Politics

• Wednesday, December 29th 2010 - 20:25 UTC

  Britain should leave the United Nations Security Council suggests Argentine Ambassador

  

  In his response to the British Prime Minister’s Christmas address to the Falkland Islanders, Argentina’s Ambassador at the United Nations, Jorge Arguello, makes the strong suggestion that Britain should lose its place on the UN’s Security Council.

• Wednesday, December 29th 2010 - 07:09 UTC

  Brazil: Lula disappointed with Obama's LatAm policy

  

  Relations between the United States and Latin America have not changed in any meaningful way under President Barack Obama, Brazilian head of state Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said.

• Tuesday, December 28th 2010 - 11:59 UTC

  Argentina rejects Cameron’s refusal to negotiate over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands

  

  The Argentine Government yesterday rejected recent declarations of the British Prime Minister David Cameron who said that he would not negotiate over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands despite insistent claims from the South American country.

• Tuesday, December 28th 2010 - 08:13 UTC

  Beatles first Latin American museum opens next January 3 in Buenos Aires

  

  Latin America’s first museum dedicated to The Beatles opens in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires on January 3 and will display the “treasures” of the greatest collector of objects paraphernalia from the Liverpool quartet.

• Tuesday, December 28th 2010 - 08:11 UTC

  Chilean society rapidly changing: Almost half of households now have one child

  

  Chileans are increasingly choosing to have just one child, a tendency that reflects changes in Chilean society and the fall in the fertility rate, local media reported recently.

• Monday, December 27th 2010 - 09:07 UTC

  Drought stricken-Uruguay praises Argentina’s “formidable gesture”

  

  President Jose Mujica described as a “formidable gesture” the Argentine government’s decision to facilitate the export of grains and fodder to Uruguay which in under an “agriculture emergency” because of a severe drought that threatens much of the cattle to the north of the country.

• Monday, December 27th 2010 - 08:20 UTC

  Chilean Senate drafts bill to combat illegal fishing in Antarctic convergence area

  

  The Chilean Senate Committee on Fisheries approved the project that modifies the Fisheries Law and severe establishes penalties for illegal catches in the Antarctic convergence area. The next step is a vote on the floor that seems secured given the committee’s outcome.

• Monday, December 27th 2010 - 08:02 UTC

  China raises interest rate determined to contain inflation, credit and property prices

  

  China’s central bank raised interest rates for the second time in less than three months as authorities ramp up efforts to curb borrowing, rein in property prices and tame inflation.

• Monday, December 27th 2010 - 07:55 UTC

  South Africa invited to join the BRIC group of emerging markets

  

  South Africa has been formally asked to join the BRIC group of major emerging markets, comprising Brazil, Russia, India and China, according to a statement on the web from China’s Foreign Affairs minister Yang Jiechi.

• Monday, December 27th 2010 - 07:51 UTC

  Ecuador, the latest Latinamerican country to recognize a free sovereign Palestine

  

  The Ecuadorean government is the latest in Latin American to recognize Palestine as a sovereign state. The Foreign Ministry said in a statement that President Rafael Correa officially recognized Palestine on Friday as “free and independent, with its borders since 1967” before the Israeli occupation.