Politics

• Friday, July 23rd 2010 - 06:00 UTC

  Britain to build airport in mid Atlantic St Helena Island; vital link with Falklands

  

  Britain announced Thursday it had agreed to build an airport on the mid Atlantic island of Saint Helena, which is expected to become a vital link for the Falkland Islands air communications.

• Friday, July 23rd 2010 - 03:41 UTC

  Argentina walks out of Prosecutors organization to protest Falklands’ membership

  

  Argentina walked out of the International Association of Prosecutors, IAP, because the Falkland Islands were admitted as a full member of the organization according to press reports from Buenos Aires.

• Friday, July 23rd 2010 - 03:32 UTC

  Kirchner and Ecuador’s Correa to mediate in Venezuela/Colombia row

  

  Former Argentine president and current Secretary-General of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), Néstor Kirchner, “will collaborate in the mediation led by Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, in order to overcome the crisis between the Colombian and Venezuelan governments”.

• Friday, July 23rd 2010 - 02:44 UTC

  Argentina imposes antidumping measures on Chinese and Brazilian imports

  

  In spite of the ongoing dispute with China over the soy-oil import ban, Argentina this week imposed antidumping measures in the form of ad valorem rights on multi-processors originated in China and Brazil.

• Friday, July 23rd 2010 - 02:42 UTC

  Brazil patrols Paraguay border with UAV to control drugs and arms contraband

  

  Brazilian incumbent presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff revealed that Brazil is patrolling its border area next to Paraguay with an UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) hoping to control the inflow of narcotics, weapons and illegal merchandise (contraband).

• Friday, July 23rd 2010 - 02:20 UTC

  Brazilian opposition links ruling party with FARC guerrillas

  

  Brazil’ presidential campaign has become increasingly controversial with opposition candidate Jose Serra claiming close links between the Colombian guerrillas’ FARC and President Lula da Silva’s ruling Workers Party.

• Thursday, July 22nd 2010 - 22:27 UTC

  Venezuela severs relations with Colombia following row over guerrilla havens

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez broke off his country's relations with neighbouring Colombia Thursday over allegations that Colombian rebels were operating in Venezuela.

• Thursday, July 22nd 2010 - 09:53 UTC

  Cristina Kirchner signs bill legalizing same-sex couples’ marriage

  

  President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner signed a new law Wednesday making Argentina the first country in Latin America to legalize marriage for same-sex couples. Civil registries across the nation will now begin processing long lists of marriage applications from gay couples. The first such ceremony in Buenos Aires is set for August 13.

• Thursday, July 22nd 2010 - 09:47 UTC

  Travel conference to promote gay tourism takes off in Buenos Aires

  

  A marketing and travel conference aimed at promoting tourism for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community was opened Wednesday by Argentina’s new tourism minister Enrique Meyer.

• Thursday, July 22nd 2010 - 09:44 UTC

  Santiago de Chile shows strong divide between the rich and poor

  

  The Chilean national CASEN Survey revealed last week that even though poverty in the capital Santiago is below the national poverty rate of 15.1%, the city’s poverty levels grew from 10.6 to 11.5% in the last three years.