Politics

Friday, August 22nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina's Lower House votes purchase of flag air carrier

Argentina's Lower House approved early Friday following twelve hours debate the government's purchase of the flag air carrier Aerolineas Argentinas and its subsidiary Austral from Spanish travel conglomerate Marsans. The bill must be approved by the Senate before becoming law.
Friday, August 22nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguay criticizes Mercosur tolerance of export taxes

Uruguay's Economy minister Danilo Astori criticized export taxes and complained the fact Mercosur has allowed Argentina to apply them when “we all know this is a simple manipulation of the economy” which also has political effects.
Thursday, August 21st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguay: 24 hour strike or one man's tour de force

The Socialist government of Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez suffered on Wednesday its first 24 hour full strike called by the unions' movement which openly supports the ruling coalition.
Thursday, August 21st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
PM Brown promises relief package for September

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown promised to deliver a package of economic measures for struggling Britons in September as he brushed off talk of challenges to his leadership and his party.
Thursday, August 21st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Latinamerica faces serious investment infrastructure deficit

Latinamerican economies have an accumulated infrastructure works deficit, since 2000, of over 700 billion US dollars according to the United Nations Latinamerican Economic Commission for Latinamerica and the Caribbean, Cepal.
Wednesday, August 20th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Bolivian stalemate persists with strikes and street clashes

Bolivian government supporters and opponents clashed in the streets of Santa Cruz one of the five dissident provinces which held a general strike on Tuesday to demand Bolivian President Evo Morales return state shares of oil and natural gas income his administration diverted to fund a pension for the elderly.
Wednesday, August 20th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Paraguay: you won, but the presidential chair belongs to me

Paraguay's new government of president Fernando Lugo claims the outgoing administration of Nicanor Duarte committed all sort of irregularities adding to millions of dollars before abandoning office, including the theft of the presidential chair.
Wednesday, August 20th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
US is Cuba's fifth trading partner in spite of the embargo

United States farm and food exports to Cuba reached 600 million US dollars in 2007, despite the decades old US trade embargo, according to the latest release from the Cuban Statistics Office.
Tuesday, August 19th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
UN backs commercial weaving among Peruvian Indians

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is backing a project in the Andean mountains of Peru to promote the traditional practice of textile weaving as a commercial venture.
Tuesday, August 19th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine farmers resume protests: “time is running out”

Argentine farmers warned “time is running out” and if there are no announcements regarding their claims by the end of the month a new country wide stoppage or another non sale of grains and oilseeds sales is back on the protest agenda.