Politics

• Wednesday, June 2nd 2010 - 02:44 UTC

  OAS observers praise Colombian Sunday election “non-violence”

  

  The OAS mission of electoral observers confirmed that none of its members found evidence of vote peddling in Colombia’s Sunday presidential election and underlined the quiet and non violent atmosphere during the whole process.

• Wednesday, June 2nd 2010 - 02:36 UTC

  Brazilian press calls Paraguay “rich beggar”, superb actor in asking for alms

  

  One of Brazil’s most influential weekly magazines with strong penetration in political and business circles, ‘Veja’ has a main article this week calling neighbouring Paraguay the “rich beggar”, a role which the successive Paraguayan governments “have played to success attracting significant international aid and grants”.

• Tuesday, June 1st 2010 - 13:48 UTC

  BACTEC says goodbye to the Falkland Islands

  

  The BACTEC (Battle Area Clearance, Training, Equipment and Consultancy) Project Management and the remaining Zimbabwean de-miners will shortly say goodbye to the Falkland Islands after more than six months of living and working in the community. Throughout the project the community has welcomed BACTEC personnel from UK, Zimbabwe and Lebanon and shown us great hospitality during our long stay away from home.

• Tuesday, June 1st 2010 - 05:04 UTC

  Roubini warns Brazil about asset-bubble; recommends limiting Real appreciation

  

  Nouriel Roubini, the New York University professor who predicted the global financial crisis before markets peaked, said the Brazilian, Chinese and Indian economies may be overheating and developing asset bubbles.

• Tuesday, June 1st 2010 - 05:00 UTC

  Colombia’s Santos calls for a national unity government

  

  Colombia’s winning presidential candidate Juan Manuel Santos called on Conservatives and Radicals to join in a national unity government to address the problems of poverty and terrorism.

• Tuesday, June 1st 2010 - 04:57 UTC

  Peru and Chile agree to resume confidence building in military affairs

  

  Peruvian defence minister Rafael Rey recently paid his Chilean counterpart Jaime Ravinet and Chile’s President Sebastián Piñera a visit, a meeting which showed that although the two countries continue to squabble over maritime border issues, bilateral relations are still intact.

• Tuesday, June 1st 2010 - 04:52 UTC

  HMS York almost home after high profile patrolling in Falklands’ waters

  

  HMS York is on her way home from the South Atlantic after a high-profile five months on patrol off the Falklands Islands, reports The Press from York.

• Tuesday, June 1st 2010 - 04:46 UTC

  Tories implement civil service “salary transparency”; 171 above PM Cameron

  

  Some 171 civil servants are paid more than Prime Minister David Cameron's £142,500-a-year salary, according to Cabinet Office figures. The salaries of those earning over £150,000 were revealed for the first time in a bid to aid transparency.

• Tuesday, June 1st 2010 - 02:52 UTC

  Argentina extends bond restructuring on request from Italian creditors

  

  Argentina is extending its 18.3 billion US dollars bond restructuring at the request of Italian creditors and the country’s financial regulator, Economy Minister Amado Boudou said on Monday.

• Tuesday, June 1st 2010 - 02:46 UTC

  Major Brazilian airports on the verge of a “logistics blackout”

  

  Airports in the major cities of Brazil that will be hosting the World Cup in 2014, and the Olympic Games in 2016, are working at their maximum capacity and eight of them are described as “in the edge of operational collapse” according to a report from the Applied Economics Research Institute in Sao Paulo, IPEA.