Politics

• Tuesday, November 9th 2010 - 01:10 UTC

  Study reveals Chilean insensitivity to one of the country’s main problems, poverty

  

  A recent study shows Chileans’ low sensitivity to one of the nation’s biggest problems—poverty. Despite that 58.8% of Chileans say they believe poverty to be one of the country’s biggest problems only 15.3% say they feel responsible for the low quality of life of those who have limited resources.

• Tuesday, November 9th 2010 - 00:55 UTC

  Population of Buenos Aires province: 15.2 million according to preliminary census

  

  The province of Buenos Aires has the largest population of Argentina having increased 9.9% in the last nine years and reaching 15.2 million according to the preliminary results form the country’s national census.

• Tuesday, November 9th 2010 - 00:53 UTC

  Narco-violence and political repression threaten Latin American press

  

  Latin American media leaders warned Sunday that press freedoms in the region are under threat from narco-violence in Mexico and political repression in Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador.

• Monday, November 8th 2010 - 23:26 UTC

  Falklands achieves philatelic milestone: completes national stamp collection

  

  The Falklands has achieved a philatelic milestone – the completion of the country’s national stamp collection.

• Monday, November 8th 2010 - 16:29 UTC

  Venezuelan military would “not accept” an elected opposition government

  

  A top Venezuelan military commander said that the National Bolivarian Armed Force is committed to President Hugo Chavez and his Socialist project, therefore if in the coming elections the opposition wins “it will not be accepted because they would sell the country”.

• Monday, November 8th 2010 - 15:25 UTC

  Brazilian exporters ask Rousseff for a US dollar between 2 and 2.2 Real

  

  The Brazilian Confederation of Industry, CNI, is strongly lobbying president-elect Dilma Rousseff who takes office next January first to adopt additional measures to help contain the strong appreciation of the Real vis-à-vis the US dollar.

• Monday, November 8th 2010 - 04:17 UTC

  Argentine president leaves for Korea to address investors and G-20 summit

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner travels Monday to South Korea in order to take part in the Heads of State Group of Twenty (G-20) Summit that will be held Thursday and Friday in Seoul.

• Monday, November 8th 2010 - 04:04 UTC

  Pope tries to rebuild prestige of the Church visiting once “very faithful” Spain

  

  Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday consecrated a world monument to family, the Sagrada Familia church, in Spain but faced a gay kiss-in protest before he attacked abortion and defended male-female marriage.

• Monday, November 8th 2010 - 03:06 UTC

  Rural poverty remains strong in Latin America in spite of agriculture boom

  

  Agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean has had a dynamic development growth during this decade but it has not been sufficient to reduce rural poverty in the region according to a report from FAO and the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Cepal.

• Monday, November 8th 2010 - 02:59 UTC

  Google Maps errors rekindle border conflict between Nicaragua and Costa Rica

  

  Google Maps error is being blamed for Nicaraguan troops accidentally invading Costa Rica last week. The troops have been accused of crossing the hotly disputed Nicaragua border into Costa Rica in Central America and setting up camp for the night after taking down a Costa Rican flag and raising the Nicaraguan flag.