Politics

• Tuesday, June 8th 2010 - 18:41 UTC

  New round of talks in Paraguay to consider Venezuela’s Mercosur incorporation

  

  Top level discussions will be held between members of the Paraguayan Executive and Congress to try and convince lawmakers to vote Venezuela’s incorporation to Mercosur and Paraguayan membership of Unasur (Union of South American Nations) that have been stalled for months.

• Tuesday, June 8th 2010 - 05:45 UTC

  PM Cameron reiterates full support for Falklands’ freedom and self determination

  

  British Prime Minister David Cameron reiterated the support of his government for the freedom and self determination of the Falkland Islands, in a letter addressed to members of the Islands’ Legislative Assembly which was made public on Monday.

• Tuesday, June 8th 2010 - 05:42 UTC

  World Ocean Day 2010: opportunities and challenges

  

  The United Nations Organization (UN) celebrates on Tuesday 8 June World Ocean Day under the theme: 'Our oceans: opportunities and challenges'. The UN General Assembly instituted this celebration from 2009, by its resolution 63/111, issued 5 December, 2008.

• Tuesday, June 8th 2010 - 05:39 UTC

  Argentina imposes strict rules on foreign-exchange trading

  

  Argentina tightened foreign-exchange rules Monday in a step it says is aimed at limiting money laundering and tax evasion, but which most observers say it is geared to restrict the flow of dollars.

• Tuesday, June 8th 2010 - 04:05 UTC

  Uruguayan announces more “active role” in exchange market to boost exports

  

  The Uruguayan government plans a more active role in the foreign exchange market with the purpose of boosting exports competitiveness that have been suffering from the sliding depreciation of the US dollar.

• Tuesday, June 8th 2010 - 03:56 UTC

  OAS agreed Monday to create high level group to decide on Honduras

  

  The Organization of American States, OAS, agreed Monday to create a high level group to assess conditions for the re-entry of suspended Honduras, announced Peruvian Foreign Affairs minister Jose Antonio García Belaúnde

• Tuesday, June 8th 2010 - 01:17 UTC

  Growing number of Argentines optimistic about the economy in 2011

  

  An increasing number of Argentines have growing expectations about their country’s economy well into 2011 when presidential elections are scheduled to take place, according to a public opinion poll published this weekend in the Buenos Aires press.

• Tuesday, June 8th 2010 - 01:16 UTC

  More divorces than marriages in Chile

  

  For the first time since divorce was legalized in Chile five years ago, couples are getting divorced faster than they are getting married. In 2008, 39,000 couples were granted divorces and 20,000 were married. 2009 saw a similar trend, with 63,021 couples granted divorce, or 9% more than the number of couples married, according to a report in La Tercera.

• Tuesday, June 8th 2010 - 00:56 UTC

  Most of Pinochet’s 21m USD fortune cannot be legitimately accounted for

  

  A Universidad de Chile investigation has found that of the 21 million US dollars fortune that former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet amassed during his lifetime, 19 million cannot be legitimately accounted for.

• Tuesday, June 8th 2010 - 00:43 UTC

  Forum on how to recover funds stolen by dictators and corrupt regimes

  

  United Nations, the World Bank and Switzerland are organizing a two-day international conference in Paris to try and associate global financial centres in helping recover assets taken and hidden by dictators and other leaders of corrupt regimes.