Politics

• Wednesday, November 10th 2010 - 04:47 UTC

  “Newly valuable” Falklands open to attack by axing Ark Royal and the Harriers

  

  A group of former Royal Navy admirals have called for the decision to scrap the aircraft carrier Ark Royal and the fleet of Harrier jets to be reversed. The cuts were announced as part of the government's Strategic Defence Review.

• Wednesday, November 10th 2010 - 04:30 UTC

  Argentine gay community campaigning for a “gender identity” law

  

  Under the motto “let’s go for more” Argentina’s gay and lesbian community is campaigning for a “gender identity” law to enable individuals to change their gender on birth certificates and identity cards.

• Wednesday, November 10th 2010 - 02:38 UTC

  Falklands should not interfere with UK’s Latin America renewed approach

  

  The Falkland Islands dispute must not get in the way of Britain boosting its relations with Latin America, Foreign Secretary William Hague said Tuesday. London has neglected its ties with the region for too long and Britain must re-launch its relations with Latin America as its importance on the global stage grows, Hague said.

• Wednesday, November 10th 2010 - 01:15 UTC

  China and US exchange accusations ahead of the G20 summit in Korea

  

  China kept up criticism of US easy-money policies, warning two days before a G20 world economic summit that Washington could destabilize the global economy and inflate asset bubbles.

• Tuesday, November 9th 2010 - 18:36 UTC

  Uruguay’s leading banker calls for prudence, austerity and less triumphalism

  

  In spite of Uruguay’s good macroeconomic performance there are weak points and a productivity shock, fiscal austerity plus regional coordination to address external surprises should be considered, said Enrique Iglesias, economist, former banker and currently Ibero-America Secretary General.

• Tuesday, November 9th 2010 - 17:21 UTC

  Argentine military Junta leader and “dirty war” brains dies in hospital

  

  Argentine coup leader Emilio Eduardo Massera, 85, died Monday after suffering for years from a heart condition and dementia that left him too ill to be tried for crimes against humanity.

• Tuesday, November 9th 2010 - 04:27 UTC

  In the most unequal region, Uruguay has highest human development index

  

  Uruguay ranks third, behind Argentina and Chile, as the Latin American countries with the highest Human Development Index (HDI), according to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) 2010 Report, which shows that, despite the significant progress many countries have made, the region continues to register the greatest inequality rates in the world.

• Tuesday, November 9th 2010 - 04:17 UTC

  Diverging growth rates in rich countries according to OECD report

  

  Growth rates in the world's developed economies are set to diverge, the OECD said, with the recovery losing steam in France, Brazil, Canada, China, Italy and Britain, but picking up pace in Germany, Japan and the United States.

• Tuesday, November 9th 2010 - 04:10 UTC

  Getting around sovereignty

  

  By Roberto Cox (*) - Few people in Argentina, or Britain for that matter, are aware that in the years leading up to the war that was fought over the possession of the Islands that Argentina calls the Malvinas and Britain the Falklands, the British government was trying to integrate them with the mainland. Out of deference to the islanders — the Kelpers as they are called — I will not be so bold as to write that Britain was intent on giving the islands and their inhabitants to Argentina, but that was the general idea.

• Tuesday, November 9th 2010 - 02:16 UTC

  Brazil’s population is 186 million; 9.5% increase over the previous census in 2000

  

  Brazil, the country with most territory in Latin America also has the largest population, almost 186 million according to preliminary figures from the latest census, released by the Brazilian Geography and Statistics Institute, IBGE.