Latin America

• Thursday, June 2nd 2016 - 09:20 UTC

  Argentina describes Falklands' governor speech on links as 'positive', but they must be bilateral through UK

  

  Argentina believes there is an opportunity to improve the relation with the Falkland Islanders, and 'we are exploring available options', but those links must be channeled through bilateral relations with the United Kingdom, since the Islands dispute is with the UK.

• 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 - 06:34 UTC

  Keiko Fujimori seems set to become Peru's next president on June 5 runoff

  

  Presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori built a significant lead over Pedro Pablo Kuczynski just one week ahead of Peru's runoff election on June 5. The latest Ipsos poll shows 43% of Peru’s voters support Fujimori, compared to 38% for Kuczynski. Fujimori’s five-point lead reflects political momentum in her favor since the same poll a week ago gave her a three-point advantage.

• Monday, May 30th 2016 - 09:16 UTC

  US top official expected in Uruguay and Brazil

  

  Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Mari Carmen Aponte will travel to Montevideo, Uruguay, May 31-June 2 to lead the United States delegation at the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Americas Regional Meeting.

• Monday, May 30th 2016 - 07:36 UTC

  Venezuela's public sector will only work Mondays and Tuesdays for another two weeks

  

  Venezuela's government on Saturday extended by two weeks a decree reducing the public sector workweek to Mondays and Tuesdays in a bid to tackle the oil-rich country's electricity crisis. The enforced leave was first announced in late April, a drastic move for a government also grappling with an economic crisis that has Venezuelans queuing for hours to buy scarce supplies.

• Sunday, May 29th 2016 - 14:28 UTC

  World health experts call for Rio Olympics to be postponed or moved given Zika spread fears

  

  More than 100 health experts have called for the Rio Olympic Games to be postponed or moved because of fears that the event could speed up the spread of the Zika virus around the world, according to a public letter published online.

• Sunday, May 29th 2016 - 08:23 UTC

  “Modern Times”, robots rapidly replacing workers in electronics factories

  

  Apple and Samsung supplier Foxconn has reportedly replaced 60,000 factory workers with robots. One factory has “reduced employee strength from 110,000 to 50,000 thanks to the introduction of robots”, a government official told the South China Morning Star.