Politics

• Saturday, June 26th 2021 - 03:14 UTC

  Argentine Senate passes trans workers quota bill

  

  Argentina's Senate has passed a bill mandating a quota of transvestite and transgendered workers be hired by all government agencies and now it is up to the Executive to pass it into law.

• Friday, June 25th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Russia to the world: Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua are our Latin American allies

  

  Russia reiterated this week its support for Latin American allies, mainly Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua given the standing “external threats,” stated Moscow's defence minister General Sergey Shoigu who underlined the historic links with the three countries.

• Friday, June 25th 2021 - 09:52 UTC

  Game over: C14 resolution ignores Falklands' pleas and again calls for a bilateral dialogue Argentina/UK

  

  The United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization, C24, addressed on Thursday the annual Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty question, which once again concluded with an appeal to the governments of Argentina and Britain to resume dialogue with the purpose of finding, in the shortest time possible, a peaceful solution to the controversy.

• Friday, June 25th 2021 - 09:47 UTC

  Chile toughens up on border, quarantine controls

  

  Chile has imposed new restrictive measures to enter the country and extended the closure of its borders until July 14, Health Ministry authorities announced Thursday.

• Friday, June 25th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Nicaraguan President says jailed opponents wanted to overthrow him

  

  “Do not come with the story that they are candidates,” Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said in reference to the numerous opposition politicians his regime has incarcerated over the past few weeks.

• Friday, June 25th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  First case of Delta coronavirus variant detected in Chile

  

  Chilean authorities have confirmed Thursday the detection of the first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant. It was a 43-year-old woman who arrived from the United States and who is now under isolation in the southern city of Talca.

• Friday, June 25th 2021 - 08:55 UTC

  Lord Mayor of Plymouth presented with Falklands' flag during commemorations

  

  Double commemoration in Plymouth's HMS Raleigh at a ceremony recalling the Falkland Islands' Liberation Day. For one, the Islands' flag is flying throughout British Armed Forces Week, recognition of the sailors, Royal Marines and soldiers who sailed from the city 39 years ago to liberate the South Atlantic archipelago.

• Thursday, June 24th 2021 - 15:00 UTC

  Argentina intends to “colonise” the Falklands and use C24 to do it, MLA Mark Pollard at the UN

  

  Falkland Islands’ Chair of the Legislative Assembly, MLA Mark Pollard and Deputy Chair MLA Leona Roberts both stood before members of the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization (C-24) and each delivered a speech which spoke of their personal histories as well as the future of the Falkland Islands as a whole.

• Thursday, June 24th 2021 - 15:00 UTC

  “For Argentina, the only acceptable outcome of any 'negotiation' is taking control of the Falklands”, MLA Roberts at the UN

  

  Falkland Islands’ Deputy Chair of the Legislative assembly, MLA Leona Roberts is part of the commission that stood before members of the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization (C-24) and delivered a speech that spoke of their personal histories as well as the future of the Falkland Islands as a whole.

• Thursday, June 24th 2021 - 14:45 UTC

  Falkland Islands appeal to the humanity of the UN Special Committee on Decolonization

  

  Today the Falkland Islands made a heartfelt and very human entreaty to the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization (C-24). Chair of the Legislative Assembly, MLA Mark Pollard and Deputy Chair MLA Leona Roberts both stood before members of the committee and each delivered an ardent and sincere speech, which spoke of their personal histories as well as their hopes for the future of their children and the Falkland Islands as a whole.