Politics

• Wednesday, September 8th 2010 - 03:26 UTC

  Soros donates 100 million USD to expand Human Rights Watch in key regional capitals

  

  Hungarian born US billionaire financier and philanthropist George Soros is donating 100 million US dollars to the group Human Rights Watch. In a statement Tuesday, Human Rights Watch said Soros is giving the grant through his Open Society Foundations, which he established to promote tolerance and democracy around the world.

• Wednesday, September 8th 2010 - 03:24 UTC

  Labour victory in Australia means 30% mining tax will go ahead

  

  Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard secured a razor-thin parliamentary majority ending a political impasse but investors are worried about the fragility of her government and its plans to tax mining profits.

• Wednesday, September 8th 2010 - 03:03 UTC

  First Iranian ambassador presents credentials to Bolivian President Morales

  

  Iran began to make effective closer diplomatic ties with Bolivia with the presentation of its first ever ambassador in La Paz, while President Evo Morales is anticipated to visit Teheran at the end of the month.

• Wednesday, September 8th 2010 - 02:36 UTC

  “Steam roller” Rousseff collects more campaign funds than her eight rivals

  

  The Brazilian presidential electoral campaign for pro-government candidate Dilma Rousseff has gathered more funds than the campaigns of her eight rivals combined, according to data published by the TSE Superior Electoral Tribunal.

• Wednesday, September 8th 2010 - 02:29 UTC

  A review of Third World United States: the Argentina connection

  

  United States online publication The Huffington Post published Tuesday an article whose title caught the attention of those in the Southern cone: “Becoming Argentina: A Review of Third World America.”

• Tuesday, September 7th 2010 - 05:59 UTC

  Landslide Bulgarian vote for Dilma Rousseff president of Brazil

  

  Bulgaria has been trapped by a “Dilma fever” given the almost certain victory of the Brazilian ruling party’s presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff whose family came from Bulgaria.

• Tuesday, September 7th 2010 - 05:21 UTC

  Brazil extends sovereignty over undersea continental shelf

  

  Brazil expanded the offshore area where drilling for crude or prospecting for minerals requires government authorization as it seeks to increase control over natural resources.

• Tuesday, September 7th 2010 - 05:12 UTC

  Blair reveals “family” diplomacy in helping reach understanding on Gibraltar

  

  Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Spanish counterpart Jose Maria Aznar shared a tongue in cheek anecdote about Gibraltar during a family get together in Spain. The story is contained in Mr Blair's bestselling memoirs 'A Journey' that has just hit the bookshops in UK and is reported in the Gibraltar Chronicle.

• Tuesday, September 7th 2010 - 05:06 UTC

  Cristina Kirchner, puppet of her raging husband

  

  Life in the pink palace of Argentina's ruling couple is no bed of roses, says a new biography of President Cristina Kirchner. It portrays her as the puppet of an authoritarian husband who once punched her in the face for defying his will.

• Monday, September 6th 2010 - 04:33 UTC

  Cuban blogger joints the list of World Press Freedom Heroes

  

  Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez said this weekend that she feels “very responsible” following the International Press Institute’s decision to choose her as one of its 60 World Press Freedom Heroes.