Politics

• Monday, August 8th 2011 - 04:37 UTC

  Brazilean President Rousseff looses another top official to corruption

  

  The Brazilian congressional opposition promised to block legislative work in both Houses until the government accepts the creation of a Special Investigation Commission, CPI, to look into alleged corruption practices in several ministries from the administration of President Dilma Rousseff.

• Monday, August 8th 2011 - 04:03 UTC

  Sarkozy thanks CFK for the investigation of the murder of two French tourists

  

  French President Nicolas Sarkozy called President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, CFK, on Sunday in order to “personally thank her for the outstanding job” carried out by local authorities in the investigation of the murder of two French tourists in Salta.

• Monday, August 8th 2011 - 03:48 UTC

  For Argentina Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty legitimacy conditions any other negotiation

  

  Argentina is not going to make things easy for Britain in the Falkland Islands and the first discussion, before any other issues are addressed, must be the legitimacy of the Malvinas Islands sovereignty, said Argentine Defence Minister Arturo Puricelli in a Sunday interview by Carolina Barrios published in the Buenos Aires Herald.

• Saturday, August 6th 2011 - 08:41 UTC

  Canadian PM will visit Brazil, Colombia and Central America

  

  Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will visit Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica and Honduras from August 8 to 12 to promote trade and investments, reinforce democratic governance and advance common security, according to a release from the PM’s office.

• Saturday, August 6th 2011 - 08:21 UTC

  Unasur ready for potential balance of payments deficit caused by the North’s crisis

  

  The Union of South American nations (Unasur), meeting in Peru Friday the region is well-positioned to withstand a sharper global downturn but want to insulate their economies further from a crisis of confidence they blame on Europe and the United States.

• Saturday, August 6th 2011 - 08:15 UTC

  US voters furious: disapproval of Congress rises to an all-time high of 82%

  

  Disapproval of the United States Congress rose to an all-time high after weeks of rancorous partisan battles over raising the US debt ceiling took the country to the brink of default, according a New York Times/CBS News public opinion poll published on Friday.

• Friday, August 5th 2011 - 19:55 UTC

  Lula da Silva comes out in strong support Celso Amorim as defence minister

  

  Brazilian former president Lula da Silva came out in full support of the latest cabinet reshuffle by President Dilma Rousseff who sacked the Minister of Defence Nelson Jobim following some derogatory remarks about the cabinet chief and the head of institutional relations (mainly with Congress).

• Friday, August 5th 2011 - 19:17 UTC

  Falklands/Malvinas conflict: To honour the dead, not use them

  

  Argentine Veterans of the 1982 conflict want the bodies of the 123 “unknowns” at Darwin cemetery to be identified.

• Friday, August 5th 2011 - 18:50 UTC

  Argentina blasts US and EU: only way out of crisis is expanding public spending

  

  Argentina's Deputy Economy Minister Roberto Feletti criticized the fiscal austerity measures being implemented in Europe and the US, saying those policies will only hurt the global economy.

• Friday, August 5th 2011 - 18:35 UTC

  France opens court investigation into killing of two students in Argentina

  

  A court investigation over the “kidnapping, rape and murders,” of the two French women killed in Salta, northern Argentina was opened Friday in Paris, French court sources informed.