Politics

• Monday, August 15th 2011 - 23:43 UTC

  Soros backs creation of Euro bonds to solve Euro debt crisis; Germany rejects idea

  

  George Soros has backed “Eurobonds” - joint debts of the 17 Euro zone members - to solve the Euro zone debt crisis. Speaking to the BBC, the billionaire investor said if European leaders fail to keep the Euro together, there would be a “really serious global calamity”.

• Monday, August 15th 2011 - 23:15 UTC

  Renewed UK interest in South America in spite of Argentina’s Falklands’ policy

  

  The UK is showing a renewed interest in South America and has been successful in establishing cooperation with individual countries in spite of Argentina’s attempts to gather multilateral support for its claim on the Falkland Islands, according to World Politics Review.

• Monday, August 15th 2011 - 21:52 UTC

  CFK victory in all districts including Buenos Aires City and farming provinces

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was by far the undisputed winner of Sunday’s first-ever simultaneous national primary elections after she was the most voted presidential candidate in all provinces except for San Luis, where the votes went to Alberto Rodríguez Saá.

• Monday, August 15th 2011 - 04:55 UTC

  Landslide victory for CFK with more votes than her main rivals together

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, CFK, won a landslide support Sunday at the unified simultaneous national primaries having collected more votes than the rest of the presidential candidates for next October 23.

• Monday, August 15th 2011 - 04:35 UTC

  Unasur creates three task groups to protect the region from ‘industrialized north crises’

  

  The Union of South American Nations must act quickly to protect the region's growing economies from another global financial crisis, Economy ministers and Central bankers from the 12-nation organization agreed at an emergency meeting convened Friday in Buenos Aires.

• Monday, August 15th 2011 - 04:20 UTC

  Brazilian Judge famous for hard-line against police death squads killed at her house

  

  Brazilian police form the state of Rio de Janeiro are combing a suburb for clues in the murder of a high-profile criminal judge, ambushed and fatally shot at her doorstep by hooded gunmen, TV Record reported Sunday.

• Monday, August 15th 2011 - 01:13 UTC

  Eighth suspect arrested in connection with killing of French tourists in Argentina

  

  The police from the Argentine province of Salta arrested on Sunday the eighth suspect in connection to the killings of the two French tourists raped and murdered in Quebrada de San Lorenzo last month.

• Monday, August 15th 2011 - 01:00 UTC

  Lula da Silva: developed countries lack political initiative; need to learn from Latam

  

  Former Brazilian president Lula da Silva blasted the developed countries lack of political initiative to face the economic crisis and suggested they adopt a strategy similar to Brazil’s.

• Monday, August 15th 2011 - 00:56 UTC

  PM Cameron expected to announce a social ‘fight-back’ program

  

  Prime Minister David Cameron said his government would mend Britain's “broken society” to prevent a repeat of the country's worst riots in decades.

• Sunday, August 14th 2011 - 08:22 UTC

  A Window Into Kibera: Human Beings Being Human

  

  If one reads the world’s news’ main headlines on any given day, the vast majority of the stories will most certainly deal with issues related to violence, hatred, prejudice, corruption, greed, paranoia, or fear.