Politics

• Wednesday, April 15th 2009 - 10:45 UTC

  Lower House approves Brazil’s Sovereign Wealth Fund

  

  Brazil’s Congress Lower House approved on Tuesday night approved legislation making an existing Sovereign Wealth Fund into a permanent fixture. The Chamber of Deputies voted 274-102 to approve a government bill making the fund permanent and approving an initial total for it of 14.2 billion Brazilian Reales, approximately 6.5 billion US dollars.

• Wednesday, April 15th 2009 - 08:54 UTC

  Paraguayan president gives his name to love-child

  

  The mother of the two year old child fathered by Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo confirmed she had desisted of the demand following the former Catholic bishop paternity admission and promise to give him his name.

• Wednesday, April 15th 2009 - 08:53 UTC

  Peruvian government firm on its anti insurgency policy

  

  The Peruvian government defended its offensive against the remnants of the once-powerful insurgency “Shinning Path” as armed forces searched for a soldier reported missing following rebel ambushes that killed more than a dozen people last week.

• Wednesday, April 15th 2009 - 08:48 UTC

  Obama leaves for Mexico and prepares for regional summit test

  

  United States President Barack Obama heads to Mexico Thursday and then continues on to Trinidad and Tobago for the fifth Summit of the Americas. Security concerns along the US-Mexico border are expected to top Mr. Obama's discussions with Mexican President Felipe Calderon, while the summit provides an opportunity to reinvigorate the US hemispheric ties and forge a regional response to the global economic downturn, according to a Voice of America report.

• Wednesday, April 15th 2009 - 08:40 UTC

  Bolivia opens three indigenous universities

  

  The Bolivian government has opened three indigenous universities for Aymaras, Quechuas and Guaranis, and they will be linked to social movements, Education Minister Roberto Aguilar said

• Wednesday, April 15th 2009 - 05:57 UTC

  Political agreement in Bolivia ends Morales hunger-strike

  

  President Evo Morales has ended a five days long hunger strike after Bolivia's congress approved a new electoral law that grants more voting power to his electoral turf and allows him to run for a second term five-year term next December.

• Wednesday, April 15th 2009 - 05:43 UTC

  “Too few, too far” a vivid account of the Battle of South Georgia

  

  The story of how 22 British Royal Marines held off an entire Argentine invasion force on the eve of the 1982 Falkland Islands War has finally been told for the first time, according to a Books Review article from the Daily Mail published on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, April 15th 2009 - 05:23 UTC

  British PM Brown furious over smear e-mails; Tories insist in inquiry

  

  British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was “furious” when he found out about the smear emails written by a key aide about top Tories, his spokesman has said, amid renewed Tory pressure for an inquiry into the scandal.

• Wednesday, April 15th 2009 - 05:14 UTC

  Vatican rejects (pro-abortion) Caroline Kennedy as US ambassador

  

  The Vatican has rejected at least three possible candidates proposed by President Barack Obama to serve as US ambassador to the Holy See, say reliable sources in Rome.

• Tuesday, April 14th 2009 - 14:02 UTC

  Lula da Silva says Obama must not be embarrassed on the Cuban issue

  

  Brazilian president Lula da Silva anticipated he will address the Cuban issue in the coming Americas Summit next Friday in Trinidad Tobago, but Brazilian diplomacy is also working to ensure it does not become an irritating discussion, according to Sao Paulo press.