Politics

• Saturday, May 29th 2010 - 02:59 UTC

  IMF praises management of Peruvian economy; forecasts 5 to 7% growth in 2010

  

  International Monetary Fund (IMF) praised Peru as a clear example of how to enforce the right economic policies since its GDP this year is expected to grow 5 to 7%.

• Saturday, May 29th 2010 - 01:47 UTC

  Brazil calls on South America to have its own military dissuasive capacity

  

  South America must recover its military dissuasive capacity so it can say ‘no’ when necessary said Brazilian Defence minister Nelson Jobim following a meeting this week in Montevideo with his Uruguayan counterpart Luis Rosadilla.

• Saturday, May 29th 2010 - 01:40 UTC

  Hillary Clinton to attend OAS assembly in Lima and visit Ecuador and Colombia

  

  United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will travel to Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Barbados from June 6-10 to participate in the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) and consult with our regional partners on issues of shared interest.

• Saturday, May 29th 2010 - 01:32 UTC

  Australia begins legal action in The Hague against Japan over whaling

  

  Australia has said it will begin legal action against Japan over whaling in the Antarctic. Canberra will argue that the annual whaling hunt in the Southern Ocean is in violation of an international ban on commercial whaling.

• Saturday, May 29th 2010 - 01:28 UTC

  Argentines the most anxious of Latinamerica and at world level

  

  Argentines are the most anxious people in Latinamerica and rank among the most nervous at world level according to an international opinion poll which reveals that eight out of ten residents in Argentina admit to suffering some sort of anxiety.

• Saturday, May 29th 2010 - 01:25 UTC

  Peru/Chile maritime dispute extends to Ecuador and Colombia

  

  In addition to having called upon Ecuador a few weeks ago as a witness in Chile’s maritime dispute with Peru, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague also asked the Permanent Commission of the South Pacific (CPPS) – of which Colombia is a member to testify.

• Saturday, May 29th 2010 - 01:16 UTC

  Plymouth commemorative plaque for Falklands’ conflict Royal Navy vessel

  

  The Commanding Officer of one of the Royal Navy Devonport-based frigates lost in the Falklands conflict has unveiled a commemorative plaque in Plymouth, reports the Herald from Plymouth.

• Saturday, May 29th 2010 - 01:14 UTC

  US citizen who spent 15 years in Peruvian jail convicted for terrorism is released

  

  Lori Berenson, a US citizen who was convicted of terrorism and has spent the last 15 years in a Peruvian jail, has being released, according to Lima newspaper El Comercio.

• Saturday, May 29th 2010 - 01:06 UTC

  Mercosur supports re-election of IADB president Moreno

  

  Mercosur as a block and the country members have extended full support to the re-election of Colombia’s Luis Alberto Moreno as president of the Inter American Development bank, IADB.

• Friday, May 28th 2010 - 04:51 UTC

  Argentina wins appeal on damage award to thousands of defaulted bond holders

  

  US federal appeals court threw out a 2.24 billion US dollars damage award to tens of thousands of investors who held defaulted Argentine sovereign bonds, saying a lower court erred in calculating an “inflated” sum.