Politics

• Friday, February 25th 2011 - 21:13 UTC

  Argentina names globalization-critic economist as ambassador in France

  

  Argentina has appointed economist Aldo Ferrer (84) ambassador to France. The decision was confirmed by the decree 180/2011 which was signed by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman, on February 22.

• Friday, February 25th 2011 - 06:36 UTC

  Brazil wants global trade talks, ‘but will not make new concessions’

  

  Brazil's Foreign Affairs ministry told U.S. officials on Thursday that Brazil wants global talks at the World Trade Organization to move forward, but can't make any new concessions.

• Friday, February 25th 2011 - 06:29 UTC

  Half a million Brazilians murdered between 1998 and 2008

  

  Brazil is the sixth most murderous country in a list of 100 nations around the world, according to a new study sponsored by the government and released Thursday.

• Friday, February 25th 2011 - 06:12 UTC

  Uruguay’s leading fish processor reacts to abusive “media offensive”

  

  Uruguay’s leading and largest fish processing company Fripur S.A. claimed in full page ads in Montevideo’s newspapers that it is the victim of a “strong media offensive” that “irresponsibly” questions the way in which it processes products that are sold both in Uruguay and overseas.

• Friday, February 25th 2011 - 01:52 UTC

  Seven Latam countries on track to have credit ratings upgraded

  

  Seven countries in Latin America are on track to have their ratings upgraded in the short term, as the region's credit cycle remains supported by healthy economic growth and greater policy stability, Fitch Ratings said on Thursday.

• Friday, February 25th 2011 - 01:27 UTC

  Chile/Ecuador proposal for a UNASUR Antarctic base

  

  Chile and Ecuador will be proposing their peers of Unasur, (Union of South American Nations) the establishment of a scientific research base in Antarctica, according to Ecuador’s Foreign Affairs minister Ricardo Patiño.

• Friday, February 25th 2011 - 01:04 UTC

  India pledges greater economic cooperation and trade with Uruguay

  

  India pledged on Thursday greater economic cooperation with Uruguay in sectors such as agriculture, pharmaceuticals, textiles, automobiles, machineries and IT. In 2009-10, bilateral trade stood at 64.3 million US dollars.

• Thursday, February 24th 2011 - 16:51 UTC

  Gadaffi on state TV by phone call blames Bin Laden for the protests

  

  Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi has told state TV that Osama Bin Laden and his followers are to blame for the protests wracking his country.

• Thursday, February 24th 2011 - 16:44 UTC

  British court agrees to extradite Wikileaks founder Assange to Sweden

  

  A British court has agreed to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to Sweden where he is accused of sex crimes, dismissing claims such a move would breach his human rights.

• Thursday, February 24th 2011 - 16:40 UTC

  Quake’s knock to NZ economy estimated in 9 to 12 billion US dollars

  

  The Prime Minister of New Zealand, John Key, says emergency teams in Christchurch are now focusing on recovering bodies, rather than finding survivors of the earthquake.
  He has confirmed that 98 people are known to have been killed in the recent earthquake, and more than 200 others are still missing.