Politics

• Wednesday, September 30th 2009 - 13:31 UTC

  Kirchners “surrendered” to the IMF, says leading Argentine economist

  

  Argentina surrendered to the IMF during the last G20 summit having admitted that the international multilateral organization will be monitoring the country’s economic program during the next fiver years, said economist Jose Luis Espert.

• Wednesday, September 30th 2009 - 13:14 UTC

  Senior US diplomat holds high-level talks with Cuban government

  

  A senior US diplomat had high-level talks with the Cuban government in Havana, the State Department said Tuesday. Bisa Williams, acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, met this week with Deputy Foreign Minister Dagoberto Rodriguez during a six-day trip to Cuba, Assistant Secretary P.J. Crowley said.

• Wednesday, September 30th 2009 - 08:03 UTC

  European Commission rejects use of designation for territorial disputes

  

  In a parliamentary response on the issue of Gibraltar waters last week, the European Commission said EU environmental designations should not be used to resolve territorial disputes, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.

• Wednesday, September 30th 2009 - 07:52 UTC

  PM Brown launches “make-or-break” campaign for Labour

  

  The coming general election will present Britain with its “biggest choice for a generation” between a Labour Party offering prosperity and hope and Conservatives who have “no hearts”, PM Gordon Brown said in his last conference speech before the poll expected in the spring.

• Wednesday, September 30th 2009 - 07:24 UTC

  Peru proposes “non aggression pact” to counter arms race in Latinamerica

  

  Peru proposed before the United Nations General Assembly a “non aggression pact” to ensure a peace area in South America and to help counter what it describes the costly arms race. The issue has become highly sensitive in the region.

• Wednesday, September 30th 2009 - 07:20 UTC

  World Bank predicts ten million will fall into poverty in Latinamerica

  

  The World Bank forecasts that about ten million people will join the ranks of the poor in Latin America this year as a result of the global economic slowdown, reversing social gains since 2002.

• Wednesday, September 30th 2009 - 05:43 UTC

  The Honduras crisis and a Republican Senator from South Carolina

  

  Who’s in command? is the question political analyst Andres Oppenheimer has asked in his weekly column on Latinamerican affairs, precisely because in the midst of the Honduras crisis, the Obama administration has not been able to confirm key players, Under Secretary for Hemispheric Affairs and the US ambassador in Brazil.

• Tuesday, September 29th 2009 - 13:21 UTC

  Lula da Silva’s presidential candidate cured of lymphatic cancer

  

  The woman Brazilian President Lula da Silva wants to succeed him is cured of lymphatic cancer, her doctors said Monday.

• Tuesday, September 29th 2009 - 10:45 UTC

  Chile documents its Antarctica roots for bicentennial celebrations

  

  A documentary “Antarctica Secreta” (Secret Antarctica) which explores and promises abundant evidence of Chile’s long established roots in Antarctica, dating back to over a hundred years, is expected to be ready for its launching August next year, on time for the country’s bicentennial celebrations.

• Tuesday, September 29th 2009 - 10:34 UTC

  Bag of claims inflation: Falklands, Cuba plus Diego García and Mayotte

  

  The recent second summit of South America and African leaders added to the traditional statements on the Falklands/Malvinas dispute and the US trade embargo on Cuba, similar demands referred to disputes over islands in the Indian Ocean involving Britain and France.