Politics

• Saturday, September 3rd 2011 - 08:01 UTC

  “Argentina’s turnaround tango” as an inspiration for Obama and US Congress

  

  An opinion editorial of the US newspaper The New York Times titled “Argentina’s turnaround tango” stated that President Barack Obama and the US Congress should look to Argentina “for inspiration” in economic policies issues. Nevertheless, the article also warned about the corruption and “government opacity“of the Latin American country.

• Saturday, September 3rd 2011 - 07:58 UTC

  Chilean military plane with 21 people crashes near Juan Fernandez Island

  

  A military plane with 21 people aboard went missing off Chile's Pacific coast near the Juan Fernandez Islands, authorities said on Friday.

• Saturday, September 3rd 2011 - 07:55 UTC

  Chile’s top cop steps down following disclosure of cover-up operation

  

  Chile’s Carabineros police force General Director Eduardo Gordon resigned his position Friday morning following an exposé by investigative journalism website CIPER that alleged Gordon had covered up his son’s involvement in a hit-and-run accident in July of last year.

• Saturday, September 3rd 2011 - 07:49 UTC

  Almost half of foreign residents in Argentina are from Paraguay and Bolivia

  

  Of the just over 40 million Argentines, 4.5% are foreigners, according to the latest census, and the most numerous community is made up of over half a million from neighbouring Paraguay.

• Saturday, September 3rd 2011 - 07:47 UTC

  Supreme Court ratifies 25-year jail sentence for former dictator General Alvarez

  

  Uruguay’s Supreme Court ratified Friday the 25 year jail sentence for former military dictator General Gregorio Alvarez and for former naval officer Juan Carlos Larcebau found guilty of in 37 and 29 homicide cases, respectively, committed during the military regime from 1973 to 1985.

• Friday, September 2nd 2011 - 21:36 UTC

  World markets collapse on fears US economy is stalling and dismal jobs data

  

  Fears that the US economy is stalling and may be heading back into recession caused a severe slump in stock markets around the world on Friday. With European indexes already shaken by concerns with Greece and the Euro, worse-than-expected US jobs data drove investors to unload stocks.

• Friday, September 2nd 2011 - 20:30 UTC

  Air Titan Boeing 767 takes over Falklands-Brize Norton airbridge contract

  

  Air Titan is to take up the airbridge flight as from this weekend as Air Seychelles makes its last journey from Brize Norton to the Falkland Islands under the current contract with the Ministry of Defence.

• Friday, September 2nd 2011 - 08:45 UTC

  Argentina’s population stands at 40.117.096, up 10.7% from the 2001 census

  

  Argentina has a population of 40.117.096, according to the definitive facts of the 2010 National Population and Home census released by the country’s national statistics and census bureau, Indec.

• Friday, September 2nd 2011 - 08:39 UTC

  Thatcher and Falklands’ military campaign invoked by US presidential hopeful

  

  A United States congresswoman running a surprising strong campaign for the Republican presidential nomination has compared herself to ex-British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in a foreign policy speech aimed in part at convincing US veterans that she would make a strong commander in chief.

• Friday, September 2nd 2011 - 08:31 UTC

  Obama hints mix of tax cuts and infrastructure spending in next week jobs speech

  

  US President Barack Obama sharply cut estimates for US economic growth, underscoring the difficult challenge he faces in spurring a stronger recovery and creating more jobs.