Royal Navy to send HMS Dauntless to Falkland Islands
The Royal Navy’s most sophisticated warship is being sent to the South Atlantic in a move that will send a powerful message to Argentina. Dauntless will set sail for the Falkland Islands in the...
Category: South America
So why does the EU support ACTA?
ACTA will help countries work together to tackle more effectively Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) infringements. ACTA is essential for business operating globally. Many suffer widespread infringements and theft of their copyrights, trademarks, patents, designs...
Online piracy battle now turns international with ACTA
As folks in the United States celebrate the current demise of proposed anti-piracy legislation, a new campaign is beginning to replace it, ACTA. While on online internet community in the United States has been...
European Parliament rapporteur quits in Acta protest
Negotiations over a controversial anti-piracy agreement have been described as a “masquerade” by a key Euro MP. Kader Arif, the European Parliament’s rapporteur for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta), resigned over the issue on...
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)
On October 1, 2011, eight ACTA negotiating partners signed what will become the highest-standard plurilateral agreement ever achieved concerning the enforcement of intellectual property rights. The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a groundbreaking initiative...
Mexico ups swine flu screening as cases increase
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Three years after swine flu closed Mexico City and caused an international scare, the Mexican government and local media are at odds over the severity of this season’s flu virus....
Zetas are Mexico’s ‘largest drug gang’
The Zetas cartel has become the biggest drug gang in Mexico, overtaking its bitter rival, the Sinaloa cartel, a new report suggests. The report by US security firm Stratfor says the Zetas now operate...
Iran’s Ahmadinejad to seek Latin American support
(Reuters) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will seek support from Latin America’s leftist leaders on a tour starting on Sunday after tough new Western sanctions targeted Iran’s oil industry. With one eye on his...
Argentine government wins control of newsprint
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The paper used to produce newspapers came under government control in Argentina on Thursday, in a long-sought victory for President Cristina Fernandez in her dispute with the country’s opposition...
Feds say Arpaio violated civil rights
PHOENIX (AP) — The federal government issued a scathing report Thursday that outlines how Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office has committed a wide range of civil rights violations against Latinos, including a pattern...
