Stories for November 2015

Saturday, November 7th 2015 - 08:36 UTC
Falkland Islanders attended the Commonwealth Youth Parliament in Australia

Young Falkland Islanders, Ulia Sytchova and Vicky Collier recently represented the Falkland Islands at the 7th Commonwealth Youth Parliament (CYP) in Darwin, Australia from November first to five.
Saturday, November 7th 2015 - 08:18 UTC
US unemployment drops to 5%; Fed expected to raise rates in December

Expectations of a rise in US interest rates in December have soared following a stronger-than-expected jobs report. The US economy added 271,000 jobs in October, far exceeding the 185,000 jobs that economists had forecast.
Saturday, November 7th 2015 - 08:02 UTC
Brazil truckers announce strike, and roadblocks, scheduled to begin Monday

Independent truckers have called for roadblocks across Brazil starting Monday in a repeat of the two-week strike that delayed grain and meat transport in late February and early March. However it remains unclear how much support the strike movement has.
Saturday, November 7th 2015 - 07:48 UTC
YPF focusing on boosting natural gas production; investors waiting for “post-election clarity”

Argentina's state-run energy company YPF said on Friday it plans to focus on boosting natural gas production in 2016, while also pursuing a gradual reduction in drilling and completion costs and looking for more partnerships for shale and tight play projects. It also admitted that potential investors are waiting for post-election clarity on economic and energy policies before “making any decisions”.
Saturday, November 7th 2015 - 07:33 UTC
Argentina: Massa tells FT he has been given the task of controlling government

Sergio Massa is seen as the kingmaker in Argentina’s approaching presidential election runoff next 22 November, with the power to influence more than a fifth of the electorate after taking third place in last month’s first round.
Saturday, November 7th 2015 - 07:08 UTC
Falklands/Malvinas soldiers' remains: Argentine delegation meets Red Cross chief

Argentina's Foreign Ministry Secretary for Malvinas affairs Ambassador Daniel Filmus, and Argentine ambassador before international organizations in Geneva, Alberto D'Alotto, met on Thursday with the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, to address the issue of identifying the remains of 123 soldiers Argentine fallen during the South Atlantic conflict in 1982 and buried in the Argentine cemetery at Darwin, in the Falkland Islands.
Friday, November 6th 2015 - 18:56 UTC
Falklands' maps and 'The Times' report manipulated in Argentine embassy pamphlets

By Justin A Kuntz - There are many examples of the power of social media to quickly form and mould world opinion. One recent example is that of Dr Tim Hunt, a Nobel Prize winner, whose professional reputation was utterly destroyed on Twitter whilst airborne during a return flight from Korea. Increasingly social media is also seen as a crucial communication tool for politicians and opinion makers to master.
Friday, November 6th 2015 - 14:54 UTC
Why America invented Ahmad Chalabi

The following piece by Gideon Rose (*) was published in The New York Times Opinion page and helps to understand much about the Iraq war and ongoing instability.
Friday, November 6th 2015 - 14:23 UTC
Cruise line adds kayak excursions in Antarctica, Falklands and South Georgia

Luxury cruise line Seaborn is adding a new adventure to its Antarctica voyages aboard 'Seabourn Quest' this season: Kayaking. Ventures by Seabourn optional kayak excursions will also be offered at South Georgia Island and Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. It's an expansion of the line's new “Ventures by Seabourn” excursions that launched last summer in other destinations.
Friday, November 6th 2015 - 14:16 UTC
Petrobras strike strong support fuelled by resistance to sale of assets and cutting investments

Brazilian union leaders say stronger than expected support for a strike at Petrobras is due to growing worker opposition to a creeping privatization of the state oil company. The strike, which began on Sunday, has become the biggest stoppage in two decades at Petrobras and shows workers back union efforts to renationalize the company and cut foreign participation in the oil industry, union leaders say.