Politics

• Friday, April 23rd 2010 - 07:00 UTC

  Obama attacks critics of banking reforms to end “reckless practices”

  

  US President Barack Obama has attacked critics of his banking reforms in a speech which warned that without change the financial crisis will be repeated. Reckless practices and financial firms that acted like “bandits” should never be allowed to operate again, he said.

• Friday, April 23rd 2010 - 03:17 UTC

  Forced by pickets Peru suspends 90 days controversial mining project

  

  Protesters in the southern Peruvian province of Islay ended their six-day general strike after the government agreed to temporarily suspend a controversial mining project.

• Thursday, April 22nd 2010 - 03:23 UTC

  Taiana calls Gualeguaychú activists to reconsider position and lift pickets

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana called on Gualeguaychú activists that keep international San Martín bridge blocked for more than three years to “reconsider their ways of action, mostly after the International Court of Justice ruling”.

• Thursday, April 22nd 2010 - 03:11 UTC

  Cristina and Mujica to address Court ruling’s effects next Wednesday

  

  Uruguayan President Jose Mujica and his Argentine peer Cristina Fernández de Kirchner are to meet next Wednesday afternoon in Buenos Aires in what is to be the first encounter after The Hague International Court's ruling on Botnia paper mill was made public Tuesday.

• Thursday, April 22nd 2010 - 02:52 UTC

  Mickey Mouse parade to celebrate Brasilia’s 50 years infuriates founding architect

  

  The celebration of Brasilia’s 50th anniversary began Wednesday with a parade of Walt Disney characters that riled architect Oscar Niemeyer, the 102-year-old communist regarded as the “father” of the Brazilian capital.

• Thursday, April 22nd 2010 - 01:18 UTC

  Chilean Navy incorporates largest vessel ever: a 42.000 tons logistics supply unit

  

  The Chilean Navy incorporated this week its largest unit, a 42.000 tons tanker, AO-52 “Almirante Montt” which will play a vital role in supplying the surface fleet. The tanker was purchased from the US Navy and will replace AO-53 “Araucano” decommissioned after forty years service.

• Thursday, April 22nd 2010 - 00:56 UTC

  Gays and lesbians accuse Bolivia’s Morales of “state homophobia”

  

  Gay and lesbian organizations world wide are up in arms demanding Bolivian president Evo Morales rectify his statements on homosexuality which were described as outrageous and “state homophobia”.

• Wednesday, April 21st 2010 - 17:46 UTC

  Colombian presidential candidate accuses Chavez of interference

  

  Colombia’s leading presidential candidate Juan Manuel Santos claimed that Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez is intent in interfering in his country’s electoral process that next May 30 will decide on the successor of President Alvaro Uribe.

• Wednesday, April 21st 2010 - 17:24 UTC

  Falklands’ sovereignty: a bilateral issue between Argentina and UK, says Spain

  

  Spain will not be supporting Argentina’s Falkland Islands sovereignty claim during the coming European Union and Latinamerican summit to be held next May 18 in Madrid, according to Falklands Legislative Assembly Member Roger Edwards recently back from Brussels.

• Wednesday, April 21st 2010 - 16:27 UTC

  Chilean president to sell holding in television network: 160 million USD

  

  Chilean billionaire-businessman-turned-president Sebastian Piñera is in the process of selling Chilevisión, the third most watched television network in the country.