Stories for 2016

Wednesday, June 1st 2016 - 08:51 UTC
Night of fire and violence in Ushuaia as protestors are evicted from Government House grounds

Ushuaia suffered a night of violence, tear and pepper gas and fire when riot police dislodged an 80-day protest camp and tents of striking teachers and government employees next to Tierra del Fuego Government House. Seven people were reported injured including a policeman and a fireman, when tents were set on fire, and unions claimed it was a savage and brutal display of government repression
Wednesday, June 1st 2016 - 08:40 UTC
Ban Ki-moon emphasizes on the 'freely expressed will' for non-self-governing territories

According to the UN charter the full measure of self-government of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories must be the result of the freely expressed will and desire of those peoples, said UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in his message to the opening of the Pacific Regional Seminar on Decolonization, currently taking place in Managua, Nicaragua.
Wednesday, June 1st 2016 - 06:28 UTC
Brazilians disenchanted with their elected officials and a majority believes “nothing will change”

Brazilians have become increasingly disappointed with politics and their elected politicians, according to an Ibope Intelligence opinion poll collecting reactions to the current political situations, which has a suspended president, Dilma Rousseff; an interim leader Michel Temer, and a divided Congress.
Wednesday, June 1st 2016 - 06:06 UTC
Maduro to Almagro: “stick up the Democratic Charter wherever it fits”

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday that Organization of American States chief Luis Almagro had called for foreign “intervention” in his country by invoking the body’s Democratic Charter in response to the political crisis in Venezuela.
Wednesday, June 1st 2016 - 03:11 UTC
Falklands, after 'boom' years, announces a prudent mid/term sustainable budget

The Falkland Islands Financial Secretary Nicola Granger presented on Tuesday to the Legislative Assembly the 2016/17 financial budget bill with appropriations of £62.9M, funded from revenues anticipated in the year of £61.3M with the remainder coming from the reserves built up from wind-falls in Illex catches and oil and gas exploration in recent years.
Tuesday, May 31st 2016 - 20:21 UTC
OAS calls for emergency meeting to address Venezuela's “grave alterations of democratic order”

The head of the Organization Of American States on Tuesday called for an emergency meeting of regional governments to evaluate Venezuela's respect for democracy, a move that could lead to the country's suspension from the hemispheric body. Luis Almagro said Venezuela had suffered “grave alterations of democratic order” and called for a vote on the matter in the coming weeks.
Tuesday, May 31st 2016 - 19:25 UTC
Falklands state of the nation: economic challenges but also hopes of a productive relationship with Argentina

The Falkland Islands finances remain robust despite a future of domestic and overseas challenges, but on the other hand recent developments in Argentina have opened hopes for a productive, closer relationship with the South American continent, said Governor Colin Roberts in his annual speech on the state of the nation.
Tuesday, May 31st 2016 - 18:47 UTC
Argentina’s Eternal Debt Problem

By Carmen Reinhart (*) Argentina recently emerged from nearly 15 years of the most litigious sovereign default in modern times, if not ever. Now it has the opportunity to reenter the global financial system and build a more stable and prosperous future. It is a chance that the country must be careful not to squander.
Tuesday, May 31st 2016 - 18:11 UTC
Argentina and China address fishing vessels poaching in the South Atlantic

The Argentine news agency Pescare reports that the repeated illegal incursion of Asian vessels in Argentina's Exclusive Economic Zone prompted the issue to be addressed during the recent meeting of the bilateral Argentina/China Subcommittee on Fisheries.
Tuesday, May 31st 2016 - 17:30 UTC
FAO sponsored illegal fishing accord scheduled to become law on 5 June; 30 countries have adhered

Illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing is about to become much more difficult thanks to the imminent entry into force of the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA), a ground-breaking international accord championed by FAO.