Politics

• Monday, June 6th 2011 - 11:32 UTC

  Controversial dam project sees Piñera’s support plummet to a new low

  

  Public support for Chile’s conservative President Sebastián Piñera fell to a new low of 36%, according to an Adimark poll released Thursday, while outright rejection of Piñera’s government reached a record 56%.

• Monday, June 6th 2011 - 06:56 UTC

  On Monday Customs delayed back-log of Argentina made-cars should be in Brazil

  

  Argentina and Brazil seem to be again on the path of normalizing bilateral trade following the mid May spat that triggered a round of technical exchanges in Buenos Aires and a final meeting at ministerial level in Brasilia. On Monday, allegedly all the Argentine cars delayed in the border will have been cleared into Brazil.

• Monday, June 6th 2011 - 06:54 UTC

  Tiananmen Square deadly crackdown remembered in Beijing, Hong Kong and Taipei

  

  Thousands of Chinese and foreign tourists flocked to Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on Saturday, the anniversary of the deadly 1989 crackdown on mass pro-democracy protests, amid a noticeable massive police presence.

• Monday, June 6th 2011 - 06:47 UTC

  Chile experiences employment growth, but how do you define a ‘job’?

  

  Chile’s unemployment rate has dropped from 8.6% to 7%, according to official government statistics released this week. The three regions most affected by the February 2010 earthquake were found to have generated 31% of the nearly half a million jobs created nationwide in the past 12 months.

• Monday, June 6th 2011 - 06:32 UTC

  Major reforms to sullage plants in Gibraltar following last week’s fire

  

  Gibraltar Government is likely to have fuel services, including sullage plants of the type that caught fire last Tuesday and injured welders and cruise passengers, moved away from their current location.

• Monday, June 6th 2011 - 06:17 UTC

  Humala claims victory in Peruvian presidential run-off

  

  The nationalist former Army officer Ollanta Humala claimed victory in Peru’s presidential election run-off as he clung to a lead of about 20,000 votes over Congresswoman Keiko Fujimori.

• Monday, June 6th 2011 - 06:09 UTC

  Rousseff and ‘godfather’ Lula da Silva meet to decide on the Palocci crisis

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was expected to consult her predecessor Lula da Silva before deciding whether to dismiss Cabinet Chief Antonio Palocci, who has come under scrutiny for consulting fees he earned while managing Rousseff’s election campaign, according to the Sao Paulo press.

• Monday, June 6th 2011 - 06:06 UTC

  US Lower House questions President Obama on Libyan conflict policy

  

  The United States House of Representatives demanded that President Barack Obama clarify the US role in the conflict in Libya, but rejected an attempt to force him to end America's military involvement there.

• Sunday, June 5th 2011 - 12:29 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez says Argentine is back in the world stage with ‘a bang’

  

  President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said that the restructuring of Argentina’s debt allowed the resumption of relations with Italy, and in human rights, art and culture Argentina was back in the world map with ‘a bang’.

• Saturday, June 4th 2011 - 06:35 UTC

  Raul Castro completes the octogenarian club to rejuvenate Cuban leadership

  

  Cuban President Raul Castro turned 80 on Friday, vowing to rejuvenate the country's aging leadership and its sagging economy.