Politics

Friday, May 13th 2011 - 04:55 UTC
Arctic Council reach first binding agreement for search and rescue responsibilities

The eight nation Arctic Council agreed steps on Thursday to make the region safer and promised to study ways to prevent oil spills as fast-melting ice and snow open access to rich mineral and petroleum resources.
Friday, May 13th 2011 - 04:49 UTC
Brazil warns Argentina about restrictions to bilateral trade

Brazil’s Commerce and Industry minister Fernando Pimentel called on the Argentine government to de-activate restrictions on Brazilian exports and revealed he had addressed a letter to his Argentine peer Debora Giorgi exposing restrictions on bilateral trade and demanding a reply this coming week end.
Friday, May 13th 2011 - 01:01 UTC
US trade deals with Colombia, Panama and Korea could be approved ‘by August’

The United States free trade deals with Colombia, Panama and South Korea will pass through Congress by August if Republicans renew funding for the retraining of displaced workers, the chief U.S. trade official said Thursday.
Friday, May 13th 2011 - 00:54 UTC
US farmers lobby strongly for FTA, which could generate 22.500 jobs

The inability of the United States Congress and the administration to move three stalled free trade agreements is hurting US economic growth, testified American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman before the House Agriculture Committee.
Thursday, May 12th 2011 - 22:18 UTC
Mercosur institutionalization and image lifting, High Commissioner targets

Institutionalization of Mercosur and changing its public opinion image are the main issues Brazil’s Samuel Pinheiro Guimaraes plans to address, at his new post of Mercosur High Representative-General since February.
Thursday, May 12th 2011 - 20:22 UTC
Killing of bank guard unveils Uruguay’s dilemma with expanding insecurity

Activities in Uruguay’s private bank branches were partially altered Thursday following the killing earlier in the week of a security guard during a robbery attempt. This was the seventh bank robbery since the beginning of the year and triggered a controversy between the banks and the Ministry of Interior.
Thursday, May 12th 2011 - 20:05 UTC
Italy’s Draghi receives support from Angela Merkel as next ECB president

German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed support for Italy’s Mario Draghi as the next president of the European Central Bank, removing the final obstacle to his appointment to Europe’s top monetary post.
Thursday, May 12th 2011 - 18:32 UTC
Brazilian president promises land reform and distribution for family settlers

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff claimed that land reform was needed to eradicate poverty, avoid overcrowding in urban areas and as a matter of justice for the long delayed distribution of land.“
Thursday, May 12th 2011 - 16:41 UTC
Mercosur largest economies ‘inconveniences’ delaying trade accord with EU

The existence of ‘inconveniences’ with Mercosur largest economies is delaying reaching a trade agreement with the European Union, according to Germany’s Ambassador before the government of Paraguay, Claude Robert Ellner.
Thursday, May 12th 2011 - 15:56 UTC
Falklands’ pilgrimage of HMS Fearless veterans to honor fallen comrades

Ten veterans of HMS Fearless, deployed as part of Operation Corporate during the 1982 Falklands conflict, were reunited on a pilgrimage to the Falklands this week.