Politics

Monday, August 29th 2011 - 03:35 UTC
Piñera pledges to clarify events surrounding killing of teenager during mass protests

Chilean President Sebastian Piñera pledged Sunday to get to the bottom of the killing of a teen during a mass protest as student leaders agreed to meet with the president on their grievances.
Monday, August 29th 2011 - 03:27 UTC
Five Falklands’ athletes to compete at Commonwealth Youth Games

The Falkland Islands will be represented with five athletes and four officials in the 4th Commonwealth Youth Games begin to be held in the Isle of Man September 8th to 12th 2011. The delegation will be headed by Falkland Islands Overseas Games Association, (FIOGA) chair Mike Summers.
Monday, August 29th 2011 - 02:51 UTC
Third round of chemotherapy for Chavez, but this time in Venezuela

President Hugo Chavez will undergo a third round of chemotherapy for cancer at home in Venezuela beginning Monday, he said, instead of travelling to Cuba where he had two previous rounds of treatment.
Saturday, August 27th 2011 - 07:31 UTC
Argentine president campaigns in farm heartland not so long ago ‘enemy territory’

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner made on Friday a deep incursion into the province of Buenos Aires farmland where she headed the inauguration of a railway line which will reactivate the train service connecting twenty towns in the area.
Saturday, August 27th 2011 - 07:28 UTC
Piñera yields and calls on students and teachers to a round of negotiations

After three months of mass protests that provoked a sharp drop in his popularity, Chilean President Sebastian Piñera agreed Friday to negotiate with students and teachers demanding more state funding for education and profound changes in government.
Saturday, August 27th 2011 - 07:25 UTC
Ex IMF chief is given back passport and can travel a free man

Dominique Strauss-Kahn was given back his passport on Thursday, his legal team said, clearing the way for the former IMF head to travel abroad for the first time since his arrest three months ago on sex crime charges.
Saturday, August 27th 2011 - 07:21 UTC
Mexico demands crackdown on drugs in the US following casino carnage

Mexican President Felipe Calderon declared three days of mourning Friday and demanded a crackdown on drugs in the United States after armed men torched a casino in northern Mexico, killing at least 65 people.
Saturday, August 27th 2011 - 07:12 UTC
Further turbulence for embattled President Rousseff: this time two blondes

Two further headaches for embattled Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff who in eight months of government has seen four ministers and two deputy ministers step down under serious suspicions of corruption.
Saturday, August 27th 2011 - 06:25 UTC
Police capture the brains behind Brazil’s largest ever bank robbery: 72m dollars

Brazilian authorities announced this week the capture of one of the brains of what is considered the country’s biggest ever bank robbery.
Friday, August 26th 2011 - 15:56 UTC
Bernanke defers announcement; sends US Congress strong message on fiscal deficit

The chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, has signalled that the US central bank will not take any immediate action to boost growth. In a keenly anticipated speech, Mr Bernanke simply said the Fed had a “range of tools that could be used to provide additional monetary stimulus”.