Politics

Monday, September 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil ready to facilitate conclusion of world trade talks

The conclusion of the prolonged World Trade Organization Doha round talks could be delayed for another two to three years if world leaders don't reach a significant advance this year, warned Brazil's Foreign Affairs minister Celso Amorim.
Monday, September 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Nay to bail-out plan; markets plunge; Obama calls for calm

The lower house of the US Congress voted down on Monday the 700 billion US dollars package aimed at bailing out Wall Street. Democrat presidential candidate Barak Obama on the trail campaign called for calm and said he expected Congress to pass a bail-out bill in some form.
Monday, September 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Clue witness ready to testify in suitcase money scandal

María del Luján Telpuk, the former Buenos Aires airport security police officer who last year (August 2007) caught US-Venezuelan businessman Guido Antonini Wilson attempting to smuggle into Argentina a suitcase with 800,000 dollars, said that she was “afraid” and ratified that she was willing to have a face-to-face confrontation with Antonini.
Monday, September 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands: UK MPs aware of Argentine economic terrorism

BRITISH politicians are still very aware of what has been described by Falkland Islands' representatives as the “economic terrorism,” inflicted on the Islanders by Argentina, Councillor Ian Hansen said, speaking from the Labour and Conservative Party Conferences in the United Kingdom.
Sunday, September 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
US/Bolivia clash over trade and drugs; OAS good offices

Organization of American States Secretary General Miguel Insulza said on Sunday he would request the United States to reconsider the decision to begin the process of suspending tariff benefits to Bolivia.
Sunday, September 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Rice meets Latam ministers to address political diversity

United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met on Saturday with Foreign Affairs ministers from several Latinamerican countries to address the political and economic relation between the US and the region.
Sunday, September 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Pte. Correa claims “overwhelming” referendum victory

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa claimed on Sunday evening a “historic victory” in a referendum to give him new powers after exit polls said he easily won with 63 to 66% of the vote. Speaking from Guayaquil, an opposition stronghold, a jubilant Mr Correa said his constitutional reform proposals had been approved across the country.
Saturday, September 27th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Obama, McCain argue over war, taxes in 1st debate

John McCain accused Barack Obama of compiling “the most liberal voting record in the United States Senate” Friday night as the two rivals clashed over taxes, spending, the war in Iraq and more in an intense first debate of the White House campaign. “Mostly that's just me opposing George Bush's wrong-headed policies,” shot back the Democrat.
Friday, September 26th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Nazi suspect, Argentine immigrant tried in Serbia

Serbia's war crimes prosecutors launched proceedings this week against a Hungarian citizen, who had immigrated to Argentina after World War II and returned to Hungary in 1996, on charges that he participated in mass killings of Jews and Serbs during Nazi occupation.
Friday, September 26th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine farmers plan 2 day strike and march on Bs. Aires

Argentine farmers announced this week they are back on the protest trail: a two-day strike has been programmed for next October 6 and two days later they will march on the capital Buenos Aires.