Politics

Friday, September 16th 2011 - 06:44 UTC
Second bus-train accident in Buenos Aires leaves 90 people injured

A collision between a bus, cement truck and a pre-metro (lightrail) train injured 90 people on Thursday during morning rush hour traffic in the capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires, according to police.
Friday, September 16th 2011 - 06:36 UTC
Questions about Miss Universe registry papers and complaints from Miss France

It has been a news-headlines plagued Miss Universe pageant, both before and after, that finally crowned beauty queen Leila Lopes, Angola’s first in Sao Paulo.
Friday, September 16th 2011 - 06:26 UTC
“Rich, handsome and a great player”, but you urgently need a PR person

Opposing fans give Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo a hostile reception because he is “rich, handsome and a great player,” the Portuguese said after Wednesday's 1-0 Champions League win at Dinamo Zagreb.
Thursday, September 15th 2011 - 21:43 UTC
US financial crisis is “political” and needs of strong decisions, says Rousseff

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff said the financial crisis in the Untied States which is contaminating the rest of the world is more ‘political’ than economic and it’s not only a matter of money, but also and mainly of ‘strong decisions’
Thursday, September 15th 2011 - 21:13 UTC
Chavez to undergo new chemotherapy, but promises he will never shut-up

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said this week that he will probably have to undergo a fourth cycle of chemotherapy for cancer, but insisted that he will campaign for re-election next year “with the energy that circumstances require”.
Thursday, September 15th 2011 - 21:03 UTC
Obama defends his policy towards Latin America and praises Mexico

US president Barack Obama defended his Latin American policy, praised Mexico’s resilience in the drugs war, criticized Cuban reforms as insufficient and emphasized the ‘equals-relation’ between countries in the region and Washington.
Thursday, September 15th 2011 - 19:02 UTC
IMF calls for joint political leadership to break vicious circle of weak growth

The head of the International Monetary Fund today urged advanced countries to take bold, coordinated action to break a vicious cycle of weak growth and high debt that threatens the global economy and has been worsened by dysfunctional politics.
Thursday, September 15th 2011 - 17:03 UTC
Mercosur is not working, good relations between two presidents ‘are not enough’

President Jose Mujica admitted to Uruguayan manufacturers and farmers that with recurrent Argentine and Brazilian obstacles to trade “it’s very hard to make Mercosur function” and good relations between presidents “are not enough”.
Thursday, September 15th 2011 - 07:21 UTC
Paraguay accuses Argentina of ‘systematically ignoring” Mercosur

The Paraguayan delegation before Mercosur Parliament, Parlasur, accused Argentina of “systematically and permanently ignoring the Asuncion Treaty” (the founding charter of Mercosur).
Thursday, September 15th 2011 - 07:19 UTC
Fifth cabinet minister drops out from Brazilian cabinet on corruption allegations

Brazil's Tourism minister resigned late Wednesday amid a long-brewing corruption scandal, marking the fifth cabinet-level official to step down from President Dilma Rousseff's nine-month-old government since June.