Politics

Wednesday, July 1st 2009 - 12:24 UTC
Honduras president offers deal to end constitutional crisis

Honduras president Manuel Zelaya offered a deal Tuesday to the military leaders who ousted him - he'll quit in January if allowed to return and serve out his term in office.
Tuesday, June 30th 2009 - 15:22 UTC
Honduran’s Zelaya president vows to return

The Honduran president ousted by a military coup and forced into exile has said he will return home on Thursday. Speaking in the Nicaraguan capital, Managua, late on Monday, Manuel Zelaya said: “I go to Tegucigalpa on Thursday. I'm the elected president, I will fulfil my four-year term.”
Tuesday, June 30th 2009 - 15:13 UTC
Mrs. Kirchner downplays defeat and asks for support from Congress

Argentine president Cristina Kirchner downplayed the defeat suffered by government candidates in Sunday’s mid term elections and insisted the ruling coalition had won with 31.03% of the overall national vote, denied any cabinet changes and criticized political analysts for their interpretation of election results.
Tuesday, June 30th 2009 - 15:01 UTC
Top advisor and a banker leaving Lula da Silva administration

Two officials from the Lula da Silva administration which have played crucial roles are expected to leave the government in the coming months. One of them is presidential advisor Roberto Mangabeira Unger who is returning to Harvard University, the other banker Henrique Meirelles who is planning to run for governor of the state of Goias.
Tuesday, June 30th 2009 - 14:56 UTC
Kirchner quits the presidency of the Peronist party

Argentine former President Néstor Kirchner announced Monday he had resigned the presidency of the Justicialista (Peronist) Party, in a message that was recorded in the Olivos presidential residency by the official news agency Telam and was aired by the local media.
Tuesday, June 30th 2009 - 06:47 UTC
Baroness Thatcher with her left arm in a sling, released from hospital

Baroness Thatcher has returned home from hospital more than two weeks after breaking her arm in a fall. The former Prime Minister, dressed in a pink cardigan, pink top and cream-coloured skirt, with her left arm apparently in a sling, waved at reporters and smiled on the doorstep of her central London home.
Tuesday, June 30th 2009 - 06:44 UTC
Royal family costs British taxpayer 69p per person

Queen Elizabeth II and the Royal Family cost the British taxpayer 69p per person last year - an increase of 3p, Buckingham Palace accounts have revealed. The total cost of keeping the monarchy increased by £1.5 million to £41.5 million during the 2008-09 financial year.
Tuesday, June 30th 2009 - 06:37 UTC
Mercosur will address inter-group trade restrictions in Paraguay

Mercosur Foreign Affairs and Economy ministers will be meeting Tuesday in Asuncion, Paraguay in the framework of the Common Market Group to discuss trade barriers and try to unwind several issues.
Monday, June 29th 2009 - 14:21 UTC
Victorious Argentine opposition calls on Cristina to begin negotiations

“With all respect to our President, (Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner) I hope you have heard the message of the Argentines in the polls and beginning tomorrow (Monday) you will convene us to dialogue”, said the Mayor of the City of Buenos Aires, Mauricio Macri who emerged from Sunday’s mid term election as one of the strongest 2011 presidential hopefuls.
Monday, June 29th 2009 - 11:44 UTC
UN and OAS will address Monday the Honduras coup

The United Nations and the Organization of American States will be addressing Monday the Honduras situation following the military coup which on early Sunday morning ousted constitutionally elected president Jose Manuel Zelaya.