Politics

Wednesday, April 7th 2010 - 00:53 UTC
British top earners begin paying 50p in income tax for each pound over £ 150.000

British top earners will pay 50p in income tax on each pound of their salary over £150,000 from Tuesday April 6, the start of the new financial year. Previously, the highest rate of income tax payable was 40p on every pound for earnings above £37,400.
Wednesday, April 7th 2010 - 00:07 UTC
UK General Election May 6; Tories lead in polls; chances of hung Parliament

Political leaders have headed off on the campaign trail after Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced Tuesday the UK general election would be held on 6 May. He said he would seek a “clear” mandate to continue the “road to recovery”, as Labour bids for a fourth term.
Tuesday, April 6th 2010 - 03:48 UTC
CFK and Mujica discuss Bolivian gas and the Botnia pulp mill ruling

Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, CFK and her Uruguayan counterpart José Mujica met Monday afternoon during a surprise visit to the Olivos presidential residence in Buenos Aires.
Tuesday, April 6th 2010 - 02:45 UTC
Argentina protests Chinese sanitary restrictions on soy-oil imports

Argentina formally protested on Monday a possible move by China to block imports of Argentine soybean oil in a trade row that threatens a key export of the country and last year involved almost 1.5 billion US dollars.
Tuesday, April 6th 2010 - 02:40 UTC
President Hu Jintao to visit this month Brazil, Venezuela and Chile

Chinese president Hu Jintao will be visiting Brazil, Venezuela and Chile in mid April according to a release from Beijing. From an international summit on nuclear security, April 12/13, President Hu Jintao will travel to Brazil for the second BRIC summit, scheduled from April 14 to 17.
Tuesday, April 6th 2010 - 02:29 UTC
Beijing tells Washington that Yuan policy Taiwan and Tibet are in the same bag

Amid the currency row with the United States, China has indicated that it may adjust its financial policy to take care of Washington's concerns if the White House respects Beijing's “core interests” in Taiwan and Tibet.
Tuesday, April 6th 2010 - 02:23 UTC
US concerned about impact of Venezuelan purchase of Russian arms in Latam

The United States Department is questioning Venezuela's need to buy billions of dollars in weapons from Russia, voicing concern the arms may end up elsewhere in Latin America.
Tuesday, April 6th 2010 - 01:02 UTC
Buenos Aires City surrounded by two million Argentines living in shanty towns

Over two million people live in a thousand shanty towns in the surroundings of Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires in conditions of extreme marginality and precariousness, according to official data released by the weekend press.
Monday, April 5th 2010 - 23:52 UTC
Bolivia asked Putin for Moscow to return “strongly” to Latinamerica

Bolivian President Evo Morales revealed that he asked Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to have Moscow return “strongly” to Latin America in the meeting that the pair held in Caracas last Friday.
Monday, April 5th 2010 - 23:49 UTC
Bolivian Government and opposition celebrate Sunday’s provincial voting

Bolivian president Evo Morales claimed victory in the regional elections of this Sunday, because according to the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS), ‘now he controls six of the nine governors and three mayors of the ten largest in the country“.