Politics

Friday, October 2nd 2009 - 13:22 UTC
Image of Argentina’s patron Saint ready for final resting in Falklands

An image of Argentina’s patron saint, Our Lady of Lujan, which during the last five years was taken in peregrination all over the country, will be blessed this coming weekend at her sanctuary in Buenos Aires before been flown to be enshrined at the Darwin Argentine cemetery in the Falkland Islands, according to reports in the Argentine media.
Friday, October 2nd 2009 - 09:30 UTC
Support ebbs away for Argentina's President Kirchner and her husband

The following was published by London’s The Guardian and gives a good idea of how the foreign press consider events in Argentina.
By Rory Carroll and Olive Balch
Friday, October 2nd 2009 - 09:26 UTC
Brazilian Senate suspends vote on Venezuela’s Mercosur incorporation

The Brazilian Senate Foreign Relations committee suspended on Thursday for thirty days the consideration of Venezuela’s Mercosur incorporation protocol, following on rapporteur Senator Tasso Jereissati veto recommendation because of the “authoritarian” character of President Hugo Chavez regime.
Friday, October 2nd 2009 - 09:23 UTC
Former Argentine president Menem indicted for alleged “terrorist cover up”

An Argentine judge has indicted former President Carlos Menem, several of his aides and an ex judge Juan Jose Galeano for allegedly trying to cover up evidence related to a deadly 1994 terrorist bombing in Buenos Aires against a Jewish organization.
Friday, October 2nd 2009 - 09:21 UTC
Gay penguins and Harry Potter’s witchcraft in US banned books list

Authors, artists and musicians are due to gather at a library in San Francisco to protest against the banning of books in schools and libraries in the United States. The event, part of the 27th annual Banned Books Week, has been organised by the American Library Association.
Friday, October 2nd 2009 - 09:13 UTC
EU emergency meeting to deal with dairy farming crisis and export subsidies

Less than two weeks after the start of a European dairy farmers’ strike, Sweden’s agriculture minister said that he would meet with other European agriculture ministers in Luxembourg on 5 October to discuss the ongoing milk crisis.
Friday, October 2nd 2009 - 05:36 UTC
EU underlines significance of global partnership with Latinamerica

The European Union wants closer links with Latinamerica and the Caribbean and will attempt in the near future to conclude the several pending agreements with different countries from the region, announced in Brussels Benita Ferrero-Waldner Commissioner responsible for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy.
Thursday, October 1st 2009 - 16:04 UTC
Uruguay’s fumbling presidential election makes the undecided soar

With just over three weeks to a crucial presidential election, Uruguayan political parties have been shocked by the latest public opinion polls: contrary to statistics both leading candidates have lost support while the undecided have doubled.
Thursday, October 1st 2009 - 16:01 UTC
US government relaxes control over internet

The US government has relaxed its control over how the internet is run. It has signed a four-page “affirmation of commitments” with the net regulator Icann, giving the body autonomy for the first time.
Thursday, October 1st 2009 - 15:58 UTC
UK leading banks accept international-agreed curbs on bonuses

Britain's five biggest banks have signed up to new internationally-agreed curbs on bonuses, it has been announced. Chancellor Alistair Darling welcomed the decision by the banks to accept the principles agreed last week at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh.