Politics

Friday, November 23rd 2018 - 04:47 UTC
British Museum asked to return Eastern Island monolith

A delegation from the Chilean Easter Island early this week has asked the British Museum in London for the return of an iconic statue believed to date from around 1200 AD and even offered to replace it with a replica carved from stone by a contemporary artist.
Friday, November 23rd 2018 - 03:57 UTC
Falklands says a decision on a second flight stopover in Argentina “has yet to be made”

* MLA Elsby anticipates the public will be engaged on the final proposal. A final decision on where in Argentina a second commercial flight from the Falklands to a third country in the region will land “has yet to be made,” assured Member of Legislative Assembly Barry Elsby on Thursday.
Thursday, November 22nd 2018 - 20:23 UTC
Putin meeting with Saudi crown prince in BA cannot be ruled out

A meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud during the upcoming G-20 Summit in Buenos Aires is not to be ruled out, according to a Kremlin official source.
Thursday, November 22nd 2018 - 15:14 UTC
Interpol: Argentina's Roncaglia enters exec committee - Chile picked for 2019 meeting

Chile has been chosen to host the 2019 International Police Organisation (Interpol) general assembly, while Argentine Federal Police Chief Néstor Roncaglia was among the six new members elected for three-year terms into the body's 13-member executive committee, it was announced in Dubai on Wednesday.
Thursday, November 22nd 2018 - 10:00 UTC
Falklands second commercial flight agreed: Sao Paulo with a stopover at Cordoba, says Ambito Financiero

The second commercial flight from the Falkland Islands to a third country in the region with a stopover in an Argentine airport has been agreed, according to reports in Ambito Financiero, a Buenos Aires financial daily.
Thursday, November 22nd 2018 - 09:33 UTC
US military police at the border with Mexico are unarmed, said Defense Secretary Mattis

United States Defense Secretary James Mattis has said military police at the border with Mexico will be unarmed and will not have the power to carry out arrests. “They don't have guns in their hands, there is no armed element going in,” Mr. Mattis told reporters on Wednesday.
Thursday, November 22nd 2018 - 09:27 UTC
Trump administration considering imposing sanctions on Cuban military for helping repression in Venezuela

The Trump administration is considering imposing sanctions on Cuban military and intelligence officials who it says are helping Venezuela ’s government crackdown on dissent. Such sanctions would be the first time Washington has targeted a bloc of foreign officials allied with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
Thursday, November 22nd 2018 - 09:21 UTC
Venezuela: One billion dollars in bribes and illicit foreign currency operations

Venezuela’s former national treasurer admitted receiving over one billion dollars in bribes as part of illicit foreign currency operations that involved a local television mogul now indicted in U.S. courts, according to U.S. court documents unsealed on Tuesday.
Thursday, November 22nd 2018 - 09:19 UTC
Brazil's future agriculture minister does not discard dumping Mercosur

Tereza Cristina, tapped by President-elect Jair Bolsonaro to head Brazil's Agriculture Ministry, said on Wednesday the country could decide to abandon the Mercosur trade bloc if it failed to address inequality.
Thursday, November 22nd 2018 - 09:13 UTC
Brazil's secret dealings to contract Cuban physicians to work in the More Doctors program

Folha de Sao Paulo a leading Brazilian daily has revealed the secret negotiations between the administration of ex-president Dilma Rousseff and the Cuban government to contract Cuban doctors to work in Brazil.