Politics

Saturday, January 23rd 2010 - 15:44 UTC
Argentine courts ratify the freeze on use of Central Bank reserves

Argentina’s Federal Contentious Administrative Court Friday ratified the suspension on the use of the Central Bank foreign currency reserves to payout public debt, according to judicial sources in Buenos Aires.
Saturday, January 23rd 2010 - 15:21 UTC
Cuba and US work together to preserve Hemingway’s heritage

Cuban and US cultural institutions plan to keep working together to preserve the documents that belonged to Ernest Hemingway and are kept at Finca Vigia, the US writer’s home-turned-museum on the island, state media reported.
Saturday, January 23rd 2010 - 15:13 UTC
Brazilian bank plans to enter the Mexican retail banking market

Brazil’s Banco Bradesco announced Friday that it plans to enter the Mexican retail banking market through the acquisition of Ibi Mexico
Saturday, January 23rd 2010 - 15:10 UTC
Commercial air link Gibraltar/Barcelona begins end of March

Andalus Lineas Aereas will renew its service from Gibraltar to Barcelona as from the end of March, exactly six months after it pulled the plug on the route because of low passenger numbers, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.
Saturday, January 23rd 2010 - 14:58 UTC
Morales promises a tighter state control economy for “post-colonial” Bolivia

Bolivian President Evo Morales began his second consecutive term on Friday vowing to fight poverty, further tighten state control over the economy and develop some of the world's largest lithium reserves.
Friday, January 22nd 2010 - 17:05 UTC
Argentine Central bank dispute moves to Congress on CFK request

Argentina President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, CFK, cancelled a trip to China and called for a congressional committee to meet in an attempt to defuse the controversy over her plans to use Central bank reserves to pay for debts.
Friday, January 22nd 2010 - 16:59 UTC
Ex-para returns to Falklands to raise funds for combat stress charity

A Scottish Falklands’ veteran is to recreate the paratroops' famous march to Port Stanley in a bid to raise funds for an armed forces charity. Ex-para Tony Banks, who is from Dundee and has built up a £60m care home business, wants to raise more than £10,000 for Combat Stress.
Friday, January 22nd 2010 - 16:43 UTC
Morales becomes head of a pluri-national state blessed by Aymara gods

Bolivian president Evo Morales will be inaugurated Friday before Congress for a second mandate (2010/2015) after having achieved an overwhelming victory in December elections (64% of the vote) ensuring him majority control of both houses.
Friday, January 22nd 2010 - 14:53 UTC
Stock markets fall sharply in response to Obama’s bank reform proposal

World stock markets have fallen sharply in response to far-reaching plans by US President Barack Obama to curb the activities of the biggest US banks. The Dow Jones closed down 2%, its worst fall since October, while Japan's Nikkei closed at a three-week low.
Friday, January 22nd 2010 - 14:49 UTC
Repsol forced to reassess its Bolivian hydrocarbons reserves

Oil company Repsol YPF is studying the impact on its hydrocarbon reserves accounting as a consequence of a change in Bolivian law, but has not made a decision on whether to lower its reserves, a spokesman for Spanish firm confirmed this week in Madrid.