Politics

• Thursday, April 28th 2011 - 06:43 UTC

  UN claims human rights violations in Brazil’s preparations for World Cup

  

  An independent United Nations human rights expert this week voiced concern about alleged displacement and evictions in various cities across Brazil as the country prepares to host the 2014 soccer World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games.

• Thursday, April 28th 2011 - 06:33 UTC

  Gibraltar and Guardia Civil boats clash in disputed waters

  

  A new row flared between Spain and Gibraltar after police from the British Overseas territory charged on Tuesday that one of its boats was damaged in a clash with Spanish police vessels that illegally entered its waters.

• Thursday, April 28th 2011 - 06:27 UTC

  Record Latino turnout in US 2010 mid term election, but well below potential

  

  More than 6.6 million Latinos voted in the legislative elections last November, a record Hispanic turnout in a non-presidential election year, according to a new study.

• Thursday, April 28th 2011 - 02:38 UTC

  Indian minister visits Uruguay and Argentina to promote trade with Mercosur

  

  A top level Indian business delegation headed by Minister of state for Commerce and Industry Jyotiraditya Scindia is travelling to Argentina and Uruguay to boost ties with Mercosur, according to the Indo-Asian news agency.

• Thursday, April 28th 2011 - 01:37 UTC

  White House releases Obama’s birth certificate to put end “to ongoing silliness”

  

  The White House released copies of President Barack Obama's original long-form birth certificate Wednesday, seeking to put an end to persistent rumors that he was not born in the United States.

• Wednesday, April 27th 2011 - 08:34 UTC

  Brazilian government trying to calm inflation fears; warns of ‘prolonged effort’

  

  Brazil’s central bank President Alexandre Tombini admitted that slowing inflation back to target next year will require a “prolonged” and incisive effort.

• Wednesday, April 27th 2011 - 02:10 UTC

  Guerrilla/military events from forty years back poison Uruguayan politics

  

  The release of an alleged unfinished pact negotiated over a decade ago between former urban guerrillas and the military triggered serious controversy in Uruguay in the midst of a political debate to overrule a bill which exempts former officers from going to court for alleged human rights abuses during the military dictatorship (1093/1085).

• Tuesday, April 26th 2011 - 23:50 UTC

  Latam and Caribbean states create CELAC to counter US influence

  

  Latin American and Caribbean Foreign Affairs ministers are meeting in Venezuela in anticipation of the presidential summit scheduled for July 5 in Caracas when a new regional integration organization is set to be born, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean states, CELAC.

• Tuesday, April 26th 2011 - 21:26 UTC

  Obama says there’s no magic bullet to bring down oil prices

  

  President Barack Obama has told fellow citizens there is no “magic bullet” to bring down high petrol prices and said he wants to end what he called US$4 billion in taxpayer subsidies to oil and gas companies.

• Tuesday, April 26th 2011 - 16:50 UTC

  Human rights situation in the US according to China and reported by Fidel

  

  The Cuban revolution leader Fidel Castro in his latest ‘Reflections’ column “The brutal and turbulent North” writes about China’s report on human rights in the United States, which is basically a counter report on Washington’s annual document on the human rights situation in each of the world’s countries.