Politics

Sunday, May 29th 2011 - 20:00 UTC
Cuba “needs more than ever church blessings” to support reforms, says Raul

President Raul Castro said that Cuba currently “needs more than ever the blessings from its evangelic churches” to keep advancing with the reforms to update the exhausted economic model of the last fifty years, according to reports in the official Havana media.
Saturday, May 28th 2011 - 07:45 UTC
Moyano cools down, says publicly he’s “tamer than Lassie on a leash”

Argentina’s organized labour leader Hugo Moyano described his relation with the administration of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner as “excellent” and blamed the press for all the stories of alleged clashes over political differences with the government.
Saturday, May 28th 2011 - 07:21 UTC
Over 100 injured in Barcelona as police takes protestors with rubber bullets and tear gas

Over 100 people were injured on Friday when police forcibly evicted protesters who have been camped out for two weeks in the main square of Barcelona as part of a nationwide mobilization against youth unemployment, austerity, corruption and the country’s political class
Saturday, May 28th 2011 - 07:11 UTC
US Supreme Court confirms controversial Arizona anti-illegal immigrant employment law

The United States Supreme Court gave its blessing this week to one of the strong immigration control laws passed by the state of Arizona, a law that has served as a model for similar measures in other states.
Friday, May 27th 2011 - 22:21 UTC
Brazilian government promises tax breaks in support of industry

Brazil will respond to the requests from industry and unions to reduce taxes to help boost local manufacturing and thus cut into the growing impetus of imports, promised Vice-President Michel Temer during a seminar sponsored by the powerful São Paulo Federation of Industries, FIESP, together with the two main organized labour unions.
Friday, May 27th 2011 - 22:03 UTC
Unasur Defence Council has to protect the region’s vast and strategic resources

The Union of South American Nations, Unasur, has among the objectives of the recently created South American Defence Council protecting the natural resources of the region which include 25% of the world’s drinking water and proven oil reserves estimated in 123 billion barrels of oil.
Friday, May 27th 2011 - 18:37 UTC
Lagarde too committed to the Euro to be nominated IMF chief, says top economist

Finance Minister Christine Lagarde is the wrong choice to head the International Monetary Fund as it gets deeper into the Euro-zone rescue, a former IMF chief economist said this week.
Friday, May 27th 2011 - 09:26 UTC
Defence minister denies Argentina is “obstructing” the Falklands economy

Defence minister Arturo Puricelli denied Thursday that Argentina was obstructing the economy of the Malvinas Islands as claimed by Falklands’ governor Nigel Haywood in his state of the nation speech to the elected Legislative Assembly of the Islands.
Friday, May 27th 2011 - 09:24 UTC
Pimentel anticipates more ‘active measures’ to defend Brazil’s industry

The Brazilian Government announced that it is considering additional import restrictions on top of the ones already applied to vehicles, as a measure to defend their national industry.
Friday, May 27th 2011 - 09:15 UTC
Lamy calls G20 not to fall prey of protectionism; points to Russia and Argentina

World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy warned world leaders that adopting protectionist measures can have “devastating effects” on the global economy. Addressing the G 20 group Lamy called on the leaders to resist “the temptations of protectionism”.