Politics

• Saturday, April 4th 2009 - 07:07 UTC

  US unemployment in March reaches 8.5%

  

  Another 663.000 United States workers lost their jobs in March, slightly more than the 658.000 that had been expected. The US unemployment rate has now hit 8.5%, up from 8.1% in February. Earlier this week, the IMF said it expects the unemployment rate in the developed world to nudge above 10% in 2010.

• Saturday, April 4th 2009 - 07:01 UTC

  Former Chavez ally and now opponent arrested on corruption charges

  

  Former Venezuelan Defence minister General Raúl Baduel accused President Hugo Chavez of ordering his detention to try to intimidate him and insisted he's innocent of corruption charges which are politically motivated.

• Saturday, April 4th 2009 - 05:16 UTC

  Uruguay de-listed from group of non cooperative tax havens

  

  The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, (OECD) welcomed on Thursday the formal endorsement by Uruguay of its tax information exchange standards.

• Friday, April 3rd 2009 - 14:35 UTC

  Uruguay and Costa Rica figure as non-cooperative tax havens

  

  The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD has placed Costa Rica, Malaysia, the Philippines and Uruguay on its blacklist of non-cooperative tax havens, as part of efforts agreed at the G 20 London summit to crack down on tax evasion.

• Friday, April 3rd 2009 - 11:23 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

  

  Headlines: Royal party return after South Georgia trip; FIG restructure to offer more opportunities for locals; Seaman on trial for cocaine theft.

• Friday, April 3rd 2009 - 10:43 UTC

  Massive support for Alfonsin seen as warning to political system

  

  Tens of thousands of Argentines lined the streets of Buenos Aires on Thursday to watch the funeral procession of former President Raul Alfonsin in a public display of gratitude for a leader who conducted the country back to the longest period of democracy since 1983.

• Friday, April 3rd 2009 - 10:19 UTC

  Last minute agreement on tax havens completes G20 agenda

  

  As G20 negotiations on a new regulatory blueprint bogged down, President Barack Obama pulled French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Chinese President Hu Jintao into a corner of a room in London’s Excel Centre, according to press reports from London.

• Friday, April 3rd 2009 - 09:58 UTC

  First Argentine president to commemorate in London, Falklands 1982 landing

  

  An Argentine president headed for the first time a ceremony in London commemorating the 27th anniversary of the Argentine April 2 landing in the Falkland Islands which triggered in 1982 the South Atlantic conflict with the United Kingdom.

• Friday, April 3rd 2009 - 09:12 UTC

  Bipartisan support in US to lift travel restrictions to Cuba

  

  United States senators from both parties, backed by activists and businessmen, began promoting a bill this week to lift travel restrictions to Cuba, and apparently have the necessary votes for approval.

• Friday, April 3rd 2009 - 05:15 UTC

  G-20 agrees on 1.1 trillion USD and tougher rules to tackle global crisis

  

  Leaders of the world's largest economies have reached an agreement to tackle the global financial crisis with measures worth 1.1 trillion US dollars.