Politics

• Saturday, August 21st 2010 - 13:42 UTC

  Lula da Silva recommends Dilma to think and act as the “mother of the poor”

  

  President Lula da Silva compared candidate Dilma Rousseff to a mother and recommended, if elected, to always think about the poor. Lula da Silva and Ms Rousseff participated in a political rally Friday night in the metropolitan Sao Paulo.

• Saturday, August 21st 2010 - 13:39 UTC

  Chile questioned over slow implementation of Indigenous Peoples convention

  

  International Labour Organization (ILO) Standards Director Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry is meeting in the Chilean city of Temuco this week with Araucanía Region (IX) officials to discuss the lack of progress in implementing the ILO’s Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention.

• Friday, August 20th 2010 - 03:16 UTC

  US Jobless benefits jump to highest since November; markets tumble

  

  Claims for United States jobless benefits jumped to the highest level since November and Philadelphia-area manufacturing shrank for the first time in a year, indicating the US economy may be slowing faster than forecast.

• Friday, August 20th 2010 - 02:53 UTC

  Twelve months inflation expectations in Argentina steady at 25%

  

  Argentines expect prices to rise 25% over the next twelve months, according to the median estimate in a monthly survey by Buenos Aires-based Torcuato Di Tella University. Expectations in August remained unchanged from last month’s report, the university said in an e-mailed report.

• Friday, August 20th 2010 - 02:46 UTC

  Slower job creation and lower inflation indicate Brazilian economy cooling

  

  Brazil reported the third straight month of slower job creation in July, reflecting the slowdown of the economy in the second quarter after a massive 9% year-on-year growth in the first quarter of the year. Traders say this increases the likelihood central bank policy makers may leave interest rates unchanged in their next meeting.

• Friday, August 20th 2010 - 02:41 UTC

  Argentina shuts down Internet service provided by the Clarin media group

  

  Argentina’s government shut down the Internet service provided by Grupo Clarín SA Fibertel unit, saying the company’s merger with Cablevision SA was illegal. The move is the latest in a fight between the media group Clarin and President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

• Friday, August 20th 2010 - 02:32 UTC

  Brazilian presidential candidate “completely cured” of the lymphoma

  

  The Brazilian presidential candidate for the Workers’ Party ruling coalition, Dilma Rousseff underwent this week a battery of exams and tests at Sao Paulo’s most advanced hospital confirming she has overcome the lymphoma detected last year.

• Thursday, August 19th 2010 - 11:24 UTC

  Gigantic (US made) Chilean flag for bicentennial celebrations

  

  A gigantic Chilean flag, 18 meters wide and 27 meters long, is on its way to Chile from the United States.

• Thursday, August 19th 2010 - 06:11 UTC

  First on-line presidential hopefuls debate attracts 50 million Brazilians

  

  Three major candidates for the Brazilian presidency joined the first online debate Wednesday, which was followed by an estimated 50 million people and less than two months before ballot day, October 3.

• Thursday, August 19th 2010 - 03:09 UTC

  Brazil wealthiest man pays 285.000 USD for Lula da Silva’s inauguration suit

  

  Brazil’s wealthiest man, Eike Batista paid the equivalent of 285.000 US dollars for the inauguration suit of President Lula da Silva when he first took office in January 2002. The sale was part of a charity auction to collect funds for a famous Sao Paulo favela (shanty town) that goes by the name of Paraisopolis, (Paradise City).