Politics

• Monday, January 25th 2010 - 15:03 UTC

  Women make up half of the new Bolivian ministerial cabinet

  

  Bolivia’s president Evo Morales began his second mandate with a cabinet reshuffle removing most ministers and complying with the gender parity. The announcement was done over the weekend following his second consecutive inauguration ceremony last Friday.

• Monday, January 25th 2010 - 14:52 UTC

  Brazil and Argentina, first countries president elect Piñera will visit

  

  Brazil and Argentina are the first countries to be visited by Chilean president-elect Sebastián Piñera, who added he will accept invitations from Spain and France and anticipated one of his first actions would be to de-freeze relations with neighbouring Peru.

• Monday, January 25th 2010 - 14:49 UTC

  Chile and Argentina consolidate bilateral integration and cooperation

  

  Chile announced that the “Integration and Cooperation” agreement with Argentina, which was stamped by Presidents Cristina Kirchner and Michelle Bachelet last October 30, became effective as of Friday January 22nd.

• Monday, January 25th 2010 - 14:44 UTC

  Lula da Silva’s closest advisor denies a repeat of Chilean scenario in Brazil

  

  President Lula da Silva’s main advisor in international affairs Marco Aurelio Garcia brushed aside the idea that Brazil could repeat a scenario like that of Chile in the last elections, when the opposition defeated the ruling coalition.

• Monday, January 25th 2010 - 14:40 UTC

  White House confident of Bernanke’s confirmation at the Federal Reserve

  

  The White House says it is confident of Ben Bernanke's confirmation as Federal Reserve chairman for a second term.

• Monday, January 25th 2010 - 14:39 UTC

  Hope for Haiti Now telethon raises 58 million US dollars

  

  More than 58 million US dollars have been raised through the all-star Hope for Haiti Now telethon, according to organizers.

• Monday, January 25th 2010 - 14:38 UTC

  Chavez forces television stations off the air for not broadcasting his speeches

  Six television stations including opposition RCTV (Radio Caracas TeleVision) were forced off the air on Sunday for not broadcasting President Hugo Chavez' speeches. The new rules passed in December require stations to air Chavez's speeches, among other mandates.

• Monday, January 25th 2010 - 14:35 UTC

  Brazil hands to Argentina Colonel accused of human rights abuses

  Brazil has extradited to Argentina a retired Uruguayan army colonel to face charges of human rights abuses dating back to military rule in the Southern cone countries during the 1970s.

• Monday, January 25th 2010 - 14:20 UTC

  Argentina’s Central bank stand-off: police to block access of Redrado

  Argentine central bank President Martin Redrado vowed to stay in his post until Congress considers a government decree firing him for not setting aside 6.6 billion US dollars in reserves to pay debt due this year.

• Saturday, January 23rd 2010 - 15:52 UTC

  Lula da Silva calls for unity and warns followers about the “Piñera factor”

  

  Brazilian president Lula da Silva called on his followers not to repeat what happened in Chile where the centre-left coalition lost the recent presidential election to the conservatives for having run with two candidates.