Falkland Islands Legislative Council member, John Birmingham, returned to the Islands this week after attending both the Small Countries Conference of the British Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and its Plenary Conference, which took place in Canada between the 30th August and the 9th September.
A grade school dropout and ex-factory worker, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva vividly recalls his struggle to survive in Brazil's backwoods and urban squalor. Now, Silva hopes to lead a global crusade to help the worlds needy.
Argentina's centre-left government is to replace Alfonso Prat-Gay, central bank president, as part of a wide-ranging shake-up of the country's highest monetary authority.