Politics

• Tuesday, February 16th 2010 - 02:10 UTC

  Think tank praises UK for not having joined the Euro

  

  Britain's unemployment rate would be twice as high and the recession would have been even deeper if we had joined the euro, a think tank has claimed.

• Tuesday, February 16th 2010 - 02:04 UTC

  Euro zone ministers insist Greece must consolidate public finances

  

  Greece could unveil more cost-cutting proposals if its current efforts do not work fast enough, the head of the 16-nation Euro-zone has said. Jean-Claude Juncker said Greece had agreed to outline additional measures in March if necessary.
  His comments came following a meeting of Euro-zone finance ministers.

• Monday, February 15th 2010 - 21:11 UTC

  Brazilian presidential hopefuls join Carnival celebrations

  

  Brazilian presidential hopefuls took to the streets to join the country’s Carnival celebrations considered an excellent opportunity to have their names and faces known.

• Monday, February 15th 2010 - 20:21 UTC

  Mrs. Kirchner willing to discuss with opposition about central bank reserves

  

  The administration of Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said it is willing to discuss with the opposition the Bicentennial Fund project which aims to service public debt with reserves from the Central Bank and which triggered a three branches confrontation that ended in the resignation of the bank’s president Martin Perez Redrado.

• Monday, February 15th 2010 - 20:15 UTC

  Chilean registered marriages almost identical to number of divorces

  

  Marriage numbers have fallen 50% in Chile during the past 20 years, according to data made public last week by the Civil Statistical Registry.

• Monday, February 15th 2010 - 20:13 UTC

  FOGL/BHP Billiton sign deal to drill several wells in East Falklands basin

  

  Falkland Oil and Gas, FOGL announced Monday it signed a deal will Desire Petroleum to use the “Ocean Guardian” rig to drill the first ever exploration well in the East Falklands Basin on the Toroa prospect, which is expected to happen during the first half of 2010.

• Monday, February 15th 2010 - 06:38 UTC

  Chile announce ambitious Antarctica Strategic Plan

  

  Chile’s Public Works Ministry announced the launching of five new projects in Antarctica.

• Monday, February 15th 2010 - 06:19 UTC

  Argentine government lacks Senate support to tap Central bank reserves

  

  Argentina’s government lacks the support needed in the Senate to approve President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner’s plan to tap 6.6 billion US dollars in Central Bank reserves to pay sovereign debt due this year, ruling party Senator Miguel Pichetto admitted on Sunday.

• Monday, February 15th 2010 - 06:02 UTC

  Wall Street helped Greece to hide mounting debts, claims The New York Times

  

  Wall Street tactics have worsened the financial crisis shaking Greece and undermining the Euro by enabling European governments to hide their mounting debts, The New York Times reported Sunday.

• Saturday, February 13th 2010 - 07:54 UTC

  Brazil and Chile’s president elect support Insulza as OAS chief

  

  Brazil’s Foreign Secretary Celso Amorim said that The Washington Post criticisms of the Organization of American States, OAS, Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza are “totally without foundation” and reiterated Brazil’s support for his re-election next month.