Politics

Wednesday, February 2nd 2011 - 01:13 UTC
Soy prices soar as Argentine ports are blocked by week-long strike

The provincial government of Santa Fe home of Argentina's grain export hub has requested the federal government to help end a week-old strike that is delaying shipments from one of the world's biggest food suppliers, the provincial Labour minister said on Tuesday.
Wednesday, February 2nd 2011 - 00:22 UTC
Lack of jobs, rising food and energy prices could lead to spark war within nations

The world economy is beset by problems such as high unemployment and rising prices which could fuel trade protectionism and even lead to war within nations, the head of the International Monetary Fund warned.
Tuesday, February 1st 2011 - 23:54 UTC
US shadow population levelling off could signal recession is coming to an end

The number of illegal immigrants in the United States levelled off at around 11 million in 2010, ending a two-year slide since the start of the recession, according to a study released on Tuesday.
Tuesday, February 1st 2011 - 14:10 UTC
Chilean president flies to Antarctica but “will avoid” contact with Punta Arenas

Chilean president Sebastián Piñera is expected next Friday in Punta Arenas airport en route to Antarctica with his Ecuadorean counterpart Rafael Correa, but will avoid all contact with locals, reports La Prensa Austral.
Tuesday, February 1st 2011 - 13:31 UTC
Paraguay scheduled to open a trade office in Hong Kong

Paraguay the only Mercosur member with no formal diplomatic relations with China-Beijing, --since it only recognizes Taiwan--, is scheduled to open a trade office in Hong Kong (Peoples Republic of China) some time in the next few weeks.
Tuesday, February 1st 2011 - 02:21 UTC
Egyptian army recognizes “legitimacy of the people’s demands”

Egypt’s military promised Monday night not to fire on any peaceful protests and said it recognised “the legitimacy of the people’s demands” ahead of a demonstration in which organisers aim to bring a million Egyptians to the streets to press for the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak.
Tuesday, February 1st 2011 - 00:34 UTC
Rousseff blasts US and China’s currencies’ “competitive depreciation” policies

Emerging market countries such as Brazil and Argentina must take a stronger position against “competitive depreciations,” Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff told Argentine press on Sunday.
Tuesday, February 1st 2011 - 00:06 UTC
Brazil and Argentina ratify “strategic relation” and commit greater integration

In her first overseas visit as Brazilian president, Dilma Rousseff ratified Monday in Buenos Aires the “special strategic” relation with Argentina while her counterpart Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, CFK, called for an “increased productive integration” between the two leading Mercosur partners.
Monday, January 31st 2011 - 21:35 UTC
Microsoft helicopter in emergency water landing in Ushuaia

A helicopter from a huge luxury yacht owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, made an emergency water landing in the extreme south of Argentina on Monday, but neither Allen nor Bill Gates were on board.
Monday, January 31st 2011 - 21:30 UTC
FAO, IMF anticipate more civil unrest and protests because of soaring food prices

North Africa and Middle East civil unrest can be expected to spread to several other countries if as anticipated the FAO Food Prices Index for January 2011 confirms the December 2010 tendency when the “basket” of food staples reached a new peak.