Politics

• Wednesday, June 23rd 2010 - 02:08 UTC

  Chile announces complete de-mining of border areas with Bolivia

  

  Following five years of sustained efforts the Bolivian border with Chile has been swept free of mines, 22.988 of them that were planted in the seventies under the military regime of Dictator General Augusto Pinochet.

• Tuesday, June 22nd 2010 - 05:05 UTC

  Brazil reacts cautiously to the Yuan “greater flexibility” policy

  

  Brazil's Central Bank welcomed China's move to boost flexibility of the Yuan exchange rate, saying the decision showed China's willingness to help the global economy.

• Tuesday, June 22nd 2010 - 04:59 UTC

  Timerman promises Congress support with alleged bribes investigation

  

  Newly appointed Argentine Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman officially takes office Tuesday at a ceremony at Casa Rosada but already has a full table of issues. On Monday in a short release he stated that former Argentine ambassador to Venezuela Eduardo Sadous would ”brief Congress tomorrow (Tuesday), with all the freedoms and responsibilities that come with being a member of the Nation's diplomatic corps.”

• Tuesday, June 22nd 2010 - 04:54 UTC

  G20 leaders (mainly US and Europe) seem divided stimuli timing withdrawal

  

  President Barack Obama has warned against cutting national debts too quickly as it would put economic recovery at risk. In a letter to G20 leaders, the US president said that while it was important to put in place “credible plans” to cut deficits, withdrawing economic stimulus early was dangerous.

• Tuesday, June 22nd 2010 - 04:46 UTC

  Vatican confirms relations with Cuba are “cordial and on a healthy course”

  

  Vatican Foreign minister Archbishop Dominique Mamberti concluded an official and pastoral visit to Cuba Sunday saying relations between the Catholic Church and the Cuban governments are on a healthy course, reports the Catholic News Service.

• Monday, June 21st 2010 - 05:46 UTC

  The downfall of the ‘loyal, orthodox’ Jorge Taiana

  

  Suspicious deals with Venezuela, a ministry with different areas of influence, alleged leaks to the press, a close alignment with Washington and in spite of his submission, probably too ‘autonomous’ for the Kirchner couple’s taste seems to have condemned the orthodox Jorge Taiana as Argentina’s Foreign Affairs minister.

• Monday, June 21st 2010 - 04:10 UTC

  Falklands’ and decolonization debate, Timerman’s international debut

  

  Argentina’s newly designated Minister of Foreign Affairs Hector Timerman will be making his international debut with the Falkland Islands debate, next Thursday/Friday at the United Nations Decolonization Committee, C24.

• Monday, June 21st 2010 - 04:07 UTC

  Santos calls for unity and promises to improve relations with neighbors

  

  As anticipated Colombia’s Juan Manuel Santos won on Sunday the country’s presidential runoff by a landslide, persuading voters with a pledge to continue Alvaro Uribe’s policies, the most popular leader of the country in the last five decades.

• Saturday, June 19th 2010 - 02:09 UTC

  UN calls on Venezuela to withdraw arrest warrant against head of media network

  

  United Nations special rapporteur on freedom of expression called on Venezuela to withdraw the arrest warrant against the head of the opposition Globovision television network, declaring that it had no right to silence critics.

• Saturday, June 19th 2010 - 00:24 UTC

  Taiana resigns after “strong exchange” with Mrs. Kirchner; Timmerman replaces him

  

  Argentine Foreign Affairs minister Jorge Taiana and a close ally of the ruling Kirchner couple since 2003, unexpectedly resigned Friday allegedly because of “lack of support and differences” in the implementation of the country foreign policy.