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Montevideo, October 25th 2025 - 21:05 UTC

Politics

  • Wednesday, September 2nd 2009 - 13:03 UTC

    The “morbid obsession” of Cuban censors to protect their perks

    Jose Alejandro Rodriguez published the piece while censors were celebrating their day or is it a new healthy exercise of criticism?

    An article published Sunday in the official Cuban daily Juventud Rebelde criticizes the “morbid obsession” and “paranoia” of some officials for censuring information and rejecting criticism by other officials in an attempt to maintain the image of the Castro ruled island or their own positions.

  • Wednesday, September 2nd 2009 - 13:00 UTC

    Torturers of Pinochet era still on Chilean government payroll

    Defence minister Francisco Vidal in the middle of a major scandal legacy of the Pinochet years

    Chilean Defence Minister Fransisco Vidal confirmed Monday that the Military still employs people accused or convicted of human rights abuses under Chile’s military dictatorship (1973-1990). The state employees receive monthly salaries of up to 2,200 US dollars.

  • Wednesday, September 2nd 2009 - 07:41 UTC

    Euro zone record in July: 15.1 million jobless

    Spain remains the worst case with 18.5% unemployment and Netherlands the best with 3.4%

    Unemployment in the 16-member Euro zone hit a 10-year high in July, data released Tuesday showed. EU statistics office Eurostat said that another 167,000 people were unemployed in the Euro zone during July, pushing the jobless rate up to 9.5% from 9.4% in June which takes the total to 15.1 million people.

  • Wednesday, September 2nd 2009 - 07:23 UTC

    Terrorist suspect to be confirmed as Iranian Defence minister

    Ahmad Vahidi is accused of masterminding the July 1994 terrorist attack against a Jewish centre in Buenos Aires that killed 85 (Pic France Press)

    Iranian MPs have strongly backed the defence minister-designate, in defiance of Argentine demands for his arrest over a 1994 bombing in Buenos Aires. Ahmad Vahidi faced no opposition from MPs on the third day of a debate on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's choices for his new cabinet.

  • Wednesday, September 2nd 2009 - 07:13 UTC

    Commonwealth fully suspends Fiji for refusing to call elections

    Commodore Frank Bainimarama seized power in Fiji in a 2006 coup

    The Commonwealth has fully suspended Fiji after it refused to bow to demands to call elections by next year. Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma cited the Pacific island country's lack of progress towards democracy.

  • Tuesday, September 1st 2009 - 19:37 UTC

    British consul in Basra next Falkland Islands governor

    Nigel Haywood has a military background and is one of few speakers of Cornish

    British Consul General in Basra Iraq and biodiversity conservation expert Nigel Haywood will be the next Governor of the Falkland Islands and Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

  • Tuesday, September 1st 2009 - 13:36 UTC

    Chavez takes time to reply to Peruvian President García ironies

    President García a gifted speaker with much irony and spice (Photo EFE)

    Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said that his country will continue exporting oil to the United States because it is in interest. In a statement published in the Lima daily El Comercio that “many people don’t know” that Venezuelan state oil giant PDVSA, through its Citgo subsidiary, has seven large refineries and more than 10.000 service stations on US soil.

  • Tuesday, September 1st 2009 - 12:59 UTC

    Uruguay confirms submission to extend continental shelf to 350 miles

    The request is based on the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea

    Uruguay submitted a summary of the official request to extend the limits of its continental shelf from 200 to 350 miles, --in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea--, to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, CLCS, which is holding its 24th session in New York.

  • Tuesday, September 1st 2009 - 12:42 UTC

    Surprise move: President Vazquez most trusted advisor Defence minister

    Gonzalo Fernandez, a “dream team” advisor in a devalued ministry

    With only two months left for Uruguay’s October general election President Tabare Vazquez, as had been anticipated, reshuffled his cabinet which included a major surprise: his main advisor and most trusted man was moved from Foreign Affairs to the ministry of Defence.

  • Tuesday, September 1st 2009 - 07:51 UTC

    A black woman poised for presidential candidate in Brazil

    Marina Silva, Amazon defender and founder of the Workers’ party wants a return to the roots

    “During the US Democrat party primaries, when Hillary Clinton was running against Barack Obama, a friend of mine said the US would have to choose between a woman and a black person, but if I was to be presidential candidate in Brazil, we wouldn’t have that problem, because I’m a woman and black”.