Politics

Friday, February 10th 2012 - 03:58 UTC
Police strike shows security remains main challenge for Brazil’s world events

Hundreds of striking police officers ended their 10-day occupation of a state assembly house in Brazil's third-biggest city, easing tensions in a walkout that unleashed a bloody crime wave and threatened upcoming carnival celebrations.
Friday, February 10th 2012 - 02:03 UTC
Debate on Cuba’s attendance to the coming Americas summit in Colombia

The Cuban government has expressed its interest in attending the coming Summit of the Americas scheduled for next April in Cartagena, revealed Colombian Foreign Affairs minister Maria Angela Holguin following a visit to Havana.
Friday, February 10th 2012 - 01:17 UTC
US/Argentina discuss bilateral relation and regional democratic stability

Stability, governance and democratic safeguard were among the issues addressed by US Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson and Argentina’s Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman during her first day of activity in Buenos Aires.
Friday, February 10th 2012 - 01:08 UTC
Antigua and Barbuda deny supporting bar on Falklands flagged vessels

The government of Antigua and Barbuda by way of a press statement issued Wednesday, disassociated the Caribbean nation from statements made in the wake of the recent Eleventh ALBA summit, which were carried in the local, regional and international press, about a ban on Falkland Islands-flagged ships.
Friday, February 10th 2012 - 01:01 UTC
Timerman on Friday formalizes at UN complaint against UK ‘militarization’ of Malvinas dispute

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez gave instructions for the formal complaint before the United Nations accusing the United Kingdom of ‘militarization’ of the South Atlantic and Malvinas Islands be presented on Friday, according to a release from the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Friday, February 10th 2012 - 00:56 UTC
State Department ratifies Falklands’ dispute is a bilateral Argentina/UK issue

United States insisted that the Falklands/Malvinas dispute is a ‘bilateral’ issue between Argentina and the UK and again called on Buenos Aires and London to solve the issue peacefully, through dialogue.
Friday, February 10th 2012 - 00:47 UTC
Spanish government to unveil drastic reforms to rigid labour legislation

Spain's government will unveil reforms to rigid labour laws on Friday that it hopes will be radical enough to get to grips with sky-high unemployment while not severing links altogether with unions ahead of key regional elections.
Thursday, February 9th 2012 - 23:55 UTC
Chilean community in Falklands march in support of the air link with Santiago

One hundred members of the Chilean population living in the Falkland Islands were joined by 50 to 60 Islanders in a show of unity against the possibility that the weekly Lan Chile flight between Santiago and the Falklands might be discontinued at the request of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez.
Thursday, February 9th 2012 - 23:43 UTC
Obama/banks mortgage-deal to rescue US doomed and struggling homeowners

President Barack Obama administration and top US mortgage lenders unveiled a landmark 25 billion dollars deal Thursday to help struggling homeowners get back on their feet and to reignite the moribund housing market.
Thursday, February 9th 2012 - 23:17 UTC
Mujica says Mercosur is “a chewing gum”; promises trade deals with third countries

Mercosur from a real point of view exits, but institutionally it’s a “chewing gum” claimed Uruguayan president Jose Mujica who anticipated he would demand from the block’s partners that Uruguay be allowed to sign bilateral trade agreements with third parties.