Politics

Tuesday, March 29th 2011 - 00:43 UTC
Jackpot with 319 million US dollars benefited seven New York state employees

Despite reports that seven New York state government workers held the winning 319 million US dollars ticket in the Mega Millions lottery, as of Sunday, no one had come forward to claim the prize, a New York Lottery spokeswoman said Monday.
Monday, March 28th 2011 - 16:38 UTC
Israel demands Argentina clarifies an alleged “trade for silence” deal with Iran

Israel may cancel a visit by Argentina's foreign minister after a report that the country told Iran it would stop investigating two bombings of Jewish targets in exchange for better trade relations.
Argentinean Foreign Minister Hector Timerman is scheduled to visit Israel next week.
Monday, March 28th 2011 - 16:34 UTC
Peruvian ultra nationalist leads April 10 presidential election opinion polls

Ultra nationalist former military officer Ollanta Humala has knocked out former president Alejandro Toledo as the leading candidate for Peru’s tightest presidential campaign in recent history.
Monday, March 28th 2011 - 16:31 UTC
Moyano pickets block distribution of Argentina’s main dailies

Argentina’s main daily and the Spanish language newspaper with largest circulation, Clarin from Buenos Aires appeared Monday with a blank front page to protest organized labour pickets that blocked Sunday’s edition distribution for almost twelve hours.
Monday, March 28th 2011 - 04:58 UTC
Falklands has OT sign declaration in support self determination

Defining the future relationship of Overseas Territories with the European Union (EU) was the purpose of the ninth annual Overseas Countries and Territories of the European Union Forum, held earlier this month in the Pacific state of New Caledonia and attended by Legislative Assembly Member Roger Edwards, Michael Poole of FIG and the Falklands UK representative Sukey Cameron.
Monday, March 28th 2011 - 04:55 UTC
IDB plans to double financing to private companies to boost job creation

The Inter-American Development Bank Group expects to more than double its annual financing to companies in Latin America and the Caribbean over the next four years, a move that will help the Group fulfill its mission to promote development though the private sector in the region.
Monday, March 28th 2011 - 04:46 UTC
Wikileaks: Corruption rampant in Argentina says US, German, Spanish diplomats

Diplomats from United States, Germany, Spain and Finland repeatedly expressed their concerns about the level of corruption in Argentina in recent years according to the contents of several Wikileaks cables published in the Buenos Aires media.
Monday, March 28th 2011 - 01:27 UTC
Lula da Silva says Latin America’s left is a model for developed countries

Brazilian former president Lula da Silva underlined the significance of Latin America’s left and its responsibility as a model for developed countries in crisis, during a political rally in Montevideo to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the Uruguayan ruling coalition, Broad Front.
Monday, March 28th 2011 - 01:19 UTC
Colombian defence minister says FARC are surrounded and diminished

Colombian Defence minister Rodrigo Rivera said that the FARC guerrilla movement is surrounded and with its operational capacity very diminished and limited, because of the current policy from the administration of President Juan Manuel Gomez.
Monday, March 28th 2011 - 01:15 UTC
Rousseff and Lula da Silva together in Portugal ‘day-after’ Iran vote

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff and her predecessor Lula da Silva will be meeting this week for an international event in Portugal, just a few days after the new government abandoned a pro-dialogue with Iran position for a more neutral stance.