Politics

Friday, November 13th 2009 - 09:26 UTC
Lavagna blasts Cristina Kirchner failed government: “stop looking for excuses”

Argentina’ former Economy minister Roberto Lavagna said on Thursday that when governments begin to fail, “they begin to look for all kind of excuses”. The administration of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner faced with mounting social unrest and financial problems claims a “destabilization plan” has been set in motion.
Friday, November 13th 2009 - 08:18 UTC
Buenos Aires “picket-city”: 340 street protests per month

Since September last year the government of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has faced 7.658 street protests and blocked routes, which is 68% more than the 4.451which took place during the four years mandate of her predecessor in the job and husband, Nestor Kirchner. This works out at an average 340 monthly street protests since Mrs. Kirchner took office in December 2007.
Friday, November 13th 2009 - 04:55 UTC
Mexican tycoon and drug-lord make it to Forbes most powerful list

Mexico made it to the Forbes list of the 67 most powerful in the world with two names: one of them a legitimate businessman linked to telecommunication with an international reputation, the other a notorious drug lord with a reward on his head.
Friday, November 13th 2009 - 04:35 UTC
Colombia takes Chavez “war threats” to the UN Security Council

Colombia has taken its case with threats of war from neighbouring Venezuela to the United Nations Security Council after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told his army to get ready to fight.
Friday, November 13th 2009 - 03:58 UTC
The Kirchner couple at their lowest public opinion rating

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her husband Nestor Kirchner are the politicians with the worst image according to a public opinion poll taken at the end of October by Management & Fit and released this week.
Friday, November 13th 2009 - 01:23 UTC
Cuba drastically slashes “farm bureaucracy” to boost food production

One of the major ills of Cuba’s state-run agricultural enterprises is “the excess of non-productive personnel,” Communist Party daily Granma said this week. The newspaper estimated the number of redundant employees in the state farming sector at 89,000, or 26% of the total.
Friday, November 13th 2009 - 01:02 UTC
Honduras US Supreme Court deliberates on Zelaya’s reinstatement

The Honduras Supreme Court begun to consider late Wednesday if ousted President Manuel Zelaya should or should not be reinstated, a crucial step in the process to help overcome the four-month political crisis that has virtually paralyzed the Central American country.
Thursday, November 12th 2009 - 10:52 UTC
UK and France work together for a world-wide arms trade treaty

The United Kingdom and France launched on Wednesday, Armistice Day, the idea of the need to negotiate a world-wide Arms Trade Treaty. Foreign Secretary David Miliband and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner wrote a joint article on the subject published in the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano.
Thursday, November 12th 2009 - 10:47 UTC
UK offers military land in Cyprus to help seal reunification deal

Britain has offered to give up half of the land occupied by its sovereign military bases in Cyprus if the divided island's leaders can seal a reunification deal. In an attempt to show they are serious about supporting a solution to the protracted Cyprus problem, Britain has renewed an offer to cede about half the territory of its bases in Cyprus.
Thursday, November 12th 2009 - 10:30 UTC
Argentine church calls government to improve “social cohesion and bring peace”

The Argentine Catholic Church called Wednesday on the government to improve “social cohesion and bring peace” to Argentines. At a conference headed by Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio to mark the 25th anniversary of a peace treaty between Argentina and Chile mediated by Pope John Paul II, the cardinal claimed the government “has the obligation to resolve all its controversies by the use of peaceful methods.”