Politics

• Friday, September 30th 2011 - 19:49 UTC

  Shakira ex-boy friend has found a new love in Miss Colombia (with panties)

  

  Shakira’s former boyfriend and manager is no longer a member of the lonely hearts club, but has kept faithful to the Colombian blend: Antonio De la Rúa’s new couple is none less than a former Miss Colombia.

• Friday, September 30th 2011 - 16:27 UTC

  Latin America remembers and praises links with Beijing on China’s National Day

  

  With China's National Day hours away, (October first), countries across Latin America pledged to further deepen ties with China, one of their biggest trade partners.

• Friday, September 30th 2011 - 16:22 UTC

  World Travel Market 2011 will have a strong Olympics tourism emphasis

  

  UK Olympics Minister Jeremy Hunt will open World Travel Market (WTM) 2011, the leading global event for the travel industry – the final WTM before the 2012 London games.

• Friday, September 30th 2011 - 06:17 UTC

  Chavez tossing a softball ridiculed Miami rumors his health had turned for worse

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Thursday that his latest medical checks have been stellar and ridiculed rumors that his health might have taken a turn for the worse. The press conference took place at the presidential palace.

• Friday, September 30th 2011 - 06:05 UTC

  Uruguay leaves basic rate unchanged at 8%; inflation remains above target

  

  Uruguay’s Central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged as policymakers focus on bringing inflation back to target in anticipation of possible impacts from a global slowdown.

• Friday, September 30th 2011 - 01:39 UTC

  Education reform debate begins in Chile while angry students clash with riot police

  

  Chilean students and government leaders met Thursday in an angry atmosphere for long-awaited negotiations on the country’s education reform while tens of thousands of protesters challenged police in the streets of Santiago.

• Friday, September 30th 2011 - 01:36 UTC

  Rio do Janeiro top cop resigns over killing of high anti-corruption profile Judge

  

  The top commander of the military police in Rio de Janeiro state in Brazil has resigned amid a scandal that linked a top officer and other policemen to the assassination of a high-profile judge.

• Thursday, September 29th 2011 - 19:02 UTC

  Argentina celebrates 45 years of the “Condor Operation” landing in Falklands

  

  One of Argentina’s most powerful unions’ honoured members of the “Condor Operation” which 45 years ago hijacked a commercial aircraft and had it flown to the Falklands/Malvinas Islands where the group flew the Argentine flag.

• Thursday, September 29th 2011 - 18:33 UTC

  Bilateral negotiations in Gibraltar’s future, anticipates Spanish expert

  

  Already in difficulty under Spain’s Socialists, PSOE, the Trilateral forum (Spain, UK and Gibraltar) is unlikely to flourish under a Conservative PP government. That is the view expressed by Luis Ayllon, diplomatic correspondent of the right-leaning ABC Spanish national and a veteran reporter of Gibraltar affairs.

• Thursday, September 29th 2011 - 17:16 UTC

  German parliament approves Euro bail out fund to cut Greek contagion

  

  A large majority in the German parliament has approved expanded powers for the EU main bailout fund. Chancellor Angela Merkel received stronger than expected support in the Bundestag despite some in her coalition vowing to oppose the bill.