Politics

Tuesday, January 20th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
USA: Stage set for Obama to make history

Barack Obama will make history when he is sworn in as the 44th president of the United States - the first black American to hold the post.
Tuesday, January 20th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Best performer Peru changes financial helmsman

In an unexpected move and only after six months in the job, Peru's Finance Minister Luis Valdivieso resigned Monday and later in the day was replaced by his predecessor Luis Carranza who is closely linked to the Andean country's praised economic performance.
Tuesday, January 20th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Informal poll shows St Helenians not interested in airport

When last December the British government put on hold plans to build an airport on the mid Atlantic island of St Helena, local councillors spoke of their “bitter disappointment”. But now a number of St. Helena residents say they want to stay cut off from the rest of the world, reports the BBC.
Tuesday, January 20th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Corporate cuts cost Brazil 70.000 jobs and 27.8 billion USD

Brazil is estimated to have lost the equivalent of 27.8 billion US dollars in investments from domestic and international corporations as a direct consequence of the global recession, according to press reports from Sao Paulo.
Tuesday, January 20th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
“A great day for relations with Latinamerica”

With President Barack Obama's administration a “new chapter opens and a new relation with Latinamerica begins” said on Tuesday US ambassador in Argentina Anthony Wayne during a conference in Buenos Aires.
Tuesday, January 20th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
What the world wants of Barak Obama

When Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th president of the United States, the wish list that has been building abroad may have grown longer than he or anyone else can deliver.
Monday, January 19th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Ex Chilean Air Force chief arrested on embezzlement charges

A former Chilean Air Force chief was arrested Monday on charges of embezzling nearly 2.9 million US dollars in a 1994 government deal to buy second hand Mirage Elkan fighter jets from Belgium and refurbish them, according to a Santiago court.
Sunday, January 18th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
US President-elect Obama: 'Anything is possible in America'

US President-elect Barack Obama has told a huge crowd of supporters at a pre-inauguration rally in Washington that “anything is possible in America”.
Saturday, January 17th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Lula da Silva tells Obama: beware of the “government machine”

Brazil's president Lula da Silva said on Friday he would like to talk with US president elect Barack Obama before the “government machine” gets hold of him and expected the incoming leader “would change his vision on Latinamerica and acknowledge the advance of regional democracy”.
Saturday, January 17th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Growing controversy over the future of HMS Endurance

The Royal Navy has revealed it is arranging for HMS Endurance to be towed back to Portsmouth on a barge. The ice patrol vessel has been out of action since it suffered a major flood on December 16, and is currently berthed in the Falkland Islands, reports the Portsmouth press.