Politics

• Monday, June 13th 2011 - 11:33 UTC

  Ban Ki-moon in Argentina; Falklands/Malvinas question on the table

  

  UN General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon is in Buenos Aires for a two-day official visit and will be meeting President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Monday morning. Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman is expected to bring up the “question of Falklands/Malvinas”.

• Saturday, June 11th 2011 - 11:37 UTC

  Rousseff names new Congress liaison to improve ties with coalition partners

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff made the second key change of the week in her cabinet on Friday, a move aimed at improving strained ties with allies in Congress. Luiz Sergio, the minister responsible for liaising with Congress, resigned from his post,

• Saturday, June 11th 2011 - 11:27 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez presidential bid “is headed towards a predictable scenario”

  

  The candidacy of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner “is headed towards a predictable scenario” assured Buenos Aires province Governor Daniel Scioli in an interview he granted to Ambito Financiero's new TV show, “Ambito de debate”.

• Saturday, June 11th 2011 - 11:16 UTC

  President Mujica claims attempts to weaken him government “so I have to leave”

  

  A controversy over land taxes inside the Uruguayan government exposed claims from President Jose Mujica that “meetings are taking place to debilitate his administration and even possibly remove him”

• Saturday, June 11th 2011 - 11:00 UTC

  Palocci resigns to his post as member of Petrobras Administration Council

  

  Petrobras announced Friday in an official release that President Dilma Rousseff’s administration former chief of staff Antonio Palocci had resigned to his post in the Administration Council of the country’s oil and gas state-controlled corporation.

• Saturday, June 11th 2011 - 10:52 UTC

  Italy recalls ambassador on Brazil’s refusal to extradite four-murder terrorist

  

  Italy recalled its ambassador to Brazil on Friday after Brasilia refused to extradite a former left-wing guerrilla convicted of four murders. The decision by Brazil's Supreme Court earlier this week to uphold a government refusal to extradite Italian Cesare Battisti, allowing him to walk free, has brought relations between the two countries to a low point.

• Saturday, June 11th 2011 - 10:47 UTC

  Hillary Clinton denies pursuing the post of World Bank President

  

  US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she was not in discussions over the top job at the World Bank and that she was not pursing the post. Clinton is in Zambia as part of a five-day Africa trip that is being overshadowed by news that she had expressed interest in moving to head the World Bank.

• Saturday, June 11th 2011 - 10:09 UTC

  Colombia signs landmark “Victims Law” to redress victims of internal conflict

  

  Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos signed into law Friday a landmark “Victims' Law” aimed at redressing the estimated 4 million victims of the country's long-running internal running conflict.

• Saturday, June 11th 2011 - 10:06 UTC

  Countries succumbing to protectionism, says an advance of WTO document

  

  The world's trading nations are succumbing to protectionism in the wake of the global financial crisis, limiting exports of food and raw materials and installing new import barriers, the WTO warned.

• Saturday, June 11th 2011 - 09:48 UTC

  EU challenges and opportunities with Mercosur and Latin America

  

  By Antonio Tajani - The challenges and opportunities in Latin America are dear to my heart. This is the first time in many years that a European Commissioner for industry heads to the region. And it is not by chance that I strongly wished to go, as this was a priority set in my new mandate.