Politics

Friday, May 28th 2010 - 04:46 UTC
OAS ‘deep concern’ over incidents in Jamaica with dozens killed

The Organization of American States, OAS, human rights specialized body expressed “deep concern” Thursday over the violence engulfing Jamaica and wants an inquiry into the unrest that has left dozens dead.
Friday, May 28th 2010 - 04:35 UTC
Spain’s austerity package narrowly approved by one vote

There has been temporary relief for Spain’s governing Socialists as parliament narrowly approved the 15 billion Euro austerity package: the motion was passed by only one vote, 169 to 168.
Friday, May 28th 2010 - 04:27 UTC
Cristina Kirchner meets Lula da Silva to discuss bilateral trade differences

In the midst of the tension between Argentina and Brazil, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will meet Friday with Brazilian President Lula Da Silva after both take part in the 3rd annual United Nations “Alliance of Civilizations” Summit taking place in Rio do Janeiro.
Thursday, May 27th 2010 - 09:27 UTC
Latinamerica must detach ‘utopia from true history and reality’

Renowned Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa during a conference in Israel strongly criticized Latinamerican leaders such as Cuba’s Fidel Castro, Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez and Brazil’s Lula da Silva.
Thursday, May 27th 2010 - 09:18 UTC
Taiana admits Tories are ‘tougher’ on Malvinas but promises a ‘hot’ June

Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Taiana admitted that the new conservative British government of PM David Cameron is taking ”a tougher stance” than its predecessors towards the Argentine claim on the Falkland/Malvinas Islands' sovereignty.
Thursday, May 27th 2010 - 09:15 UTC
Falklands happy as British Overseas Territory and ‘don’t like being told by others what to do’

The Falkland Islands are happy with the current status of British Overseas Territory, based on the right to self determination and do not like being told by others what to do, Falklands’ Legislative Assemble member Emma Edwards told a United Nations decolonization seminar held in New Caledonia.
Thursday, May 27th 2010 - 09:11 UTC
Argentina’s delay in dispatching imports is irritating trade partners

Since the controversial Argentine Interior Commerce Secretary Guillermo Moreno announced in an April 23 letter that he will examine overseas purchases to consider the competitiveness of the national market, products worth millions of dollars have been delayed at Argentina’s borders and ports.
Thursday, May 27th 2010 - 09:09 UTC
Germany preparing for “orderly state insolvency” in support of the Euro

Germany's push for an orderly insolvency process for indebted Euro zone states suggests Berlin is assuming the worst: that one of its peers -- most likely Greece -- will default on its debt repayments.
Thursday, May 27th 2010 - 09:03 UTC
Chile’s Mapuche community stops airport construction in Temuco

Santiago de Chile Appeals Court last week ruled in favour of Mapuche indigenous leaders to stop development of a new international airport near Temuco in the south of the country. The airport is located on ancestral lands belonging to the Mapuche.
Thursday, May 27th 2010 - 08:51 UTC
More shadows than lights in Amnesty’s annual report on Argentina

Amnesty International (AI) expressed its “deep concern” regarding male violence towards women and the current prison situation in Argentina, where the evictions of indigenous communities from their ancestral lands was also denounced.