Politics

• Wednesday, November 23rd 2011 - 06:25 UTC

  Head of Spain’s main banking group meets with Brazilian president

  

  The president of Spain’s banking group Santander Emilio Botin described Brazil as “a very interesting market for Spain” following a meeting with Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff.

• Wednesday, November 23rd 2011 - 04:23 UTC

  “Las Malvinas son argentines” crest for the Argentine Olympic team uniform

  

  A draft bill signed by fourteen Argentine lawmakers from the political spectrum calls for all national teams to include in their uniforms the crest of the Islands and the motto “Las Islas Malvinas son argentinas” (The Malvinas islands are Argentine).The sponsors want the bill approved on time for the inauguration of the Olympic Games next year in London.

• Wednesday, November 23rd 2011 - 02:56 UTC

  Argentine government promises even closer industry-State articulation

  

  Planning Minister, Julio De Vido said that “Argentina is again aiming at the long term and this is only possible due to the numerous productive projects” in the country and the close articulation between the State and industry.

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2011 - 22:49 UTC

  EU and Latam leaders call for quick conclusion of the EU/Mercosur trade accord

  

  European Union and Latin American leaders called for a quicker pace in concluding the EU/Mercosur cooperation and trade negotiations. The statement took place during the meeting in Brussels of the Euro-Latinamerica Parliamentary assembly.

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2011 - 22:00 UTC

  Brazil makes official support for Uruguay in ‘fiscal haven’ controversy with G20

  

  Brazil’s Foreign Affairs minister Antonio Patriota said Brasilia supports Uruguay in its controversy with France following President Nicholas Sarkozy claim, at the recent G20 summit, that Uruguay was a ‘fiscal haven’.

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2011 - 18:39 UTC

  UK new strategy for Overseas Territories to be discussed at the Consultative Council

  

  Falkland Islands representatives will be attending the annual Overseas Territories Consultative Council on November 23/24 in London when the British Government's new strategy for its Overseas Territories will be at the heart of discussions.

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2011 - 18:33 UTC

  Protesting ‘dictatorship’ and ‘corruption’ Chinese peasants and workers take to the streets

  

  Thousands of demonstrators marched on Monday in south China to protest against a local land grab, carrying banners and shouting slogans opposing 'dictatorship' and 'corruption', locals said.

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2011 - 17:51 UTC

  Oil might lubricate the process to real dialogue in the South Atlantic

  

  The second of a planned series of extended political articles written exclusively for the Penguin News web site by Deputy Editor John Fowler.

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2011 - 07:29 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez admits “the model has distortions which must be corrected”

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez promised on Monday to continue defending with ‘tooth and nails’ the powerful wheel of domestic consumption that has boosted the current economic model but also admitted the existence of ‘distortions which must be corrected’.

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2011 - 07:19 UTC

  Argentine industry supports subsidy-elimination policy, but calls for gradualism

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez received strong support from the industrial sector for her latest policy of eliminating subsidies which are widely extended in the economy, but manufacturers also called for prudence and gradualism.