Politics

• Thursday, March 26th 2009 - 17:54 UTC

  Obama defends dollar and “extraordinary strong” US economy

  

  Calls from China and other emerging economies for the creation of a new global currency to replace the US dollar are unnecessary because confidence in the dollar is “extraordinarily strong” said US president Barack Obama.

• Thursday, March 26th 2009 - 17:50 UTC

  PM Brown and Vice-president Biden at governance conference in Chile

  

  United States Vice-President Joseph Biden will be among the international leaders and economic experts gathering this weekend in Chile for the annual Progressive Governance Conference.

• Thursday, March 26th 2009 - 17:46 UTC

  Chilean Navy clearing mine fields in Cape Horn area

  

  The Chilean Navy has been working for over a month and a half in the clearing of a mine field in Cape Horn, extreme south of Chile, “the first to be addressed in compliance with the Ottawa Treaty of which Chile is a signatory”, reports La Prensa Austral from Punta Arenas.

• Thursday, March 26th 2009 - 10:35 UTC

  Corruption forces resignation of Turks and Caicos PM

  The prime minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands has resigned after an investigation that found “clear signs” of corruption in the territory’s Government.

• Thursday, March 26th 2009 - 05:10 UTC

  Brazilian proposal for a Mercosur Police, Merpol

  

  Brazil is sponsoring the creation of a Mercosur police force similar to Europol the security organization of the European Union which specializes in across-border crimes, revealed the Brazilian Ministry of Justice.

• Thursday, March 26th 2009 - 05:03 UTC

  Argentina's Catholic Church warns about “altered social peace”

  

  Argentina’s influential Catholic Church warned that a year long conflict between the government of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and farmers over export duties has “altered social peace”.

• Wednesday, March 25th 2009 - 17:45 UTC

  HMS Northumberland helped feed 2.5 million in Somalia

  

  Devonport-based frigate HMS Northumberland docked this week in her home city for the first time in six months. The ship returned from a grueling six month deployment which saw her crew tackle pirates and deliver humanitarian aid to war-torn Somalia, in Africa.

• Wednesday, March 25th 2009 - 08:02 UTC

  Mercosur and EU preparing for a new round of negotiations

  

  Mercosur and the European Union reaffirmed their commitment to reach a wide ranging agreement, --in spite of stalled negotiations--, and to push for the conclusion of the World Trade Organization, WTO, Doha Round talks.

• Wednesday, March 25th 2009 - 05:31 UTC

  Bolivia’s President Says Quest for Coast Threatened by Peru-Chile Dispute

  

  President Evo Morales confirmed on Monday that Bolivia’s drive to regain at least a portion of the Pacific coastline it lost in a 19th-century war could be harmed by Peru’s litigation with Chile over those nations’ maritime boundary.

• Tuesday, March 24th 2009 - 13:42 UTC

  Tall ships regatta scheduled to call in Punta Arenas next summer

  

  A tall ships regatta to commemorate the 200 anniversary of Chile’s independence from colonial Spain has been organized for the summer of 2010. The idea is similar to that of the United States in 1976, when tall ships from all over the world gathered for the bicentennial.