Politics

• Saturday, October 10th 2009 - 16:50 UTC

  “Populist wave” is not a threat to stability in Latinamerica

  

  The “populist wave” in Latinamerica represented by leaders such as Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez and Evo Morales in Bolivia are not an “excessive threat” to stability and territorial balance said Chilean writer Jorge Edwards.

• Saturday, October 10th 2009 - 16:44 UTC

  Main opposition leader wants Venezuela in Mercosur to help control Chavez

  

  One of Venezuela’s main opposition leaders has been invited to address Brazilian Senate committees which are currently considering the long debated controversial incorporation of Venezuela to Mercosur.

• Saturday, October 10th 2009 - 16:33 UTC

  Cristina “Malvinera” Kirchner promises no respite in struggle for Falklands

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner claimed she is “profoundly malvinera” and promised to continue struggling at all international forums for what is unrenounceable for Argentina: “the claim over our Malvinas”.

• Friday, October 9th 2009 - 21:19 UTC

  With two weeks to the Uruguayan election, only the undecided keep growing

  

  With just two weeks left for polling day, Uruguay’s electorate is under saturation bombardment from the different political parties’ spots and public opinion polls on vote intention. Next October 25th Uruguayan voters elect president, parliament and will have to decide on two referendums that are proving controversial.

• Friday, October 9th 2009 - 21:12 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

  

  Headlines: Youngsters on song for charity ball; FIDC board reluctantly accepts freight subsidy; First of two Argentine Next of Kin visit runs smoothly: Pag 3.

• Friday, October 9th 2009 - 17:13 UTC

  United States with the status of the “world’s most admired country”

  

  Brand America is now ranked #1 by global citizens, according to the GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media, a division of GfK Custom Research North America. Results from the 2009 Anholt-GfK Roper Nation Brands Index (NBI), which measures the global image of 50 countries, show the United States taking the top spot as the country with the best overall brand, up from seventh last year.

• Friday, October 9th 2009 - 16:56 UTC

  Nobel Prize to Obama and multilateralism

  

  The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced Friday it has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to United States President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special importance to Obama's vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons.

• Friday, October 9th 2009 - 12:34 UTC

  Malvinas Families with statue of Virgin of Lujan leave for the Falklands

  

  A second group of Malvinas Familias, estimated in over 200, leave on Friday evening for Rio Gallegos and the following morning to the Falkland Islands for the inauguration of the Memorial in the Argentine cemetery at Darwin.

• Friday, October 9th 2009 - 10:15 UTC

  Honduras crisis remains stalled but effective dialogue has started

  

  Honduras ousted president Manuel Zelaya said on Thursday that the head of the de facto government Roberto Micheletti is planning to stay longer than anticipated in office.

• Friday, October 9th 2009 - 10:08 UTC

  Euro-zone leaves rates unchanged: “uncertainty remains high”

  

  The European Central Bank left the main rate at 1% and President Jean Claude Trichet said at a press conference in Venice on Thursday that the ECB has no plans to raise borrowing costs, describing their level as “appropriate”.