Politics

Wednesday, May 18th 2011 - 06:55 UTC
Moyano ignores threats: “as far as I know, Cristina is running for re-election”

Argentina’s organized labour chief Hugo Moyano further escalated the controversy with the government saying he supports President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner re-election next October and cautioned that she is the only candidate he has vowed to back.
Wednesday, May 18th 2011 - 06:45 UTC
The Queen in historic reconciliation visit honours Ireland’s freedom fighters

Queen Elizabeth honoured Irish people killed fighting for independence from Britain in a powerful gesture of reconciliation few people would have believed possible even in recent times.
Tuesday, May 17th 2011 - 23:31 UTC
US dollar status as world’s single reserve currency will end by 2025

The United States dollar status as the world’s single reserve currency will end by 2025, according to a new report by the World Bank.
Tuesday, May 17th 2011 - 23:16 UTC
Latin America has 45% of under 18, equivalent to 81 million living in poverty

Almost 81 million children under 18 suffer from poverty in Latin America which is equivalent to 45% of that age group according to a study by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Tuesday, May 17th 2011 - 23:12 UTC
Argentina/Brazil meet next week to address trade differences

Argentina and Brazil agreed Tuesday to resume ‘constructive’ trade negotiations to overcome the current bilateral dispute which surfaced following the latest protectionist measures that threaten exports from the two main Mercosur partners.
Tuesday, May 17th 2011 - 17:13 UTC
Humala or Keiko, they will have to work hard for parliamentary support

Whatever happens next June 5 when the Peruvian presidential run-off between Ollanta Humala and Keiko Fujimori, none of them will have a clear support in the 130 seats Congress which will force alliances as has been the recent legislative history of the Andean country.
Tuesday, May 17th 2011 - 15:42 UTC
Brazil insists with an emerging economy Managing Director for the IMF

Brazil’s former Foreign Affairs minister Celso Amorim said that the next IMF Managing Director must come from an emerging economy if Dominique Strauss-Kahn, currently in custody in New York on alleged rape charges finally looses his job.
Tuesday, May 17th 2011 - 15:21 UTC
Potential candidates to succeed Strauss-Kahn as head of the IMF

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, (DSK) the head of the International Monetary Fund, may be forced to leave his post after being accused of trying to rape a maid in his New York hotel room. IMF is currently under John Lipsky Acting Managing Director.
Tuesday, May 17th 2011 - 06:05 UTC
Cuba announces small private businesses can hire and fire labour

Cuba has given all small businesses the authority to hire (and fire) labour and will loosen other regulations governing private enterprise as part of the broader measures to reform the island’s economy and boost production, the government said in a statement.
Tuesday, May 17th 2011 - 05:58 UTC
Argentina/Brazil agree to attempt dialogue to overcome latest trade dispute

Argentine Minister for Industry, Debora Giorgi will meet in coming hours with Brazilian Ambassador, Enio Cordeiro, to schedule a series of meetings to address trade disputes between the two neighbouring countries and main Mercosur associates.