Politics

Thursday, April 8th 2010 - 23:39 UTC
OECD votes for PM Brown and fourth Labour term

Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s bid for a fourth Labour term received a boost this week with a forecast that the UK would pull out of recession faster than many major international rivals.
Thursday, April 8th 2010 - 23:07 UTC
Punta Arenas school children receive wood pieces instead of laptops

Chile’s Ministry of Education has ordered an administrative and criminal investigation into the disappearance of laptops to be distributed among school children.
Thursday, April 8th 2010 - 18:34 UTC
Chile’s passion for soccer fading but great enthusiasm with “La Roja”

Chile’s passion for soccer appears to be fading, notwithstanding the national “La Roja” team’s recent success in making it to this year’s World Cup games in South Africa.
Thursday, April 8th 2010 - 04:25 UTC
Mujica consolidates close trade and energy links with Venezuela

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez offered Wednesday to help Uruguay expand a refinery and supply it with crude oil. Chavez and visiting Uruguayan President Jose Mujica signed several accords pledging to deepen trade and energy ties between the two nations.
Thursday, April 8th 2010 - 04:21 UTC
Brazil and US sign defence cooperation accord next week, first since 1977

Brazil and the United States will sign a defence-cooperation agreement next week, Defence Minister Nelson Jobim said Wednesday. This would be the first major bilateral military cooperation agreement since 1977.
Thursday, April 8th 2010 - 04:10 UTC
Chavez announce rainfall in central Venezuela will help reverse energy crisis

Heavy downpours that have swept away two people and flooded homes in central Venezuela were hailed by President Hugo Chavez as an early start to the rainy season that may mark the end of an extended electricity crisis.
Wednesday, April 7th 2010 - 23:57 UTC
US federal judge rules in favour of Argentine sovereign bonds “holdouts”

A United States federal judge ruled in favour of seizing 105 million US dollars from the Argentine Central Bank deposits in New York in order to pay the debt the country holds with two investment funds.
Wednesday, April 7th 2010 - 23:40 UTC
Bernanke warns US economy still faces ailing housing and employment

United States Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke cautioned the US economy still faces significant headwinds, including a housing sector that has yet to recover convincingly and an ailing employment market.
Wednesday, April 7th 2010 - 22:34 UTC
Vatican State Secretary visits Chile in support of quake victims

The secretary of Vatican State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone arrived in Chile this week for an extended visit which includes a meeting with President Sebastian Piñera.
Wednesday, April 7th 2010 - 21:02 UTC
Bolivia and Brazil discuss energy and exploitation of strategic minerals

Bolivia and Brazil are considering a vast joint investment program to industrialize natural gas and for the exploitation of strategic minerals in the salt plains of the land-locked Andean country.