Politics

• 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.

• Friday, September 2nd 2011 - 08:23 UTC

  Brazil to reclaim sub-salt oil exploration blocks awarded in 2006 auction

  

  Brazil's government will reclaim promising oil exploration blocks won by companies in a bidding round five years ago but never formally leased to the winners, the country's energy minister Edison Lobao said.

• Friday, September 2nd 2011 - 08:18 UTC

  Buenos Aires and Santiago, the most liveable cities in South America, says EIU

  

  Montevideo figures in position 65 in the world ranking of most liveable cities elaborated by The Economist Intelligence Unit, (EIU) and which was released this week. Only Buenos Aires and Santiago figure ahead of the Uruguayan capital in positions 62 and 63 as the most liveable cities in South America.

• Friday, September 2nd 2011 - 03:32 UTC

  Iconic Chilean student leader meets Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff

  

  Before the planned meeting with Chilean President Sebastián Piñera next Saturday, Chilean student leader Camila Vallejo met with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in Brasília on Wednesday to discuss the problems facing the Brazilian and Chilean higher education systems.

• Friday, September 2nd 2011 - 03:26 UTC

  England and Argentina – More than just a game?

  

  As New Zealand prepares to host the 2011 Rugby World Cup, we look at a game which will cause much interest in Latin America and the South Atlantic.