Politics

• Sunday, January 23rd 2011 - 22:43 UTC

  Exit Polls Show Portuguese Leader Cavaco Silva is Re-elected

  

  Portuguese voters Sunday re-elected Anibal Cavaco Silva for a second term in office, showing that they want political stability. However, there are difficult months ahead asd the country has to face up to the European Union crisis.

• Sunday, January 23rd 2011 - 20:13 UTC

  Thousands Bid Farewell to Ark Royal

  

  Around 250 sailors led crowds on a march through Portsmouth, to say a final farewell to the axed aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal. Portsmouth is the Royal Navy flagship's home.

• Sunday, January 23rd 2011 - 19:39 UTC

  Bolivian Defence Spending Increases

  

  The Bolivian government has increased its military budget by more than 120% during the last decade, increasing 64% during President Evo Morales five years in office, according to a report compiled by Bolivian journalist, Ruy D’Alencar Delgado, published in El Deber newspaper.

• Sunday, January 23rd 2011 - 17:23 UTC

  Brazilian President Imposes New Work Rules

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is trying to show she is different from former president Lula da Silva. Rousseff prefers strict rules and technical work as opposed to Lula’s political more relaxed way of governing.

• Friday, January 21st 2011 - 18:51 UTC

  Mutiny on board Gorch Fock: Germany Begins Investigation

  

  The German Government has ordered an investigation into a reported muting on their training ship the Gorch Fock, which is said to have taken place last year. The Gorch Fock tall ship was ordered to dock in the Argentine city of Ushuaia early on Friday to await experts, after reports of a revolt in November.

• Friday, January 21st 2011 - 18:39 UTC

  Obama to Base Re-election Campaign in Hometown Chicago

  

  US President Barack Obama has decided to run his re-election campaign from his native Chicago, in the hope of recreating the 2008 winning formula.

• Friday, January 21st 2011 - 18:06 UTC

  Mountaineers Rescued on Aconcagua

  

  An Argentine and a Spaniard were reunited with their families in Mendoza city today after having been rescued from the Aconcagua mountain in Mendoza province, on the border with Chile overnight.

• Friday, January 21st 2011 - 13:08 UTC

  Unilateral Facts

  

  Argentina has recently stepped up pressure on Britain over the Falklands by criticising British actions as “unilateral” and hence a breach of UN Resolution 31/49. This article places this current phase of the Falklands dispute in perspective and considers which side’s unilateral acts have been more significant.

• Thursday, January 20th 2011 - 23:35 UTC

  Chilean Commission Finds Mines Owners Responsible for Collapse

  

  The Chilean commission investigating the mining disaster in the Atacama desert last year, has found the owners of the San Jose mine and the National Service of Geology and Mines responsible for the accident and the Chilean government free of any blame.

• Thursday, January 20th 2011 - 23:05 UTC

  Uruguayan Low Unemployment Causing Problems

  

  To have low unemployment is something most countries would be proud of and not moan about. However, in Uruguay unemployment is at an all-time low of 6.1% and is causing concern among economists, human resource companies and businesses, reports the BBC.