30/04/2012 | Argentina

A look at the Netherlands today

Herald interviews Dutch envoy in times of crisis. The fall of the Mark Rutte government in the Netherlands and the YPF expropriation here within days of each other leave Dutch Ambassador Hein de Vries sadly reflecting on a new common denominator between the two countries — a populist takeover.

30/04/2012 | Columnist

Ailing Chávez’s fiercest battle is with Chavism

Cancer is, no doubt, the fiercest battle that Hugo Chávez is facing today. But the mother of all battles is being fought on this side of the Maginot line, on his own turf, among the chavistas.

30/04/2012 | Printed Edition

Ailing Chávez’s fiercest battle is with Chavism

Cancer is, no doubt, the fiercest battle that Hugo Chávez is facing today. But the mother of all battles is being fought on this side of the Maginot line, on his own turf, among the chavistas. His political kin is still in need of protecting him but at the same time domestic skirmishes are escalating. It is the war for Chávez’s succesion.

30/04/2012 | World Trade

American makes its case against union contracts

30/04/2012 | Argentina

Argentina hopes shale lure enough to dispel doubts

30/04/2012 | Argentina

Argentine envoy urges UK to 'give peace a chance' on Malvinas

Argentina's new ambassador to London tackled Britain's Foreign Minister over the disputed Malvinas Islands by asking him at a public meeting whether he was ready to "give peace a chance" by opening talks on the islands' future.

30/04/2012 | Entertainment

Artist Lucian Freud leaves US$156 million in will - paper

Portrait painter Lucian Freud left a record 156 million dollars in his will, the largest sum bequeathed by a British artist, the Mail newspaper reported.

30/04/2012 | World Trade

As ice cap melts, militaries vie for Arctic edge

30/04/2012 | Entertainment

Avengers’ Chris Hemsworth is omnipresent on screen

30/04/2012 | World Trade

Baltic sea index pushed up by smaller ships