Politics

Saturday, April 16th 2011 - 00:41 UTC
Eichmann’s escape helped by German intelligence and Roman Catholic Church

The notorious Holocaust planner Adolf Eichmann was helped out of Germany by members of the German intelligence service and the Roman Catholic Church, according to a series of articles by Spiegel based on secret documents.
Saturday, April 16th 2011 - 00:34 UTC
Children thefts in Argentina: German investigative journalist barred from the US

German radio correspondent based in Buenos Aires Gabriela Weber, who is investigating the alleged theft of children by a US diplomat during the Argentine military dictatorship (1976-1983) apparently has been permanently denied her request for an entrance visa.
Friday, April 15th 2011 - 19:59 UTC
Falklands’ deports Spanish seamen serving imprisonment sentences

Two Spanish seamen serving imprisonment sentences for drugs related crimes in the Falkland Islands have been deported and since last Sunday are back in Spain, reports the Islands Police Headquarters.
Friday, April 15th 2011 - 18:31 UTC
Brazil admits most airports won’t be ready for the 2014 World Cup

A Brazilian government report indicates that it will be extremely difficult to get most Brazilian airports ready in time for the 2014 World Cup.
Renovation work in 10 of the 13 airports which will be used during the month-long tournament will not be completed in time unless there are changes in the investment plans made by Brazil's airport authority, Brazil's Economic Research Institute said in its study.
Friday, April 15th 2011 - 05:44 UTC
‘The challenge is a better distribution of wealth’, said Insulza on Pan American Day

The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) commemorated on Thursday April 14 Pan American Day and the anniversary of the signing of the Charter of the OAS, adopted in Bogota, Colombia, on April 30, 1948.
Friday, April 15th 2011 - 03:12 UTC
Falkland Islands represented at Royal Wedding

A Falkland Islander will be joining the ranks of the privileged few at the Royal Wedding of the Prince William and Catherine Middleton in Westminster Abbey on April 29.
Friday, April 15th 2011 - 02:13 UTC
Mujica promises to control the curse of inflation, but ‘there are no magic solutions’

President Jose Mujica promised there will be no ‘uncontrolled inflation in Uruguay’ and although admitting it’s not a simple problem, with no magic solution, there are “sufficient tools’ to address the issue including putting “government spending on a diet”.
Friday, April 15th 2011 - 00:12 UTC
“Other blocks demand too much from Mercosur and offer too little”

Several Mercosur negotiations with other blocks have failed because “they ask too much and offer too little” said Samuel Pinheiro recently appointed Mercosur High Representative and who is holding a round of meetings with member countries’ leaders.
Friday, April 15th 2011 - 00:01 UTC
‘Argentina’s protectionism’ the great obstacle for EU/Mercosur trade talks

European Union’s top trade negotiator, Karel de Gucht, accused Argentina of being “the great obstacle” in an association agreement between the EU and Mercosur, and threatened to take the case before the WTO.
Thursday, April 14th 2011 - 23:50 UTC
Mercosur outperformed in 2008/09 recession and during 2010 recovery

Latin America and the Caribbean have weathered the 2008-2009 recession much better than it had previous downturns. However less well-known is that the region, particularly Mercosur members, also decisively outperformed many other regions during the same period with a decline in growth smaller than that of the middle-income country average and with a rebound that was swifter and stronger.