Politics

Wednesday, December 21st 2011 - 02:33 UTC
Forty years ago the Catholic Liberation Theology was born in Latinamerica

Four decades ago a book written by a Peruvian priest sent shockwaves inside the Latinamerican Catholic Church having set the foundations for what was known as the Liberation Theology.
Wednesday, December 21st 2011 - 02:28 UTC
Regional inter-trade expands 25% and is expected to reach record 160bn dollars

Trade among ALADI, Latin American Integration Association, which includes all the hemisphere countries with the exception of a few from Central America and the Caribbean, is expected to reach a historic record in 2011 close to 160 billion dollars, ahead of the 2008 record with 146 billion dollars.
Wednesday, December 21st 2011 - 02:26 UTC
Congress votes Rajoy PM who anticipates even tougher austerity measures

Spanish lawmakers voted Tuesday to make conservative leader Mariano Rajoy the new prime minister, approving his program of sweeping budget cuts and tough economic reforms.
Wednesday, December 21st 2011 - 02:22 UTC
Chilean student leader Camila Vallejo, person of the year for The Guardian

Chile’s 23-year-old student leader Camila Vallejo, has been chosen as the person of the year in a poll of readers of British newspaper, The Guardian. Vallejo, the international face of 2011’s student protests in Chile, topped the poll with an overwhelming 78% of votes.
Wednesday, December 21st 2011 - 00:48 UTC
”Gibraltar at this moment, a minor issue” says Spanish Conservative think-tank

A senior director at a Conservative think-tank founded by Jose Maria Aznar, Spain’s former Popular Party prime minister, said Gibraltar was low on the list of priorities for Madrid, particularly at a time of crisis when it needed the UK as an ally.
Wednesday, December 21st 2011 - 00:32 UTC
Chavez tells Obama “leave us alone” and called him “clown” and an “embarrassment”

President Hugo Chavez called on Barack Obama to stop meddling in Venezuelan affairs, “leave us alone” and described the US leader as a “clown” and an “embarrassment”. Chavez is currently in Montevideo for the Mercosur summit.
Tuesday, December 20th 2011 - 22:43 UTC
Moody's praises UK management but warns of “formidable and rising challenges”

Ratings agency Moody's has given the UK high scores for economic governance but warns the country it faces “formidable and rising challenges”.
Tuesday, December 20th 2011 - 21:48 UTC
Venezuela’s full incorporation doesn’t have to be decided today, said Chavez

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez arrived in Uruguay on Friday to push for his country's incorporation into the Mercosur trade bloc, in his first official trip abroad since undergoing cancer surgery in June.
Tuesday, December 20th 2011 - 21:02 UTC
Uruguay bars vessels but will never share a maritime or economic blockade of the Falklands’ people

Uruguayan President Jose Mujica addressing his peers at the Mercosur summit in Montevideo ratified the country’s position barring Falklands’ flagged vessels from Uruguayan ports in active support of Argentina’s sovereignty claim over South Atlantic Islands, which has led to a serious diplomatic controversy with the UK.
Tuesday, December 20th 2011 - 19:28 UTC
Mercosur summit suspended following suicide of a top Argentine official

The Mercosur presidential summit in Montevideo has been temporarily suspended following the news that a member of the Argentine delegation had committed suicide which left delegation members in a state of shock.