Politics

• Friday, April 7th 2017 - 09:55 UTC

  Nigel Farage proposes a Gibraltar referendum to become part of the UK

  

  One in three people in Britain would cede at least some sovereignty over Gibraltar for a better Brexit deal according to a YouGov poll made public this week. The poll conclusions were released when Nigel Farage, Britain's leading Brexiteer expressed support for proposals to hold a referendum in Gibraltar to ask whether they want to become part of the UK.

• Friday, April 7th 2017 - 08:15 UTC

  Massive stoppage in metropolitan Buenos Aires but with limited response in the rest of the country

  

  Airlines in Argentina grounded international flights and riot police scuffled with protesters on Thursday as workers staged a general strike to protest job and pay cuts. Conservative President Mauricio Macri condemned the call to strike where he faces midterm legislative elections in October.

• Thursday, April 6th 2017 - 12:53 UTC

  Uruguay's March inflation finally drops to the Central bank target range

  

  Consumer prices in Uruguay rose 0.68% in March, the government said in a statement on Wednesday, bringing the country's 12-month inflation rate to 6.81%. It was the first time since December 2010 that Uruguayan inflation was within the country's 3% to 7% target range.

• Thursday, April 6th 2017 - 12:46 UTC

  Trump removes top strategist Steve Bannon from the Security Council

  

  President Donald Trump has removed his senior strategist Steve Bannon from the US National Security Council (NSC). The appointment in January raised fears that the circle of US intelligence chiefs was being politicized.

• Thursday, April 6th 2017 - 08:05 UTC

  General strike in Argentina; Macri hosts the World Economic Forum

  

  Workers are committed to a general strike in recession-hit Argentina on Thursday, drawing complaints from conservative President Mauricio Macri as he prepares to host leaders and business people for an economic forum.

• Thursday, April 6th 2017 - 06:52 UTC

  Process for independent Scotland joining the EU could be “relatively speedy” and “no need to queue”

  

  The process of an independent Scotland rejoining the European Union could be “relatively speedy”, a senior German MEP has said. Elmar Brok said there would be few technical obstacles to overcome if the political will was there to allow it to happen.

• Thursday, April 6th 2017 - 06:31 UTC

  Tech entrepreneur wants to rescue Falklands' flagship HMS Hermes from the scrap heap

  

  A technology entrepreneur is looking to raise around £15m to save the Falklands Task Force flagship on which he once served from the possibility of scrap, and is looking to celebrities and the public to help him out on his mission, according to channelweb.co.uk Falklands flagship HMS Hermes was decommissioned last month and is heading towards the scrap heap.

• Thursday, April 6th 2017 - 06:08 UTC

  Maduro blows up last bridge with Mercosur and causes deep rift in Uruguayan ruling coalition

  

  Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro seems to have blown up the last bridge to Mercosur when he launched a barrage of accusations against Uruguay's foreign minister which triggered an immediate reaction from president Tabare Vazquez, who demanded evidence of the charges or a public retraction from the embattled Maduro. But the conflict has also openly exposed the deep rift inside the Uruguayan ruling coalition regarding the Bolivarian revolution “anti imperialist” regime.

• Wednesday, April 5th 2017 - 21:06 UTC

  Over 55% openly disapprove of president Temer's performance

  

  The approval rating for the government of Brazil's President Michel Temer has fallen to just 10%, with 55% actively disapproving of its management of the country, a new poll by the Ibope polling company showed on Friday.

• Wednesday, April 5th 2017 - 20:55 UTC

  Mao portrait by Andy Warhol sold at US$ 12.6m in Hong Kong

  

  An Andy Warhol portrait of Chinese Communist Party founder Mao Zedong has been sold at a historic auction for US$12.6 million in Hong Kong. It is the first time one of Warhol's works depicting the founder of the communist leader has been auctioned and sold in a Chinese territory.