Politics

Monday, December 13th 2010 - 07:48 UTC
Montevideo no longer stinky, but what will happen with the radicals?

The dirty, stinking city of Montevideo with over 7.000 tons of several-days uncollected garbage was slowly returning to normal Sunday after the Army was sent out to the streets to clear the mess and fearful municipal workers promised to return to their jobs.
Monday, December 13th 2010 - 03:01 UTC
Chavez asks for decree powers ahead of new stronger parliament

Venezuelan opposition leaders fear President Hugo Chavez will use special decree powers he has requested to override an electoral setback that stripped him of a super-majority in parliament.
Monday, December 13th 2010 - 01:08 UTC
President Lugo confirms he will not attend the Mercosur summit

Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo confirmed Sunday he would not be participating of the Mercosur summit next December 17, unless there is a quick solution to the blockade of Paraguayan trade by Argentine maritime unions, announced Sunday afternoon Foreign Affaire minister Hector Lacognata.
Saturday, December 11th 2010 - 06:08 UTC
Torture a routine practice for authorities across the globe, says ACAT

In Latin America the heritage of decades of military dictatorship means that “recourse to violent methods, notably torture, remains widespread among the security forces”, says a report from the Paris based Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture (ACAT).-.
Saturday, December 11th 2010 - 06:01 UTC
Mercosur summit threatened by Argentine boycott on Paraguayan foreign trade

A Mercosur internal conflict involving Argentina and Paraguay which is conditioning the coming presidential summit in Brazil and has again suspended a vote for Venezuela’s final incorporation to the group, seems to have escalated in the last 24 hours.
Saturday, December 11th 2010 - 00:34 UTC
Brazil’s Embraer moves into the defence and security industry

Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer on Friday unveiled a new subsidiary to focus solely on the defence and security industry, in a further move beyond from its core civil aviation business. The company said in a statement its new Embraer Defence and Security unit will be headed by Chief Financial Officer Luiz Carlos Aguiar.
Saturday, December 11th 2010 - 00:30 UTC
Barcelona signs £ 125 million commercial shirt-sponsorship deal with Qatar

One of Spain’s two most popular and successful football clubs, Barcelona has signed their first ever commercial shirt sponsorship deal after agreeing a record £125m contract with the Qatar Foundation.
Friday, December 10th 2010 - 10:25 UTC
Falklands invites C-24 president to “balance” recent visit to Argentina

The Falkland Islands government has officially extended an invitation to the chairman of the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization Ambassador (C 24), Donatus Keith St. Aimee to visit the South Atlantic Islands with the purpose of ‘balancing’ a recent similar invitation from Argentina and to defend the Falklands’ people right to exercise self-determination.
Friday, December 10th 2010 - 06:15 UTC
Russia’s Putin says Assange arrest shows the West has problems with democracy

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange shows the West has its own problems with democracy.
Friday, December 10th 2010 - 05:54 UTC
Lula da Silva supports Assange and asks what about freedom of expression?

Brazilian President Lula da Silva defended Julian Assange, founder of the WikiLeaks.org website that published more than 250,000 of U.S. diplomatic cables sent to or from embassies around the world and asked where are those rabid defenders of freedom of expression.