Politics

• Friday, October 15th 2010 - 06:15 UTC

  Serra closes in as presidential debate moves to abortion away from the economy

  

  Brazilian opposition presidential candidate Jose Serra seems to be successfully targeting religious voters as he closes the 14 percentage points of the first round ahead of the runoff at the end of October.

• Thursday, October 14th 2010 - 06:21 UTC

  UN G24 president on official visit to Buenos Aires and Tierra del Fuego

  

  Donathus Keith Saint Aimee, president of the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonisation or G24 is expected in Argentina Thursday and is scheduled to visit the extreme south province of Tierra del Fuego that according to Argentine law has jurisdiction over the disputed Falklands/Malvinas, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands.

• Thursday, October 14th 2010 - 06:17 UTC

  HMS Gloucester scheduled to call at Valparaíso Expo-naval next November

  

  HMS Gloucester the Royal Navy’s lead patrol vessel in the South Atlantic and currently deployed in the Falkland Islands will be calling in Valparaíso next November to participate at Chile’s Expo-naval.

• Thursday, October 14th 2010 - 06:09 UTC

  Catholic Church claims candidate Rousseff ‘deceiving voters’ on abortion

  

  The Catholic Church has actively joined the Brazilian presidential campaign. Conservative Archbishop Aldo Pagotto of Paraiba accused Brazil’s Workers' Party of “misinformation and manipulation of consciences” in an effort to win the upcoming presidential run-off election, slated for Oct. 31.

• Thursday, October 14th 2010 - 06:08 UTC

  Brazil to auction patches of Amazon forest to held combat illegal logging

  

  Brazilian Government is to auction one million hectares of Amazon forest in an attempt to reduce the demand for illegal logging.

• Thursday, October 14th 2010 - 06:01 UTC

  RAF reacts ahead of UK defence review which anticipates deep spending cuts

  

  A senior RAF officer has warned that cuts to military aircraft numbers would leave the United Kingdom vulnerable to attack. Air Marshal Timo Anderson, director general of the Military Aviation Authority, addressed MPs in a private talk, and gave a stark assessment on cuts expected to be outlined next week.

• Thursday, October 14th 2010 - 05:58 UTC

  President Obama and Democrats ratings fall ahead of November midterm election

  

  United States President Barack Obama's approval rating fell to a new low of 43% since he took office, down from 47% last month, according to a Reuters-Ipsos national poll. Ipsos pollsters say it appears that much of that drop comes from Democrats whose approval of Obama fell to 70% from 78% last month.

• Thursday, October 14th 2010 - 05:32 UTC

  Argentine farmers warn on deteriorating conditions for agriculture and livestock

  

  The combination of policies from the Argentine presidential Kirchner couple and scarce rainfall have had devastating consequences for agriculture and livestock breeding, claimed Hugo Luis Biolcati president of the Argentine Rural Society, SRA, the country’s strongest farmers’ lobby.

• Thursday, October 14th 2010 - 05:24 UTC

  Mission accomplished: “Long live Chile” echoed all along the country

  

  Chile's president said his country will never be the same again after the extraordinary rescue of the 33 miners trapped deep underground for 69 days. Sebastian Piñera said he thought Chile was “more united and stronger than ever”, and “more valued” worldwide.

• Wednesday, October 13th 2010 - 07:29 UTC

  And on the 69th day, one by one the Phoenix capsule delivers trapped miners

  

  Chilean rescue workers have begun to successfully pull the 33 trapped miners to the surface in the world’s longest underground mine rescue. The first miner to be rescued at midnight Tuesday, Florencio Avalos emerged from the San Jose copper after spending 69 days trapped in a tunnel more 700 meters underground.