Politics

Tuesday, November 23rd 2010 - 04:28 UTC
Irish PM will call early election after austerity budget is passed

Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen defied mounting pressure to quit and announced Monday he would stay in office until parliament passed an austerity budget needed to secure an IMF/EU bailout and then call an early election.
Tuesday, November 23rd 2010 - 03:22 UTC
Chavez announces 2012 re-election bid and warns on the return of the ‘bourgeois’

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez announced he would again run for office in 2012 underlining that “there’s no turning back” from the current “Bolivarian revolution” process which he has been leading for the last twelve years.
Tuesday, November 23rd 2010 - 03:02 UTC
Brazil’s air transport infrastructure is a “growing disaster”, says IATA

The chief of the International Air Transport Association or IATA sharply criticized the poor condition of Brazil airports, saying that the situation could put the country in a very bad light during the World Cup and the Olympic Games if the government does not improve capacity and renovate aging infrastructure.
Tuesday, November 23rd 2010 - 02:54 UTC
Brazilian president-elect plans to maintain central bank’s “operational autonomy”

Brazil’s President-elect Dilma Rousseff plans to maintain the central bank’s operational autonomy and also will keep the position of central bank president as a Cabinet-level post, according to reliable sources close to the leader.
Monday, November 22nd 2010 - 20:45 UTC
Bolivia rejects US warning and will have dealings with whomever it wishes

Bolivian President Evo Morales delivered a blunt reply on Monday to visiting US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates's warning about dealings with Iran, saying Bolivia will ally with whomever it wants.
Monday, November 22nd 2010 - 19:14 UTC
Trade among Latinamerican countries expected to increase 22% in 2010

Trade among Latinamerican countries is expected to increase 22% during 2010, which is higher than forecasted, according to the UN Economic Commission for Latinamerica and the Caribbean, Cepal. This follows a drop of 0.9% in 2009 when the full impact of the global crisis.
Monday, November 22nd 2010 - 04:11 UTC
EU/Mercosur trade agreement still far away, say Spanish analysts

The European Union Mercosur trade agreement is still far from becoming a reality and the coming Ibero-American summit in Mar del Plata early December is not expected to signal any significant achievement in this field, according to Spanish political analysts who anticipate some advances towards the end of next year.
Monday, November 22nd 2010 - 04:09 UTC
EU and the US pledge to reach a deal on the Doha trade negotiations next year

European Union leaders and President Barack Obama over the weekend made a point of stressing EU/US close ties after a low-key summit in Lisbon ended with a pledge to push for a deal in the Doha trade negotiation next year.
Monday, November 22nd 2010 - 00:12 UTC
Brazilian navy plans a fleet of 20 subs, six nuclear powered

The Brazilian navy is planning to build and incorporate in the next decades a fleet of six nuclear powered and 20 conventional submersibles (15 new and five refurbished), making it the most dissuasive fleet of South America.
Sunday, November 21st 2010 - 21:21 UTC
Brazil commemorates Black Consciousness Day recalling fugitive slaves’ leader

Hundreds of cities, towns and villages throughout Brazil commemorated Saturday Black Consciousness Day with different festivities and cultural activities. Brazil is considered the second Black Country in the world behind Nigeria, with 75.8 million African-Brazilians and is still exposed to the consequences of racial discrimination.