Politics

Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 06:55 UTC
Amazon Indians reach La Paz rattling Morales grip over government

Hundreds of members from indigenous tribes opposing a jungle highway financed by Brazil and that they say will spoil their lands in Bolivia's Amazon drew cheers Wednesday when they paraded into the capital La Paz after a 63-day protest march.
Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 06:51 UTC
Cuba to lease larger plots to private farmers hoping to increase food production

Cuba will greatly expand the amount of land granted to private farmers, an agriculture official said on Wednesday, as the country struggles to boost food production.
Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 04:21 UTC
‘The role of the State’ to be discusses in the Ibero-American summit

“State reform and development” will be driving force of the coming Ibero-American summit to take place next week, October 28/29 in Paraguay and already has the attendance confirmation of eighteen presidents, according to the organizers.
Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 04:13 UTC
Mexican group organizing round of conferences on the Falklands/Malvinas war

The Solidarity with Malvinas Islands Group in Mexico is organizing a round of conferences next April/June in coincidence with the 30th anniversary of the Falklands/Malvinas war to which will be invited academics both from Argentina and the UK.
Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 04:07 UTC
UK Parliament praises Brazil, but regrets its ‘hardening’ policy towards Falklands

Britain’s House of Commons strongly supports a closer bilateral relationship with Brazil, which it describes as a democratic, well governed, responsible state but regrets the hardening position of Brazil towards the Falklands and the HMS Clyde incident.
Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 03:59 UTC
“UK uncompromisingly committed to the security and sovereignty of Gibraltar “

UK Europe Minister David Lidington declared that Prime Minister David Cameron “is a firm and loyal friend of Gibraltar and of its people” and the present British Government is “firmly and uncompromisingly committed to the security and the sovereignty of Gibraltar including British Gibraltar Territorial Waters”.
Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 00:10 UTC
Argentina, Brazil and Mexico attempt to harmonize positions ahead of G20

Argentina, Brazil and Mexico meeting in Uruguay ahead of the G-20 summit in France next November, agreed to demand a greater role for the region in global affairs and in helping to resolve the global economic crisis.
Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 00:03 UTC
European leader shocked by Argentine arrogance and satisfaction over EU crisis

Spain’s former president Felipe Gonzalez said that Latin American countries which in the eighties suffered financial problems because of the debt crisis are now looking on the European economic situation with “some joy”.
Wednesday, October 19th 2011 - 23:17 UTC
Piñera looses support from business sector in the conflict over education reform

Following on the examples of their German, French and some US peers, Chilean business leaders have asked for an increase in taxes they pay to help finance social demands in spite of the strong opposition of President Sebastián Piñera administration.
Wednesday, October 19th 2011 - 21:16 UTC
BlackBerry outage sees traffic accidents plummet in Abu Dhabi and Dubai

Police in Abu Dhabi and Dubai said the number of reported traffic accidents plunged during the recent three-day BlackBerry outage. In Dubai, traffic accidents fell 20% from average rates on the days BlackBerry users were unable to use its messaging service. In Abu Dhabi the drop was steeper, 40% and there were no fatal accidents.