Politics

• Thursday, October 23rd 2014 - 06:23 UTC

  Uruguay pollsters agree on a runoff and divided parliament, on Sunday' election

  

  The last round of public opinion polls in anticipation of Uruguay's Sunday general election (Executive and legislative), released on Wednesday evening by the main television channels, shows that the next government will not enjoy a majority in congress and there will be a presidential runoff at the end of November.

• Thursday, October 23rd 2014 - 06:06 UTC

  Mujica says people who like money too much must be kicked out of politics

  

  Uruguayan president Jose Mujica said that the people “who like money too much must be kicked out of politics” because they are a 'real danger' and can get confused with what is the prospect of “a good government”, and make citizens non believers in the system.

• Thursday, October 23rd 2014 - 05:57 UTC

  US Appeals court sends Argentina back to Judge Griesa on BONY's case

  

  A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday dismissed the Argentine government's appeal of an order directing Bank of New York Mellon Corp to hold onto 539 million dollars the country deposited for its restructured bondholders.

• Thursday, October 23rd 2014 - 05:52 UTC

  Neves wants Brazil to have the Pacific Alliance as an integration reference

  

  Brazilian presidential opposition candidate Aecio Neves insisted that if elected he will review Mercosur rules and make them “more flexible” so that the country can reach bilateral agreements with third parties and not limited by the consensus clause of the trade block. He also mentioned the Pacific Alliance as a pragmatic integration reference.

• Thursday, October 23rd 2014 - 05:39 UTC

  Tax-office chief admits 'business links' between Cristina Fernandez and a controversial businessman

  

  Argentina's head of the tax office, Ricardo Echegaray admitted 'business links' between president Cristina Fernandez and businessman Lazaro Baez, who has been accused of money laundering and falsifying documents.

• Thursday, October 23rd 2014 - 04:38 UTC

  Garcia-Margallo 'absolutely convinced' UK voted for Spain to join UN Security Council

  

  Spain’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo, said he was “absolutely convinced” that the British Government backed Spain’s bid to join the UN Security Council as a non-permanent member.

• Wednesday, October 22nd 2014 - 23:00 UTC

  The Falkland/Malvinas Islands and the right of peoples to self-determination

  

  By Marcelo Kohen (*) An international symposium on the concepts of self-determination, devolution, and independence took place last week in Gibraltar, organized by the Garrison Library and sponsored by the local government.

• Wednesday, October 22nd 2014 - 15:13 UTC

  Falklands' program to monitor social effects of hydrocarbons development

  

  The Falkland Islands government discussed and agreed proposals from the Policy Department on a Social Effects monitoring program in respect of hydrocarbons development, according to the report on the latest Executive Council meeting.

• Wednesday, October 22nd 2014 - 10:02 UTC

  Uruguay faces the most competitive election since the return of democracy

  

  Uruguay is less than four days away from Sunday 26 October general election with opinion polls unable to forecast a clear winner, and a strong possibility that the left wing coalition could lose its legislative majority enjoyed in the last ten years and even the Executive.

• Wednesday, October 22nd 2014 - 09:58 UTC

  Consortium acquires 1.5bn dollars contract in dredging 'new' Suez Canal

  

  A consortium consisting of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis), Van Oord, NMDC (Abu Dhabi) and Jan de Nul (Belgium) has acquired a contract from the Suez Canal Authorities in connection with the expansion of the Suez Canal, which provides a vital shipping link between Europe and Asia.