Politics

Wednesday, September 29th 2010 - 04:38 UTC
Argentina chairs G-77; CFK demands effective multilateralism

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner led on Tuesday in New York the 34th G-77 annual meeting to celebrate Argentina's appointment as the group's chairmanship.
Wednesday, September 29th 2010 - 01:48 UTC
Rousseff forecasted to increase integration with Mercosur and BRIC

Brazilian and Argentine international relations experts anticipate that if as all opinion polls indicate Dilma Rousseff will be elected next Sunday as the first woman president in the history of Brazil, the country’s foreign policy will continue the model implemented by President Lula da Silva.
Wednesday, September 29th 2010 - 00:20 UTC
A woman mayor for Lima, where a third of Peruvians live

Regional and municipal elections in Peru this coming Sunday are expected to result in the first female mayor of Lima since the military dictatorship of the 1960s, as two women compete for the office in the final days of the campaign.
Wednesday, September 29th 2010 - 00:15 UTC
Argentine blockade expected to boost Falklands fishing industry local activities

A Spanish flagged trawler that operates in Falkland Islands waters and was heading to Montevideo to unload 700 tons of fish was denied “innocent pass” through Argentine waters and had to steam an additional 17 hours at a cost of 7,000 litres of fuel before it finally unloaded its cargo in the Uruguayan port.
Tuesday, September 28th 2010 - 21:45 UTC
Chinese jiggers allowed into Argentine ports as of next December

As of next December Chinese flagged jigger vessels can enter Argentine ports, make use of services, unload shipments, carry out repairs and stock up on supplies. The Federal Fisheries Council, CFP will be responsible for determining which port terminals will be entitled to cater Chinese jiggers.
Tuesday, September 28th 2010 - 21:11 UTC
FARC names new military chief; US has a 2.5 million reward on his head

Colombia's narco-terrorist guerrilla group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has named a successor to one of its top military commanders who was killed in a military air strike five days ago.
Tuesday, September 28th 2010 - 21:08 UTC
Sunday’s results change Chavez prospects for the 2012 presidential election

President Hugo Chavez Venezuelan United Socialist Party, PSUV finally obtained 98 seats in last Sunday’s legislative election while the opposition managed 65, according to the primary proclamations based on official data from the country’s different regions.
Tuesday, September 28th 2010 - 20:55 UTC
Fidel: great victory for Chavez; the ‘empire’ is after Venezuela’s oil

The leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro described last Sunday’s legislative elections in Venezuela as a clear victory for the Bolivarian Revolution and its leader, Hugo Chavez.
Tuesday, September 28th 2010 - 05:54 UTC
Mujica rejects nationalization, preaches orthodox economics and praises the media

Uruguayan president Jose Mujica said that taking over companies by the state “is a solution that has been abandoned” and is the “perfect recipe to breed an oppressive bureaucracy”.
Tuesday, September 28th 2010 - 05:07 UTC
Unasur chairman Kirchner condemns FARC and its ‘pre-Cold War’ attitude

UNASUR (Union of South American nations) Secretary General Nestor Kirchner currently in New York with the Argentine delegation for the United Nations General Assembly, said that the Colombian guerrilla FARC “are so back in time, that they are even far behind the Cold War”