Politics

• Wednesday, April 11th 2012 - 02:09 UTC

  Bolivia rescinds contract to build road through Amazon Indian reservation

  

  Bolivian President Evo Morales says he is rescinding the contract of a Brazilian firm to build a controversial road through the Amazon rainforest. He accused the firm, OAS, of not complying with the terms of the deal.

• Wednesday, April 11th 2012 - 02:03 UTC

  Colombia anticipates no Falklands mention in the Americas summit final statement

  

  The coming 6th Summit of the Americas will not include in its final statement the issue of the Falkland/Malvinas Islands, the sovereignty of which is in dispute between Argentina and the UK.

• Wednesday, April 11th 2012 - 00:38 UTC

  Bernanke says more bank regulation is needed to ensure stable financial system

  

  US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said banks need to have more capital at hand in order to ensure the financial system is stable. Bernanke said regulators were taking steps to force financial institutions to hold higher capital buffers, even if they allow for a long period of implementation to prevent any market disruptions.

• Wednesday, April 11th 2012 - 00:35 UTC

  UK confirms it claims repayment of £ 45m loaned to Argentine Junta that invaded the Falklands

  

  The UK is seeking repayment of a loan granted to Argentina in 1979 which was invested in military procurement some of which was used during the Falkland Islands conflict.

• Tuesday, April 10th 2012 - 15:32 UTC

  Argentina denies ‘political opportunism’ in Malvinas sovereignty-claim campaign

  

  The Argentine government said that the Malvinas Islands sovereignty claim is “not political opportunism” or geared “to remove other issues from the country’s political agenda” and is coherent with the political and ideological thinking of both Presidents Cristina Fernandez and her late husband and former president Nestor Kirchner.

• Tuesday, April 10th 2012 - 07:10 UTC

  Rousseff complains about US expansionist monetary policy during meeting with Obama

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff complained about US monetary policy and expressed concern that sanctions against Iran could backfire in a meeting with President Barack Obama on Monday, highlighting strains between the continent’s biggest economies.

• Tuesday, April 10th 2012 - 07:06 UTC

  Argentina expects strong Malvinas support statement from the Americas summit

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez will be attending on Saturday the VI Americas summit to be held in Colombia, which is already involved in a strong controversy because of the non invitation to Cuba.

• Tuesday, April 10th 2012 - 06:59 UTC

  Fidel wonders about Canada’s position on Falklands issue at the Americas summit

  

  Fidel Castro accuses Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper of suffering from illusions and says Canada should take a stand in the Falkland Islands dispute in a rambling new essay that lashes out against Cuba’s exclusion from a coming Organization of American States summit.

• Tuesday, April 10th 2012 - 06:54 UTC

  Uruguay will enjoy “positive discrimination” in bilateral trade with Argentina

  

  Argentina and Uruguay presidents Cristina Fernandez and Jose Mujica agreed Monday evening to discuss their trade differences in the framework of Mercosur and promote “positive discrimination” measures for Uruguayan exports to help compensate the restrictions imported to all imports by the Argentine government.

• Tuesday, April 10th 2012 - 05:40 UTC

  Repsol CEO in Argentina trying to prevent YPF takeover by the government

  

  Repsol's chairman Antonio Brufau has asked for a meeting with officials from the Argentine government, which investors fear could seize control of the Spanish oil major's unit in Argentina, YPF.