Politics

Tuesday, February 9th 2010 - 04:03 UTC
Unasur summit on Haiti could help ease regional tensions

Union of South American Nations, Unasur, leaders meet Tuesday in Quito, Ecuador to discuss the continent’s response to the crisis in earthquake devastated Haiti. The extraordinary summit’s initiative was sponsored by Ecuador’s president Rafael Correa following his visit to Haiti where he met with President René Preval.
Tuesday, February 9th 2010 - 02:23 UTC
Lula da Silva beefs up federal payroll with 46.000 new posts

The administration of Brazilian president Lula da Silva increased the federal payroll since 2003 with 64.000 new posts and is planning another 46.000 in this the last year of his two four-year mandate, according to government sources.
Monday, February 8th 2010 - 20:29 UTC
Bid to sell the Falkland Islands as gateway to Antarctica

Informal talks began this week on a proposal to market the Falkland Islands to tourists as the “Gateway to Antarctica”, according to a report from the Penguin News latest edition.
Monday, February 8th 2010 - 10:05 UTC
Costa Rica elects Chinchilla first woman president

Laura Chinchilla, a protege of Nobel peace laureate President Oscar Arias, won a landslide election victory in Costa Rica on Sunday to become the country's first woman elected president.
Monday, February 8th 2010 - 05:08 UTC
Russia displaces the US as main supplier of arms to Latinamerica

The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), a British research institute focusing on international security, revealed that Russia in 2009 became the main exporter of weapons to Latin America thanks to the purchases made by Venezuela, but also to Brazil, Mexico, Peru and Colombia.
Monday, February 8th 2010 - 05:05 UTC
Argentina’s strong man undergoes successful emergency surgery

Former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner, husband of the current President Cristina Kirchner, underwent successful emergency surgery on Sunday, the government news agency reported.
Monday, February 8th 2010 - 04:59 UTC
A billion US dollars to purchase Piñera’s Lan airlines shares

Costa Verde Aeronautica SA, the holding company owned by Chile’s Cueto family, plans to raise 1 billion US dollars in a move analysts say will finance the purchase of Lan Airlines SA shares from President-elect Sebastian Piñera.
Monday, February 8th 2010 - 04:47 UTC
Gibraltar celebrates 25th anniversary of frontier opening with Spain

Gibraltar Chief Minister Peter Caruana declared that the Tripartite Forum (Gib., UK, Spain) must be consolidated as the vehicle for cross-border dialogue so that its existence is not dependent on a change of Government in either Spain or Gibraltar.
Monday, February 8th 2010 - 02:14 UTC
Argentina announces completion of third nuclear plant by end of the year

Argentina will complete work on its third nuclear power plant by the end of the year, Planning Minister Julio De Vido said at a press conference. Last April, De Vido said work on the plant, called Atucha II, wouldn't be finished until the first or second quarter of 2011.
Monday, February 8th 2010 - 02:11 UTC
Australia to supply 60 billion USD of coal to China in 20-year period

Australian company Resourcehouse Ltd. announced Saturday that it had struck a 60 billion US dollars, 20-year agreement to supply coal to China Power International Development Ltd., calling it Australia's biggest export contract.