Politics

• Monday, October 24th 2011 - 06:41 UTC

  Philip Morris shuts down plant in Uruguay because of anti-smoking policies

  

  The US tobacco giant Philip Morris said on Friday it shut down its plant in Uruguay because the country's anti-smoking policies make business unprofitable.

• Monday, October 24th 2011 - 06:38 UTC

  Brazilian Sports minister again on the limelight in spite of presidential support

  

  Brazilian media reported more corruption allegations against the country's embattled Sports Minister on Saturday, raising the pressure on him to quit a day after he received the backing of President Dilma Rousseff.

• Monday, October 24th 2011 - 06:31 UTC

  Sarkozy to Cameron: “you hate the Euro so stop telling us what to do”

  

  French President Nicolas Sarkozy launched a scathing attack on British Prime Minister David Cameron at Sunday's EU summit, saying he was “sick of him telling us what to do,” Britain's press reported.

• Monday, October 24th 2011 - 06:12 UTC

  Ecuador president condemns killing of Gaddafi and family members as ‘homicide’

  

  Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa described the death of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi as a “murder” and strongly rejected foreign in the North African country.

• Monday, October 24th 2011 - 04:13 UTC

  Colombian president claims Gaddafi supported FARC with money

  

  Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said on Saturday that the death of ousted Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi is a moral blow for the FARC that allegedly had ties to the north African leader.

• Monday, October 24th 2011 - 02:58 UTC

  CFK manages re-election with the widest margin since restoration of democracy

  

  President Cristina Fernandez was re-elected in a landslide Sunday, winning with the widest victory margin in Argentina since the recovery of democracy in 1983. At midnight and with 58% of polling stations reporting CFK had 53% of the vote with runner up Socialist Hermes Binner collecting 17.7%.

• Saturday, October 22nd 2011 - 10:58 UTC

  HMS Illustrious helicopter carrier begins intensive training following major refit

  

  Fresh from a £40m refit the Royal Navy helicopter carrier HMS Illustrious has begun two months of intensive training off the south coast of Britain. Once the training is completed, the Portsmouth-based warship will be the UK’s on-call helicopter carrier, ready for global missions.

• Saturday, October 22nd 2011 - 10:45 UTC

  After seven years of negotiations Obama signs US/Colombia trade agreement

  

  President Barack Obama signed into law the free trade agreement with Colombia Friday, marking the end of seven years of legislative effort. Obama also signed similar trade agreements with Panama and South Korea. The US Congress sent the trade bills to Obama after ratifying the agreements October 12.

• Saturday, October 22nd 2011 - 10:37 UTC

  Hague calls on Tories not to vote for a referendum on UK remaining in the EU

  

  Foreign Secretary William Hague has urged Tory MPs not to vote for a referendum on the UK remaining in the EU, saying it would be a distraction.

• Saturday, October 22nd 2011 - 04:29 UTC

  “Closer political links with Brazil” can be expected if CFK is re-elected

  

  The most certain re-election of Cristina Fernandez as Argentina president on Sunday 23 October is expected to signal more intense and closer relations with Brazil, expanding to other foreign affairs issues and working on a shared international agenda according to analysts from both countries .