Politics

• Monday, March 22nd 2010 - 21:25 UTC

  All set for Insulza’s re-election in OAS; Piñera flies to Washington in support

  

  With a few hours left before the election of a new Secretary General for the Organization of American States, OAS, which has as only candidate Chilean Jose Miguel Insulza running for re-election, Chilean Foreign Affairs minister Alfredo Moreno said that support from United States is “welcome”.

• Monday, March 22nd 2010 - 21:08 UTC

  “Slow and sluggish” UK economy in 2010 forecasts British Industry

  

  The UK economy is in for a “bumpy ride” in 2010, according to a report from the UK's largest employers' group. Growth will remain fragile and the economy will be “slow and sluggish” as Government stimulus measures - like the VAT cut and the car scrappage scheme - are phased out, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said.

• Monday, March 22nd 2010 - 21:05 UTC

  Latinamerica leads in distribution of free laptops for schoolchildren

  

  The massive delivery of free laptops for schoolchildren -- begun on an experimental basis nearly three years ago in Uruguay -- is booming throughout Latin America.

• Monday, March 22nd 2010 - 20:53 UTC

  IDB agrees to 70 billion USD capital increase and condones Haiti’s debt

  

  The Inter American Development Bank’s (IDB) board agreed to a 70 billion US dollars capital increase, an amount that should allow the organization to lend 12 billion a year, bank President Luis Alberto Moreno said during the annual meeting in Mexico.

• Monday, March 22nd 2010 - 11:18 UTC

  US Congress passes Barack Obama's historic health care reform bill

  

  Barack Obama has convinced Democrats in the US Congress to pass his historic health care reform bill, handing the president a victory that will give nearly every American the right to health coverage and could define his time in office.

• Sunday, March 21st 2010 - 19:47 UTC

  The Dark side of Brazil’s Olympic Dreams: 2016 Olympic Host Battles Poverty, Violent Crime, and Police Brutality

  With colorful and scandalous flourishes, in a nation where the bizarre is often normal, Brazil’s Carnaval kicked off throughout the country on February 12th. The celebration is especially exotic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil’s second largest city, where the samba dancers’ elaborate talents draw millions of tourists each year.

• Saturday, March 20th 2010 - 08:51 UTC

  British Airways battles cabin crew strike

  

  British Airways said it would fly more than 60 percent of passengers with flights booked for this weekend despite a three-day cabin crew strike that risks hurting the Labor government weeks before an election.

• Saturday, March 20th 2010 - 06:20 UTC

  Argentina’s most serious institutional crisis since 1983, but “could be for good”

  

  Argentina is going through the most serious institutional crisis since the return of democracy in 1983, according to respected political analyst and historian Rosendo Fraga. Never “have we seen such an intense clash among the three branches of government”.

• Saturday, March 20th 2010 - 04:18 UTC

  A clear majority of Uruguayans optimistic about President Mujica’s government

  

  A clear majority of Uruguayans, 61% is optimistic about the future and believes that the government of President Jose Mujica will “be good or very good”, according to the latest Equipos Mori public opinion poll released this week.

• Saturday, March 20th 2010 - 04:05 UTC

  Letter to Lula da Silva: “Cuba no longer a symbol, no longer a taboo”

  

  Brazil and the community of Latin American countries are the only ones with the ability to influence the Cuban government’s position on human rights and media freedom, says a letter addressed to Brazilian president Lula da Silva by Reporters Without Borders.