Politics

• Friday, August 21st 2009 - 14:16 UTC

  Argentine football season begins with the Kirchners scoring

  

  Argentina’s soccer championship kicks Friday night after the government stepped in this week and put the national game on the state payroll in order to avoid a financial crisis gripping clubs that threatened the entire season.

• Friday, August 21st 2009 - 14:15 UTC

  Argentina warming up to resume dialogue and links with IMF

  

  Argentina's Economy Minister Amado Boudou has opened the door to re-establishing links with the International Monetary Fund, as he seeks to restore Argentina's access to international credit markets.

• Friday, August 21st 2009 - 14:09 UTC

  Allende’s family wants Brazil do declassify documents from 1973

  

  Chilean Member of Parliament Isabel Allende said she will ask the Brazilian government to declassify documents that could shed light on Brazil’s possible involvement in the 1973 coup that led to the ouster and death of her father, elected socialist President Salvador Allende.

• Friday, August 21st 2009 - 14:01 UTC

  Argentine congress extends Kirchner’s special taxing powers

  

  Argentina’s Senate passed a bill extending President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner’s authority to set export tax rates for one year, further angering farmers who have been confronted with the government for almost two years on the issue.

• Friday, August 21st 2009 - 13:59 UTC

  Canada reaffirms sovereignty in the Arctic region

  

  Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is on a five-day visit to the northern Arctic region of his country. Mr Harper said it was all part of an initiative to promote Canada's sovereignty in the far north.

• Friday, August 21st 2009 - 13:49 UTC

  Sensational Suarez hits four for Ayax

  

  22 year old Uruguayan international Luis Suarez hit FOUR magnificent goals as Ajax of Amsterdam beat Slovan Bratislava by 5-0 in a Europa Cup qualifying game in the Amsterdam Arena on wednesday night. Substitute Mitchell Donald scored the 5th in injury time.

• Friday, August 21st 2009 - 11:26 UTC

  Falkland Island: Weekly Penguin News Update

  

  Headlines: ‘Let us help you’ police chief urges domestic abuse victims; Economic Development Strategy goes public; Doyle reports.

• Friday, August 21st 2009 - 11:07 UTC

  Colombian president closer to re-re-election, but it’s not that simple

  

  Colombia’s Senate passed a bill late Wednesday that may pave the way for a national referendum on whether to allow President Alvaro Uribe to seek a third consecutive term in next year’s presidential election.

• Thursday, August 20th 2009 - 16:17 UTC

  US does not have or seeks bases inside Colombia, said Hillary Clinton

  

  United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the US-Colombia defence cooperation agreement would not create US bases in Colombia or significantly increase US military presence in the region.

• Thursday, August 20th 2009 - 16:05 UTC

  Argentina and Brazil moving towards “financial integration”

  

  Argentina and Brazil signed Wednesday an agreement to swap domestic currencies for the equivalent of a total 1.8 billion US dollars, which could be used to increase international reserves. The accord was described as an important effort towards “financial integration” in the framework of Mercosur.