Politics

• Saturday, February 26th 2011 - 03:02 UTC

  Latin America: Making the Good Times Better

  

  By Dominique Strauss-Kahn - Latin America has enjoyed tremendous economic dynamism and a rising quality of life in recent years. But, faced with new challenges, the question is: how best to sustain this progress?

• Friday, February 25th 2011 - 21:53 UTC

  Argentine government makes a small gesture towards farmers’ groups

  

  Argentina decreed the dissolution of the controversial ONCCA, (Office for the commercial control of agriculture produce) which was directly involved in market regulation and distribution of subsidies and as such caused much irritation and criticism particularly from farmers’ organizations.

• Friday, February 25th 2011 - 21:46 UTC

  HMS Gloucester rounds up Falklands patrol with visit to South Georgia

  

  Royal Navy Portsmouth-based Type 42 destroyer HMS Gloucester, which is nearing the end of a seven-month deployment to the South Atlantic, has rounded off her Falkland Islands’ patrol with a visit to South Georgia.

• Friday, February 25th 2011 - 21:17 UTC

  Milestone victory for US radical conservatives in Wisconsin

  

  In what is considered a milestone victory for US radical conservatives the Wisconsin state Assembly approved a Republican proposal to strip public sector unions of most collective bargaining rights despite fierce objections from Democrats and labour unions.

• Friday, February 25th 2011 - 21:13 UTC

  Argentina names globalization-critic economist as ambassador in France

  

  Argentina has appointed economist Aldo Ferrer (84) ambassador to France. The decision was confirmed by the decree 180/2011 which was signed by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman, on February 22.

• Friday, February 25th 2011 - 06:36 UTC

  Brazil wants global trade talks, ‘but will not make new concessions’

  

  Brazil's Foreign Affairs ministry told U.S. officials on Thursday that Brazil wants global talks at the World Trade Organization to move forward, but can't make any new concessions.

• Friday, February 25th 2011 - 06:29 UTC

  Half a million Brazilians murdered between 1998 and 2008

  

  Brazil is the sixth most murderous country in a list of 100 nations around the world, according to a new study sponsored by the government and released Thursday.

• Friday, February 25th 2011 - 06:12 UTC

  Uruguay’s leading fish processor reacts to abusive “media offensive”

  

  Uruguay’s leading and largest fish processing company Fripur S.A. claimed in full page ads in Montevideo’s newspapers that it is the victim of a “strong media offensive” that “irresponsibly” questions the way in which it processes products that are sold both in Uruguay and overseas.

• Friday, February 25th 2011 - 01:52 UTC

  Seven Latam countries on track to have credit ratings upgraded

  

  Seven countries in Latin America are on track to have their ratings upgraded in the short term, as the region's credit cycle remains supported by healthy economic growth and greater policy stability, Fitch Ratings said on Thursday.

• Friday, February 25th 2011 - 01:27 UTC

  Chile/Ecuador proposal for a UNASUR Antarctic base

  

  Chile and Ecuador will be proposing their peers of Unasur, (Union of South American Nations) the establishment of a scientific research base in Antarctica, according to Ecuador’s Foreign Affairs minister Ricardo Patiño.