Politics

Saturday, April 9th 2011 - 07:53 UTC
Syrian government kills 23 peaceful protestors on Muslim day of prayer

Protests erupted across much of the Arab world on the Muslim day of prayer, with demonstrators killed in Syria and Yemen while Egyptians staged one of the biggest rallies since President Hosni Mubarak's fall.
Saturday, April 9th 2011 - 00:21 UTC
Vazquez denies saying the Kirchners had behaviour patterns recalling fascism

Former Uruguayan president Tabaré Vázquez denied this week that he ever said that his Argentine counterparts Néstor and Cristina Kirchner are “fascists”, like Wikileaks cables stated.
Friday, April 8th 2011 - 23:52 UTC
Paul McCartney plays Chile: All You Need Is Love, but US$2,250 would help

British music icon Paul McCartney has confirmed that he will play the Estadio Nacional in Santiago on May 11 this year. It will be the star’s second show in Chile; he played the same venue in December 1993.
Friday, April 8th 2011 - 23:26 UTC
Argentina promotes meat production with subsidized loans

Argentina plans to extend the equivalent of 750 million US dollars in subsidized loans to meat producers to spur increased production of beef, chicken and pork.
Friday, April 8th 2011 - 23:05 UTC
Peru presidential hopefuls: “Leprosy, Yellow Fever; Alzheimer; Cirrhosis and Autism”

Peruvian voters appealed to clever and skilful mechanisms using the Twitter net to avoid the ban on releasing the latest public opinion polls ahead of Sunday’s April 10 presidential election.
Friday, April 8th 2011 - 22:51 UTC
US report on Argentina questions judicial system and campaign against the media

The US State Department released its annual report on human rights around the world and questioned the Argentine judicial system’s independence along with a series of abuses carried out by police forces including deaths and torture claims.
Friday, April 8th 2011 - 22:45 UTC
Peru/Mexico sign trade agreement, fist step for a regional expansion towards Asia

Peru and Mexico signed this week a trade agreement with the aim of jointly reaching out to Asia, an undertaking that they want Chile and Colombia to join
Friday, April 8th 2011 - 20:08 UTC
Argentina imports’ hurdles create ‘uncertainty’ to EU/Mercosur trade negotiations

Argentina’s hurdles to imports don’t help European Union /Mercosur trade negotiations and generate “uncertainty” warned the EU head of delegation in Argentina Alfonso Diez Torres. He also criticized the “one to one” Argentine policy that forces the local assembly plants to match every import-dollar with export dollars.
Friday, April 8th 2011 - 20:06 UTC
US military Unified Command Plan reflect the growing importance of the Arctic

Changes made to the US military’s Unified Command Plan shift geographic boundaries and stress the growing importance of the Arctic, US Pentagon officials said in an American Forces press service
Friday, April 8th 2011 - 17:13 UTC
EU tells Portugal more reforms are needed to secure the 80 billion Euro bail-out

Euro zone finance ministers told Portugal that it would have to implement new economic reforms that went beyond those proposed by its outgoing government if it hoped to secure aid from the EU and IMF.