Politics

• Friday, February 1st 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Obama, Clinton smooth over spats in Hollywood debate

  

  The historic choice for the Democratic presidential nominee came into clear focus at the final Democratic debate Thursday between the two candidates left standing - Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton - who smoothed over their recent spats and turned most of their attacks on Republicans.

• Friday, February 1st 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Paraguay, candidate for Mercosur lady presidents' club

  Paraguay's decades ruling party Partido Colorado formally registered this week a woman and former Education Minister as its candidate for the coming presidential election of April 20. She's the first woman in the country's history to run for president.

• Thursday, January 31st 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Chilean Conservatives will preside over Congress in 2009

  

  For the first time in half a century a right wing Deputy will become speaker of the Chilean Lower House following an agreement between the ruling coalition and the opposition conservative alliance.

• Thursday, January 31st 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentine pickets act as “border patrol and issue passports”

  

  Uruguayan officials reacted with dismay and indignation when it was confirmed that Argentine pickets are extending special “neighbor passes” to those wishing to cross a bridge linking the neighboring countries and which has been blocked in protest over the construction of a pulp mill in Uruguay.

• Thursday, January 31st 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Castro brothers softly consolidating transition in Cuba

  

  The younger brother of ailing long time Cuban leader Fidel Castro, acting President Raúl Castro was the top vote-getter in Cuban parliamentary elections, according to official results released Wednesday.

• Wednesday, January 30th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Regulations for EU financial industry round the corner

  The leaders of Europe's biggest economies have called on financial institutions to improve transparency in all their activities. UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown met his French, German and Italian counterparts at Downing Street to discuss the recent global market turmoil. The leaders also called on the IMF and other bodies to monitor risks better.

• Tuesday, January 29th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Bush admits US economy slowdown and “uncertainty”

  

  United States President George W Bush urged his fellow citizens on Monday to have confidence in their economy in the long-term as he gave his seventh and final State of the Union address in Capitol Hill.

• Tuesday, January 29th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Group of British politicians to visit Falklands next month

  

  Four members of the British Parliament are to visit the Falkland Islands in February within their role as Commonwealth Parliamentary United Kingdom (CPA UK) Branch Members.

• Tuesday, January 29th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Falklands mines-free: “challenging but technically possible”

  

  The British government is considering ways of clearing about 20,000 mines left on the Falklands Islands after the war with Argentina in 1982 Baroness Crawley told the House of Lords.

• Tuesday, January 29th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Senate divided over Bush & Lower House stimulus package

  

  The United States House of Representatives approved on Tuesday a 146 billion US dollars economic stimulus package proposed by President George W Bush, but the package has an uncertain future in the Senate.