‘mistakes’; PM Cameron decides Monday

  

  British Defence Secretary Liam Fox has apologised over his working relationship with his former flatmate and best man Adam Werritty. Fox said it was “a mistake to allow distinctions to be blurred between my professional responsibilities and my personal loyalties to a friend”.

• Sunday, October 9th 2011 - 10:07 UTC

  Chile/Holland prepare for the 400th anniversary of Kaap Hoorn/Cabo de Hornos

  

  Chile and Holland have begun activities in anticipation of the major celebration of the discovery of Cabo de Hornos/Kaap Hoorn which will be officially commemorated 19 January 2016.

• Sunday, October 9th 2011 - 09:45 UTC

  Killers of French women tourists in Argentina described as ‘psychotic fabulist”

  

  At least two of the three suspects currently under arrest in connection to the murder of two French tourists in the Argentine northern province of Salta last July, show signs of “psychotic, fabulist” behaviour, police authorities indicated.

• Sunday, October 9th 2011 - 07:20 UTC

  Chilean controversial Patagonia mega-dam project to be appealed at Supreme Court

  

  A Chilean appeals court in Puerto Montt voted 3 to 1 to reject seven lawsuits brought against the proposed controversial HidroAysén hydroelectric mega-dam approved by the Chilean government on May 9 of this year.

• Saturday, October 8th 2011 - 08:23 UTC

  Argentine proposal to issue coins commemorative of the Fakland/Malvinas War 30 anniversary

  

  The Argentine Congress Foreign Affairs Commission supported a motion from a Tierra del Fuego Deputy for a special coins issue commemorative of the thirtieth anniversary of the (1982) Argentine Islas Malvinas epic geste.

• Saturday, October 8th 2011 - 08:20 UTC

  Chronicle of a foretold cut: Fitch downgrades Italy and Spain’s credit rating

  

  Fitch cut on Friday Italy's sovereign credit rating by one notch and Spain's by two, citing a worsening of the Euro zone debt crisis and a risk of fiscal slippage in both countries. Fitch cut Italy's rating to A+ from AA- and lowered Spain to AA- from AA+.

• Saturday, October 8th 2011 - 08:13 UTC

  Justice Minister admits a “culture of violence” and “impunity” in Brazil

  

  “Economic interests” and a “culture of violence” are to blame for rate crimes in Brazil and conspire against government plans to disarm the population and improve security, claimed Justice Minister Jose Eduardo Cardozo.

• Saturday, October 8th 2011 - 08:09 UTC

  Latin America has highest rates of intentional homicide, says UNDOC report

  

  The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, has released its first “Global Study on Homicide”, which shows that young men, particularly in Central and South America, the Caribbean and Central and Southern Africa, are at greatest risk of falling victim to intentional homicide.

• Friday, October 7th 2011 - 22:12 UTC

  Half a million families live in Buenos Aires slums and keep expanding vertically and horizontally

  

  Over half a million families live in 864 slums and irregular settlements in metropolitan Buenos Aires surrounding Argentina’s capital. Of this number 66% have over fifteen years since founded and in 65% of them expansion either horizontally or vertically continues.

• Friday, October 7th 2011 - 21:17 UTC

  Freedom of expression oppressed and endangered in Argentina claims independent media

  

  Argentina’s main private media association, ADEPA, launched a devastating report on freedom of expression in Argentina and warns of the existence of “a mechanism geared to divulge official reports and aggrieve those who think differently”.