Politics

Friday, August 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil liberates air fares to South American countries

Air fares from Brazil to the rest of South America will no longer be regulated as of next Monday September first, which will represent a significant reduction in prices according to a Friday release from Brazil's National Civil Aviation Agency, ANAC.
Thursday, August 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Chilean to head IMF Western Hemisphere Department

Chile's former Finance minister Nicolas Eyzaguirre was named to head the International Monetary Fund Western Hemisphere Department that oversees Latin America, the United States and Canada.
Thursday, August 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine president ranks 13 among most powerful women

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and Chile's Michelle Bachelet figure among the hundred most powerful women in the world according to a list released Wednesday by the US magazine Forbes.
Thursday, August 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Barak Obama officially nominated by acclamation

Barack Obama made history as he became the first African-American to win the presidential nomination of a major US political party.
Thursday, August 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
LAN chosen best South American airline by Sky Trax

LAN Airlines, Chile's flag air carrier was once again named the best South American Company at the most recent World Airline Awards, given by the British market research company Sky Trax.
Thursday, August 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Lugo threatens stalled Senate with referendum

The two weeks old government of Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo has threatened with a referendum to solve a Congressional confrontation which is delaying crucial legislation for the incoming coalition such as the 2009 budget.
Wednesday, August 27th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
UK presents before UN sea bed claim around Ascension Is

Britain is to formally present its case to the United Nations in New York for extending its territorial rights around Ascension Island in the South Atlantic. States have rights over their resources, including oil or gas reserves, up to 200 nautical miles from the shoreline.
Wednesday, August 27th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Hillary Clinton calls on supporters to rally behind Obama

Hillary Clinton delivered an unequivocal endorsement of Barack Obama in her prime time speech at the Democratic convention in Denver tonight and called on her supporters to rally behind him.
Wednesday, August 27th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Firm vote intention support for Uruguay's opposition

Vote intention for Uruguay's main opposition party continues to inch upwards according to the latest public opinion polls while the ruling coalition suffers sustained but gradual erosion. Uruguayan presidential and congress elections are scheduled for October 2009.
Wednesday, August 27th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
US scientists say Arctic sea ice melting at record pace

Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean has melted to its second lowest level since satellite observations began according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado. The extent of sea ice in the Arctic is down to 2.03 million square miles and the lowest point since 1979 is 1.65 million square miles set last September.