Politics

Friday, January 26th 2018 - 15:13 UTC
Falklands fines Spanish trawler for failing to make a fish end report

A Falkland Islands Summary Court acting Justice of Peace Andrew Brownlee and Leeann Harris handed out a conditional discharge for eighteen months to Spanish fishing captain, Oscar Gomez, while fining his company, Pesquerias Marinenses SA, a total of £5,000, plus court costs of £150. Mr Gomez was also ordered to pay £150 costs.
Friday, January 26th 2018 - 14:53 UTC
Royal Navy received the new Offshore Patrol Vessel HMS Forth

British Defense Minister Guto Bebb formally announced on Thursday the acceptance of HMS Forth, the Royal Navy’s new Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV), from manufacturer BAE Systems at the company’s Scotstoun shipyard.
Friday, January 26th 2018 - 09:46 UTC
Uruguay and China flirt with a trade agreement, but Mercosur is not convinced

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that Beijing is willing to negotiate step by step, a free trade agreements with Uruguay and other countries in South America, particularly members of Mercosur.
Friday, January 26th 2018 - 09:31 UTC
Venezuela expels Spanish ambassador: Madrid expected to reciprocate

Venezuela has expelled the Spanish ambassador to Caracas, Jesús Silva Fernández, accusing him of interfering in its internal affairs. Spain has rejected the allegations and said it would reciprocate.
Friday, January 26th 2018 - 09:24 UTC
“Argentina has left the populist experiment, and no other country has its potential”

Argentina has left behind its populist experiment, and there is no other country with greater potential, Argentine president Mauricio Macri told the World Economic Forum in Davos during a speech to the forum of world political and business leaders.
Friday, January 26th 2018 - 07:27 UTC
Falklands decide to discuss a Holiday Scheme, originally funded by the government

The Falkland Islands Holiday Credit Scheme that lasted some ten years until 2008, and by which the government credited a daily contribution to each Islander in support of the cost of overseas travel, may be about to make a comeback, according to the latest edition of the Penguin News.
Friday, January 26th 2018 - 07:21 UTC
Lula challenges court and accepts nomination as presidential pre-candidate

Brazilian ex-head of state Lula da Silva agreed on Thursday to represent the opposition Workers’ Party (PT) in this year’s presidential election, although a corruption conviction makes it unclear whether he will be able to run.
Friday, January 26th 2018 - 07:05 UTC
Lula's passport seized by a court; trip to African Union conference cancelled

A Brazilian court on Thursday approved the seizure of former President Lula da Silva’s passport, the justice ministry said, after an appeals court upheld the corruption conviction of the left-wing hero.
Thursday, January 25th 2018 - 10:50 UTC
Electoral retaliation in Venezuela

The elections are not ordered or decreed, they are called. And is that the Venezuelan regime, with this new nonsense, does nothing but reveal the murder, not only of people who think differently in such atrocious ways as executing them extrajudicially -with a complete army against half dozen of people- to silence and chastise, but also murder of fundamental democratic and republican principles while trampling the country's constitution.
Thursday, January 25th 2018 - 10:06 UTC
EU leaders warn on nationalism and call for global cooperation ahead of Trump's speech

European leaders warned at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday against a return to nationalism, with France’s Emmanuel Macron and Germany’s Angela Merkel calling for more global cooperation to harness the forces of globalization.