Politics

• Tuesday, October 26th 2010 - 05:07 UTC

  Argentina’s main business organizations react to profit-sharing with unions

  

  Argentina's top business groups on Monday openly reacted against legislation backed by the country's largest trade union group that would require companies to share 10% of their annual net profits with employees.

• Tuesday, October 26th 2010 - 05:01 UTC

  “Ultra-K” militant cleared for the Argentine embassy in Montevideo

  

  The Argentine Senate finally approved the nomination of Miguel Dante Dovena, a very close advisor of the Kirchner couple as the next ambassador in Uruguay.

• Tuesday, October 26th 2010 - 04:59 UTC

  Argentina announces production of enriched uranium for 2011

  

  Argentina will produce the first batch of enriched uranium for civilian purposes next year as part of the re-launching of its atomic power industry, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said Monday.

• Tuesday, October 26th 2010 - 04:44 UTC

  An overwhelming majority of Chileans accept cohabitation before marriage

  

  Eighty-seven percent of Chileans believe that single mothers are capable of raising children just as well as married couples or mothers with partners, according to a recent survey. Support for men as single parents is similarly strong, as 79 percent of those surveyed believe the same of single fathers.

• Tuesday, October 26th 2010 - 02:44 UTC

  Argentine population in Antarctica 230, including nine families and 16 children

  

  Argentina’s population and housing census which this week took off in Antarctica revealed that 230 people live in the six Argentine bases including nine families and 16 children. The survey was done two days before the official launching in continental Argentina and was considered a “very successful experience”.

• Monday, October 25th 2010 - 21:45 UTC

  Qatar interested in buying Christie’s to help with kingdom’s museum collection

  

  Qatar, the wealthy Gulf Arab state whose foreign assets include London property and investments in Volkswagen, may buy Christie's auction house to bolster its cultural credentials, the Financial Times said.

• Monday, October 25th 2010 - 21:23 UTC

  Malnutrition kills 206 children in six months in Argentine province

  

  A total of 206 children have died this year of malnutrition in the northern Argentina province of Misiones (bordering with Paraguay and Brazil), revealed Monday Governor Maurice Closs.

• Monday, October 25th 2010 - 21:07 UTC

  Rescued miners honoured at presidential palace in Santiago

  

  The 33 miners saved from underground hell in Chile have been honored as heroes at the presidential palace, but have lost out at soccer against a team of rescuers captained by President Sebastian Piñera.

• Monday, October 25th 2010 - 02:55 UTC

  US says China is “committed” to allow the Yuan to appreciate

  

  United States Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has said he believes China is now “committed” to allowing the Yuan to go up in value. Mr Geithner made the comment in a TV interview before he held talks with China's Vice-Premier, Wang Qishan.

• Monday, October 25th 2010 - 02:45 UTC

  California voters support undocumented immigrants as “advantageous”

  

  California voters have an overall positive opinion about immigrants and support those undocumented aliens who have been working in the state for years should be able to remain and go on with their lives.