Politics

• Tuesday, March 1st 2011 - 04:50 UTC

  Malvinas after all are the Falkland Islands, say Argentine official webs

  

  The Argentine press claimed Friday that the official news agency argentina.gob.ar, which depends from the government’s Mass Media Secretariat, is using in its web presentation Google maps of the country which refer to the South Atlantic archipelago as Falkland Islands and only in brackets (Malvinas).

• Tuesday, March 1st 2011 - 02:46 UTC

  Argentine military dictators on trial for stealing hundreds of babies

  

  Two former Argentine dictators appeared in court Monday on charges of kidnapping hundreds of babies seized from political prisoners, minutes after birth. Ex rulers Jorge Videla and Reynaldo Bignone alongside with six other former military officers are involved in the court case that is expected to last until the end of the year.

• Tuesday, March 1st 2011 - 02:27 UTC

  Oil and gas companies report anti-corruption programs, but do they apply them?

  

  Oil and gas companies have improved the transparency of how they report revenues and information about anti-corruption programs but should take bolder actions to stop corruption, according to a new report released Monday by Transparency International (TI) and Revenue Watch Institute (RWI).

• Tuesday, March 1st 2011 - 00:17 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez re-election bid in “inevitable” says cabinet chief

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner re-election bid is “inevitable” said cabinet chief Anibal Fernandez who nevertheless pointed out it was “premature” to talk about candidates for next October’s presidential election.

• Monday, February 28th 2011 - 23:55 UTC

  US budget deficits the biggest long-term worry for top economists

  

  United States government deficits are the biggest long-term worry of top U.S. economists, according to a survey released Monday. The survey of 47 top economists by the National Association of Business Economics predicted that the US federal deficit will jump to 1.4 trillion US dollars in the fiscal year ending in September.

• Monday, February 28th 2011 - 20:34 UTC

  In spite of racial diversity, European genetic ancestry predominates in Brazil

  

  Contrary to expectations even when black and brown make up 52% of the 190 million Brazilians, --according to the latest census--, their genetic ancestry is more predominantly European than African or Indio-American.

• Monday, February 28th 2011 - 09:05 UTC

  Uruguay has the best business climate in Latam, says FGV and IFO

  

  Uruguay offers the best business climate out of eleven countries from Latin America according to the latest ratings released by the Brazilian Getulio Vargas Foundation, FGV and IFO from the University of Munich in Germany.

• Monday, February 28th 2011 - 07:08 UTC

  And the Winner is...“The King’s Speech”

  

  “The King’s Speech,” a regal period drama about an English monarch’s triumph over stuttering, took the big honors Sunday at the 83rd annual Academy Awards.

• Monday, February 28th 2011 - 06:50 UTC

  Mercosur central bankers warn task ahead has become “more complicated”

  

  Mercosur central banks’ presidents meeting in Peru last Friday agreed that the task ahead has become ‘more complicated’ because of growing inflationary pressures triggered by soaring food and oil prices.

• Monday, February 28th 2011 - 06:36 UTC

  Argentina/Uruguay launch campaign to jointly organize 2030 World Cup

  

  Uruguay and Argentina will take advantage of the coming 2011 America Cup (Copa América) to promote their joint candidacy to organize soccer’s major event: the 2030 World Cup on occasion of the centenary of the first time the tournament was played.