Politics

• Saturday, October 8th 2016 - 10:06 UTC

  Falklands holding a national census on Sunday; population in 2012 was 2.840

  

  The Falkland Islands will be holding its national census on Sunday. The previous census in 2012, revealed that the Falklands population was 2.840, of which 75% lived in Stanley and 57% identified themselves as Falkland Islanders. Censuses happen every 5 years and participation in the Census is required by law.

• Friday, October 7th 2016 - 12:36 UTC

  Boost for Colombian deal: President Santos awarded Nobel Peace Prize

  

  The president of Colombia was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for pursuing a deal to end 52 years of conflict with a Marxist rebel group, the longest-running war in the Americas, just five days after Colombians rejected the agreement in a shocking referendum result.

• Friday, October 7th 2016 - 12:30 UTC

  Regional competition to visit the Falklands has extended deadline: 16 October

  

  The Government of the Falkland Islands and the British Embassies in Uruguay, Brazil and Chile invite university students to participate in this regional competition to win the chance to visit the Falklands for a week, all expenses paid.

• Friday, October 7th 2016 - 12:18 UTC

  Temer wins first Congressional battle with milestone bill to cap public spending

  

  A Congressional committee in Brazil approved on Thursday a constitutional amendment that would limit public spending to the rate of inflation for 20 years, handing President Michel Temer an initial victory in his plan to plug a widening deficit, which if continued at the current rate could lead to fiscal collapse and public accounts insolvency, “a repeat of the Greek tragedy”.

• Friday, October 7th 2016 - 11:41 UTC

  Guterres experience with refugees and Syria, were decisive for his UN nomination

  

  Antonio Guterres from Portugal, unanimously backed by the Security Council, will become the United Nations next secretary general, and is scheduled to assume the office, on the 38th floor of the U.N. building in New York City, on Jan. 1, 2017. His ascendance came at a time when expectations were high that the U.N. might elect either a woman or an Eastern European to the position, neither of which has happened before.

• Friday, October 7th 2016 - 11:17 UTC

  Tierra del Fuego province will be taken into account in all Falklands' issues

  

  Tierra del Fuego province will be taken into account in all issues referred to the Malvinas Islands, South Atlantic and Antarctica, the provincial deputy governor Juan Carlos Arcando said in Ushuaia following his attendance to Argentine foreign minister Susana Malcorra's Senate hearing in Buenos Aires on Wednesday morning.

• Thursday, October 6th 2016 - 12:24 UTC

  Argentina forecasted to grow 2.7% in 2017, but his year is of contraction and costly reforms, says IMF

  

  The latest IMF World Economic Outlook report anticipates that Argentina’s economic contraction will amount to 1.8% this year, fiercer than the IMF’s last forecast of a 1% decline. Inflation, meanwhile, will hover at around 40%, above government estimates, the Fund said.

• Thursday, October 6th 2016 - 12:06 UTC

  IMF forecasts Latam and Caribbean economy will contract 0.6% this year and expand 1.6% in 2017

  

  International Monetary Fund said that the economy of Latin America and the Caribbean will shrink 0.6% this year, compared with its earlier projection of a 0.5% contraction. The prediction is part of the latest edition of the IMF's World Economic Outlook, which points out that while major regional economies such as Brazil and Venezuela are suffering, most other countries in the area continue to expand.

• Thursday, October 6th 2016 - 11:50 UTC

  Uribe demands overhaul of a “weak” deal; peace talks resume in Havana

  

  Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Wednesday peace with the FARC rebels is “close,” but his top opponent demanded an overhaul of a “weak” deal rejected by voters in a referendum.

• Thursday, October 6th 2016 - 05:50 UTC

  UK/Argentina statement refers to all South Atlantic issues “without exclusion” and shared responsibility

  

  Foreign minister Susana Malcorra addressing Argentine Senators described the UK/Argentina statement as “very positive” since UK accepts to dialogue on all South Atlantic issues, “without exclusions”, with shared responsibility in eliminating obstacles to the region's development and in this new positive spirit eventually discuss Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty.