MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for August 29th 2015
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Saturday, August 29th 2015 - 06:33 UTC
Falklands' MLAs confident they can 'educate' UK politicians who have swallowed the Argentine story
Falkland Islands elected lawmakers believe that the election of MP Jeremy Corbyn as leader of Labor would be harmful for that party, but anyhow they are confident that as happened before, they can 'educate' detractors who argue that Britain and Argentina should negotiate over the Falklands.
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Saturday, August 29th 2015 - 06:05 UTC
Shame on you Father Benedettini: Malvinas-dialogue poster support was real
Shame and double confession for the Vatican's deputy spokesman father Ciro Benedettini: it has now clearly emerged that Pope Francis was well aware he was holding a poster calling for “Malvinas dialogue between the UK and Argentina”, and furthermore the Holy Father encouraged the man who setup the stage to continue strongly with the campaign.
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Saturday, August 29th 2015 - 05:41 UTC
MP Rosindell: Time for Spain to back off, time for Britain to back up Gibraltar
Britain cannot allow Spain to continue to ignore international law and bully Gibraltar, said MP Andrew Rosindell following the latest incursion in Gibraltar waters, this time a Spanish Customs crew that actually fired shots to a British-Gibraltarian fishing cruise.
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Saturday, August 29th 2015 - 05:36 UTC
Brazilian Senate confirms Petrobras investigation case Prosecutor
Brazil's Senate confirmed the reappointment of Prosecutor General Rodrigo Janot, who is leading a massive corruption investigation that has put dozens of politicians under scrutiny for allegedly receiving kickbacks.
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Saturday, August 29th 2015 - 05:25 UTC
'If necessary', Lula da Silva will be in the 2018 president election
Former two-term President Lula da Silva acknowledged Friday that he is weighing the possibility of seeking to return to Brazil's highest office in the 2018 elections. ”I can't say that I am or that I'm not (a candidate),” Lula said during an interview with Radio Itatiaia.
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Saturday, August 29th 2015 - 05:13 UTC
Guatemalan president summoned to appear before Congress
A congressional commission considering whether to remove Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina's immunity from prosecution called on him Friday to appear before the body as a corruption scandal swirls around his government.
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Saturday, August 29th 2015 - 04:51 UTC
Maduro escalates conflict with Colombia as he looks to December's election
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro escalated his country's conflict with Colombia Friday by expanding the partial closure of their shared border to four new frontier towns. However most political analysts believe there is a huge premeditated interest in arising strong nationalistic feelings ahead of the December legislative elections.
