Politics

• Wednesday, December 14th 2011 - 03:50 UTC

  Brazil sending overseas 100.000 graduates on scholarships to the best universities

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff announced the country would invest 2 billion dollars in a scholarship program to send overseas to the best world universities, 100.000 graduates.

• Tuesday, December 13th 2011 - 23:39 UTC

  US prosecutors charge former Siemens executives for paying bribes in Argentina

  

  United States prosecutors charged eight former Siemens AG executives with paying 100 million dollars in bribes for more than a decade to Argentina officials to help win a one billion dollars contract to produce national identity cards.

• Tuesday, December 13th 2011 - 23:33 UTC

  Fed anticipates exceptional low level rates at least through mid 2013

  

  The Federal Reserve on Tuesday made no changes to its interest rate policy but left the door open for further monetary easing next year depending on the impact of strains in the global financial markets (Europe’s debt problems).

• Tuesday, December 13th 2011 - 23:21 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez advances visit to Chile from September to January 25/26

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández will make an official visit to Santiago to meet with her Chilean counterpart, Sebastián Piñera at the end of January next year, it was announced Tuesday.

• Tuesday, December 13th 2011 - 16:24 UTC

  Controversial plan to excavate Falklands’ conflict battlefields

  

  A television archaeologist has revealed plans to excavate the battlefields of the 1982 Falkland Islands conflict. The initiative belongs to Glasgow University academic Dr Tony Pollard who is preparing the major project.

• Tuesday, December 13th 2011 - 07:09 UTC

  CFK mentioned to Piñera the possibility of cutting the air link MPA-Punta Arenas

  

  Chilean President Sebastián Piñera revealed that his Argentine counterpart Cristina Fernandez, CFK, mentioned the possibility of interrupting regular flights between the Falkland Islands and Chile, but “made no specific demand on the issue”.

• Tuesday, December 13th 2011 - 07:05 UTC

  The Commander in Chief of the forces is a woman but where are the female generals?

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández resumed activities on Monday and at the end of the year ceremony at the Military Academy, called for an increase in high-ranking female officials in the armed forces.

• Tuesday, December 13th 2011 - 06:47 UTC

  Doctors impressed with Lula da Silva’s response to chemotherapy

  

  Doctors in charge of throat cancer treatment for former Brazilian President Lula da Silva called his response to chemotherapy “impressive” and said the tumour in his larynx had shrunk by 75% in size.

• Tuesday, December 13th 2011 - 06:21 UTC

  Cameron reaffirms decision and tells Parliament UK has not lost influence in EU

  

  British PM David Cameron has said he “genuinely looked to reach an agreement” at the EU summit but vetoed treaty change because it was not in the national interest. Cameron told MPs he negotiated in “good faith” and his demands were “modest, reasonable and relevant”.

• Tuesday, December 13th 2011 - 06:14 UTC

  Euro zone deal had to be supported by the ECB in its first test

  

  European summit deal to strengthen budget discipline in the Euro zone failed to restore financial market confidence on Monday, forcing the European Central Bank to step in again gingerly.