Ousted Honduran leader mulls return after OAS ruling The Star | TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya tried to rally support to fly home after the Organization of American States suspended the country because its caretaker government refused to reinstate him. Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya waves upon his arrival at Comalapa ...
Chinese medicine for Repsol YPF headache: Alexander Smith The Guardian -- Alexander Smith is a Reuters columnist. The opinions expressed are his own -- By Alexander Smith LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) - Antonio Brufau's luck is looking up. It seems as though China's thirst for oil could finally rescue the Repsol chief from t...
China's CNPC, CNOOC square off for Repsol's YPF - sources The Guardian HONG KONG, July 3 (Reuters) - China National Offshore Oil Corp Ltd (CNOOC) and state-run China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) are battling for approval to bid for the Argentinian unit of Spanish oil major Repsol, sources said on Friday, in a deal tha...
Private banker says he took millions, undetected The Miami Herald | He grew up in elite circles in Buenos Aires, acquiring the polish and privileged connections that paved the way for him to become a star private banker in New York to wealthy clients at UBS and JPMorgan Chase. | But as Hernan E. Arbizu tended the f...
Bolivia leader says Obama 'lied' about cooperation Wtop By CARLOS VALDEZ | Associated Press Writer | LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - President Evo Morales on Wednesday accused Barack Obama of lying by pledging to end U.S. interventionism and then halting trade benefits that saved Bolivia about $25 million a year. ...
US cuts Bolivian tariff exemptions on drug efforts Wtop By FRANK BAJAK | Associated Press Writer | BOGOTA (AP) - The U.S. government says it will end valuable tariff exemptions for Bolivia because the world's No. 3 cocaine-producing country is not adequately prosecuting the war on drugs. | Bolivia's gover...
US cuts Bolivian tariff exemptions on drug efforts The Miami Herald | BOGOTA -- The U.S. government says it will end valuable tariff exemptions for Bolivia because the world's No. 3 cocaine-producing country is not adequately prosecuting the war on drugs. | Bolivia's government has said that the increased tariffs cou...
AP Interview: SC governor admits more liaisons with Argentine mistress Star Tribune | COLUMBIA , S.C. - AP Interview: SC governor admits more liaisons with Argentine mistress. Comment on this story | | | in to comment | Comments are subject to the site's and do not necessarily reflect th...
Argentina’s Ruling Party Concedes Defeat in Election Herald Tribune | BUENOS AIRES — Néstor Kirchner, the former president and head of the governing Peronist Party, conceded defeat early Monday in critical congressional elections that became a referendum on his leadership and that of his wife, the current...
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Argentine glacier advances despite global warming Seattle Times BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - | Argentina's Perito Moreno glacier is one of only a few ice fields worldwide that have withstood rising global temperatures. | Nourished by Andean snowme...
Cuba drops ban on dissident doctor leaving island Syracuse | (AP) - HAVANA - Cuba has abruptly dropped its refusal to let a prominent physician who defied Fidel Castro by criticizing the communist-run island's health care system leave the ...
Private Banker Moved Funds Undetected The New York Times | He grew up in elite circles in Buenos Aires, acquiring the polish and privileged connections that paved the way for him to become a star private banker in New York to wealthy clients at UBS and JPMorgan Chase. Skip to next paragraph Enlarge This Im...
TOPWRAP 8-Fraud case, bankers' warnings highlight crisis threats The Guardian * Madoff, a symbol of crisis impact, gets 150 years * Central banks warn on financial products safety * Putin urges Russia's banks to refloat economy * BIS warns stimulus measures may have only temporary effect (Updates with more developments, latest...
Zelaya vows to return to Honduras Al Jazeera | Manuel Zelaya, the ousted Honduran president, has vowed to return to his country and retake the leadership nearly a week after a military-backed coup led him into exile. | Zelaya told Al Jazeera on Saturday that he would return to Honduras on Sunday, despite a warning from the interim government that he would be arrested. | Zelaya made the commen...
Patil first woman non-royal head of state invited by British Queen The Times Of India | 5 Jul 2009, 1515 hrs IST, IANS Text: LONDON: Later this year, Indian President Pratibha Patil will become the first woman non-royal head of state to be hosted by Queen Elizabeth II in her 57-year reign as British monarch. | When 'commoner' Patil comes visiting Britain Oct 27-29, she will ...
