Politics

Tuesday, October 4th 2011 - 19:52 UTC
Federal Reserve tries to calm markets; promises further action to prop the economy

The Federal Reserve is prepared to take further steps to help a fragile economic recovery held back by a weak job market and financial stresses in Europe, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Tuesday.
Tuesday, October 4th 2011 - 06:59 UTC
Latin America has diminished poverty indexes but deep inequality gaps remain

Latin America has experienced significant advances in the reduction of poverty but has barely improved the deep social inequalities that limit its development according to Heraldo Muñoz, head of the regional UN Program for Development.
Tuesday, October 4th 2011 - 06:53 UTC
UK relation with OTs (including Falklands) is based on ‘the choices of the peoples’

The United Kingdom relationship with the Overseas Territories “is based on the choices of the peoples” said Monday British representative Philip Parham before the UN Fourth Committee on Decolonization in response to several statements from Latin American delegates regarding the Falkland Islands and sovereignty discussions with Argentina.
Tuesday, October 4th 2011 - 06:49 UTC
Clarin says it’s time for Argentina to disclose Malvinas war documents

Buenos Aires daily Clarin in an editorial asks for the Argentine government to release and disclose documents to public scrutiny, referred to the Argentine landing in the Falklands/Malvinas conflict in 1982 since next 2 April 2012, thirty years would have elapsed.
Tuesday, October 4th 2011 - 06:45 UTC
EU farm losses from trade deal with Mercosur ‘would range 1 to 3 billion Euros’

European Union farmers could suffer losses ranking from one to three billion Euros if a trade agreement is finally agreed with Mercosur according to a European Commission evaluation paper on the impact.
Tuesday, October 4th 2011 - 06:42 UTC
A CFK landslide, as polls show, could ensure majorities in both Congress houses

It’s a fact that the next Argentine government will see a significant gain in legislative benches in the coming October 23 election while the opposition is appealing to voters support to ensure a balanced congress since everybody admits Cristina Fernandez will be re-elected by a landslide.
Monday, October 3rd 2011 - 21:43 UTC
Overly restrictive fiscal measures unlikely to solve EU crisis, warns Rousseff

Overly restrictive fiscal measures are unlikely to solve the European Union's debt crisis, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said on Monday in Brussels in the sidelines of the V strategic meeting between the European Union and Brazil.
Monday, October 3rd 2011 - 21:33 UTC
S&P tells UK to stick to plans to cut budget deficit if not credit ratings could be reviewed

Britain's prized triple-A sovereign debt rating could come under pressure if the government strays from its path of public deficit cuts in the face of weaker growth, credit agency Standard & Poor's said on Monday.
Monday, October 3rd 2011 - 21:13 UTC
“Chavez preaches Socialism but spends like a rich capitalist”, Venezuela Transparency

One morning October last year two agents from the Venezuelan presidency cabinet left on a special mission from the Miraflores Palace (seat of the Executive). They headed a few blocks away to the Central Bank to pick up five million dollars cash, expenses-money for the coming international tour of President Chavez to Moscow, Kiev, Teheran, Damascus and Tripoli.
Monday, October 3rd 2011 - 07:33 UTC
Thousands demonstrate at the Conservatives’ conference in Manchester

An estimated 35,000 people have turned out in Manchester to demonstrate at the governing Conservative Party's annual conference, which opened on Sunday. The march was organised by the Trades Union Congress, which billed it as a rally for “the alternative - jobs, growth, and justice”.