Politics

• Tuesday, August 16th 2011 - 06:16 UTC

  Ambassador in Brazil Shannon back to Washington to help undermanned State Department

  

  US Ambassador to Brazil Thomas Shannon is returning to Washington to serve as acting Undersecretary of state for political affairs while the State Department awaits the confirmation of President Barack Obama’s nominee for the post, Wendy Sherman.

• Tuesday, August 16th 2011 - 06:12 UTC

  Santiago mayor suggests military may be necessary to contain Chilean students’ violence

  

  Over the weekend, Santiago Mayor Conservative Pablo Zalaquett made it clear that if the violence and destruction associated with student protests continues to escalate, intervention of Chile’s Armed Forces may be necessary.

• Tuesday, August 16th 2011 - 06:09 UTC

  July official inflation in Argentina 0.8%; private estimates, 1.62%

  

  Argentina's official inflation was up to 0.8% in July, the government reported on Monday, but private analysts said the real rate was about double that.

• Tuesday, August 16th 2011 - 06:02 UTC

  DNA samples close to solving case of murdered French tourists in Argentina

  

  Forensic studies conducted on the DNA samples found on the bodies of the two murdered French tourists in the Argentine northern province of Salta matched the samples extracted from one of the suspects in the double murder case.

• Monday, August 15th 2011 - 23:43 UTC

  Soros backs creation of Euro bonds to solve Euro debt crisis; Germany rejects idea

  

  George Soros has backed “Eurobonds” - joint debts of the 17 Euro zone members - to solve the Euro zone debt crisis. Speaking to the BBC, the billionaire investor said if European leaders fail to keep the Euro together, there would be a “really serious global calamity”.

• Monday, August 15th 2011 - 23:15 UTC

  Renewed UK interest in South America in spite of Argentina’s Falklands’ policy

  

  The UK is showing a renewed interest in South America and has been successful in establishing cooperation with individual countries in spite of Argentina’s attempts to gather multilateral support for its claim on the Falkland Islands, according to World Politics Review.

• Monday, August 15th 2011 - 21:52 UTC

  CFK victory in all districts including Buenos Aires City and farming provinces

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was by far the undisputed winner of Sunday’s first-ever simultaneous national primary elections after she was the most voted presidential candidate in all provinces except for San Luis, where the votes went to Alberto Rodríguez Saá.

• Monday, August 15th 2011 - 04:55 UTC

  Landslide victory for CFK with more votes than her main rivals together

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, CFK, won a landslide support Sunday at the unified simultaneous national primaries having collected more votes than the rest of the presidential candidates for next October 23.

• Monday, August 15th 2011 - 04:35 UTC

  Unasur creates three task groups to protect the region from ‘industrialized north crises’

  

  The Union of South American Nations must act quickly to protect the region's growing economies from another global financial crisis, Economy ministers and Central bankers from the 12-nation organization agreed at an emergency meeting convened Friday in Buenos Aires.

• Monday, August 15th 2011 - 04:20 UTC

  Brazilian Judge famous for hard-line against police death squads killed at her house

  

  Brazilian police form the state of Rio de Janeiro are combing a suburb for clues in the murder of a high-profile criminal judge, ambushed and fatally shot at her doorstep by hooded gunmen, TV Record reported Sunday.