Politics

• Monday, November 21st 2011 - 06:56 UTC

  Brazil to further limit foreign ownership of land, says local media

  

  Brazil's government is working on a new rule to further limit the purchase of farm land by foreigners, arguing that the current legislation has been “insufficient,” a Brazilian newspaper said on Saturday.

• Monday, November 21st 2011 - 03:59 UTC

  Greek conservatives support austerity measures but refuse to sign document

  

  Greece's creditors failed to persuade the leader of the main conservative party to drop his refusal to sign a pledge that he will back austerity measures under a bailout deal aimed at saving the country from financial ruin.

• Monday, November 21st 2011 - 03:40 UTC

  Overwhelming victory and absolute majority for Spanish conservatives

  

  The conservative opposition People's Party (PP) won an overwhelming victory in Spain's election on Sunday as voters vented their rage on the ruling Socialists for the worst economic crisis in generations.

• Saturday, November 19th 2011 - 06:09 UTC

  Argentina sponsors a free movement of peoples’ area in Magallanes and Tierra del Fuego

  

  Argentina announced its full support to make the tip of the South American continent ‘a free movement of peoples’ area’ that would include Chile’s Magallanes region in the extreme south of the country and Tierra del Fuego, shared by the neighbouring countries.

• Saturday, November 19th 2011 - 06:02 UTC

  ECB comes to the rescue of Spain; Conservative landslide anticipated Sunday

  

  Spaniards may hand the biggest majority in three decades to the conservative opposition People’s Party leader Mariano Rajoy, as polls suggest Europe’s debt crisis will push a fifth government from power.

• Saturday, November 19th 2011 - 05:54 UTC

  UK and Germany agree to disagree; no progress on the transactions tax

  

  The leaders of Britain and Germany David Cameron and Angela Merkel acknowledged differences over the Euro zone crisis but stressed they have the “same plan” for European growth. The prime minister met the German chancellor on Friday in Berlin to discuss the Euro zone crisis, and Iran and Syria.

• Saturday, November 19th 2011 - 05:51 UTC

  Monti ensures support for techno cabinet, tells Italians not to blame others for the crisis

  

  Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti on Friday won a final parliamentary confidence vote granting full power to his new government after pledging to spur growth and reduce debt in the euro-region’s third-largest economy.

• Saturday, November 19th 2011 - 05:44 UTC

  Greece submits austerity budget, but political differences surface in coalition

  

  Greece's new government took a first step on Friday towards meeting terms of an international bailout needed to avoid bankruptcy, submitting a budget bill that foresees no new austerity measures next year as long as reforms are enacted.

• Friday, November 18th 2011 - 21:46 UTC

  Brazilian president Rousseff sanctions Truth Commission and Data access bills

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff on Friday signed into law the creation of a commission to investigate human rights abuses committed during military dictatorships with the purpose of strengthening democracy but ‘leaving aside all forms of revenge’.

• Friday, November 18th 2011 - 21:27 UTC

  CFK calls for a national ‘intellectual sovereignty’ commitment and ‘the 2003 model’

  

  President Cristina Fernández urged Argentines ”to make an effort to understand the moment the country and the world are undergoing” while heading a ceremony to commemorate the 160th anniversary of the Vuelta de Obligado battle in the Buenos Aires area of San Pedro.