Politics

• Tuesday, June 14th 2011 - 15:12 UTC

  One in six Argentine children aged 5-17 forced to work to help their families

  

  An estimated 17.6% of Argentine children between the age of 5 and 17 living in urban areas are forced to work, according to a report from the Argentine Catholic University, UCA, released last week.

• Tuesday, June 14th 2011 - 14:04 UTC

  Nepal designated landmine free country; UK main contributor to the milestone

  

  The UK Government congratulated Nepal for the successful clearance of its last remaining minefields and its designation as a landmine free country. On the culmination of the task, the Foreign Office called on the Nepalese government to join the Ottawa Convention

• Tuesday, June 14th 2011 - 02:48 UTC

  Peru’s Humala interested in joining “political” mechanisms of Mercosur

  

  Peru is interested in regional integration, security, education, combating narcotics but full membership of Mercosur is “distant” said president elect Ollanta Humala during a one day visit to Uruguay, before leaving late Monday for Argentina.

• Tuesday, June 14th 2011 - 02:46 UTC

  Venezuelan president recovering in Cuba says he is in “full capacities”

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Monday he had his “full faculties” after an operation in Cuba and was still managing government affairs despite being ordered to rest for several days more.

• Monday, June 13th 2011 - 22:02 UTC

  Ban Ki-moon celebrates birthday on an Argentine coach and with ‘alfajores’

  

  On the day of his 67th birthday, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and his delegation arrived in Buenos Aires by coach after having landed in the northern city of Cordoba.

• Monday, June 13th 2011 - 21:56 UTC

  Argentina asks more support from Ban Ki–moon for Malvinas sovereignty claim

  

  President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, CFK, renewed the Argentine claim of sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands before UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, who’s visiting the country on his birthday.

• Monday, June 13th 2011 - 16:25 UTC

  Unasur, looking at the EU, freezes project for common currency and central bank

  

  The Union of South American Nations, UNASUR has frozen the project for a common currency and Central Bank following on conclusions from the European Union experience (and crisis), said the Argentine representative before the organization.

• Monday, June 13th 2011 - 13:54 UTC

  Brazilian president support up two points following cabinet reshuffle

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff public opinion support climbed two points following last week’s cabinet reshuffle and a majority of Brazilians also believes that former president Lula da Silva continues to intervene in government affairs and this participation is ‘correct’.

• Monday, June 13th 2011 - 12:30 UTC

  Chilean Navy purchase of Dutch frigates under scrutiny

  

  Weapons dealer Guillermo Ibieta will face questioning this week about a possible link between his company and four second-hand frigates purchased from the Netherlands for the Chilean Navy in 2005, according to Chilean daily La Tercera.

• Monday, June 13th 2011 - 12:10 UTC

  US main interest is a “stable Argentina”, warns Falklands Task Force head

  

  The head of the Royal Navy Task Force that recovered the Falkland Islands during the 1982 South Atlantic conflict has warned about UK defense cuts and underlined that United States has little interest in supporting Britain in any conflict since a stable Argentina is more important to the State Department.