Politics

Tuesday, April 13th 2010 - 05:55 UTC
Mrs. Kirchner dream comes true: half an hour with President Obama

US President Barack Obama will meet Tuesday with President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit being held in Washington. According to the White House, Obama will gather for roughly a half hour with the Argentine Head of State at 4:00 pm local time.
Tuesday, April 13th 2010 - 02:41 UTC
IMF boosts new emergency lending facility ten fold to 550 billion USD

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved Monday a ten-fold expansion of the Fund’s New Arrangements to Borrow (NAB) and the transformation of the Fund’s premier standing credit arrangement into a more flexible and effective tool of crisis management.
Tuesday, April 13th 2010 - 02:35 UTC
Polish tragedy marks European Union first day of official mourning

Russia and the European Union marked Monday an official day of mourning as Poland observes a week of commemoration following the deaths of President Lech Kaczynski, the first lady, and dozens of senior Polish leaders and military officials in a plane crash in Russia on Saturday.
Tuesday, April 13th 2010 - 00:25 UTC
Washington Post ad calls on Mrs Kirchner to cancel coal plant in Patagonia

In an attempt to take advantage of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's visit to the US (CFK is attending the Nuclear Security Summit), Greenpeace has posted a paid announcement on The Washington Post newspaper as a way to protest against the construction of a coal-fuelled power plant in Río Turbio, Santa Cruz province.
Monday, April 12th 2010 - 23:12 UTC
Castro brothers against opening Cuba, because that’s the end of them, claims Clinton

The Cuban brothers Fidel and Raúl Castro do not want to normalize ties with Washington because they would “lose their excuses” for the country's lack of development and openness, said US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaking at the University of Louisville in Kentucky.
Monday, April 12th 2010 - 23:04 UTC
Mercosur and EU trade negotiators must “deliver” before May summit

Mercosur is waiting for “dialogue contributions” from the European Union to decide on negotiations for a political and commercial agreement with the EU. Brussels is expected to make its move at the end of April on time for a formal launching in May of the decade-long delayed but very much needed block to block talks.
Monday, April 12th 2010 - 05:20 UTC
Chilean Army de-mining fields bordering the Magellan Strait

Chile’s Army demining team announced last week the clearance of 5.799 mines in the north of Tierra del Fuego next to the so called Primera Angostura (First Narrow) of the Magellan Strait.
Monday, April 12th 2010 - 05:18 UTC
Living myth Fidel Castro, “a man with a superior intellect by heartless”

Dissident Cuban neurosurgeon Hilda Molina, now living in Argentina, said in an interview that Fidel Castro once felt “a very marked inclination” towards her.
Monday, April 12th 2010 - 05:13 UTC
Kissinger accused of turning blind eye to Latam military regimes political killings

Henry Kissinger while United States Secretary of State, halted a plan to warn South American military regimes against international political assassinations such as those involving the 1976 death in Washington of former Chilean minister Orlando Letelier, a document shows.
Monday, April 12th 2010 - 05:09 UTC
Hollywood stars support natural park conservation project in Ecuador

Hollywood stars Leonardo Di Caprio and Glenn Close are willing to support an environment-conservation project in Ecuador that would prevent the extraction of 850 million barrels of oil from the Amazon.