Politics

• Monday, June 7th 2010 - 06:28 UTC

  US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton begins second trip to Latinamerica

  

  US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived Sunday night in Lima, Peru, for her second trip to the region this year. Ms Clinton will be participating on Monday in the two-day Organization of American States General Assembly hosted by Peru.

• Saturday, June 5th 2010 - 06:19 UTC

  Chile to celebrate 200th anniversary with four days holiday

  

  Chile has decided to celebrate its 200th birthday over four days as opposed to the two given to its usual birthdays. The legislature has approved a proposal to convert both the Friday before and the Monday after Saturday September 18 into official public holidays.

• Saturday, June 5th 2010 - 06:16 UTC

  IMF identifies three challenges faced by Latinamerica as world crisis recedes

  

  Removing fiscal stimulus, absorbing capital flows and reducing unemployment are the main challenges facing Latinamerican and Caribbean countries as the global crisis recedes, said IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn during this recent visit to South America.

• Saturday, June 5th 2010 - 05:52 UTC

  Uruguay plans to sell 1 billion US dollars of bonds next year

  

  Uruguay plans to sell about 1 billion US dollars of bonds next year, including 500 million of dollar- denominated debt, said Carlos Steneri, director of public credit at the Ministry of Economy and Finance.

• Saturday, June 5th 2010 - 05:28 UTC

  Uruguayan president Mujica only asset is a 1987 VW Beatle

  

  Uruguayan president Jose Mujica, 75, formally declared to the Transparency and Public Ethics commission that his entire wealth amounts to a 1987 Volkswagen Beatle valued at about 1.900 US dollars.

• Saturday, June 5th 2010 - 05:16 UTC

  IMF ‘emergencies department’ to visit Hungary next Monday

  

  The IMF is sending a senior official to Hungary for talks with the new government early next week, amid rising concerns about the country's public finances.

• Saturday, June 5th 2010 - 00:59 UTC

  US government says there’s no arms race in the Americas

  

  The US government does not consider that there’s an arms race in the Americas and estimates the majority of countries invest more on social areas than in military hardware said Assistant US Secretary of State for Hemispheric affairs, Arturo Valenzuela.

• Saturday, June 5th 2010 - 00:51 UTC

  President Lula da Silva admits he would consider running again in 2014

  

  Brazil’s president Lula da Silva confirmed he is seriously considering running again in 2014 when Brazil will be hosting the World Football Cup. The Brazilian president made the announcement during an interview with Bandeirantes television.

• Saturday, June 5th 2010 - 00:47 UTC

  Venezuela’s Chavez the less convincing leader for Paraguayan ‘twitters’

  

  A “twitter” opinion poll organized by Paraguay’s main daily newspaper ABC Color to evaluate which Latinamerican presidents are most rejected or less convincing delivered several predictable results but also some surprises.

• Saturday, June 5th 2010 - 00:41 UTC

  Cuba among the most flagrant human rights abusers, says Freedom House

  

  Freedom House released on Thursday ‘Worst of the Worst 2010: The World’s Most Repressive Societies’, its annual report identifying the world’s most flagrant human rights abusers. at a side panel during the 14th session of the UN Human Rights Council.