Politics

• Monday, March 27th 2017 - 11:13 UTC

  PM Theresa May travels to Scotland to pledge for “a more united nation”

  

  Prime Minister Theresa May will meet Nicola Sturgeon in Scotland later on Monday for the first time since the SNP announced their proposals for a second independence referendum. At the beginning of a week that will see Article 50 triggered on Wednesday, the PM will say she wants to “build a more united nation”.

• Monday, March 27th 2017 - 11:07 UTC

  Petrobras posted losses of US$ 4.8 billion during 2016

  

  Brazil's state-run oil company says it posted a US$4.8 billion loss in 2016 mainly because of a reduction in the value of assets it needs to sell to lower a debt estimated at more than US$100 billion.

• Monday, March 27th 2017 - 08:36 UTC

  Labor and social conflicts eroding the image of Argentine president Macri

  

  Argentine president Mauricio Macri is facing a challenging scenario in a crucial year of midterm elections.

• Monday, March 27th 2017 - 08:32 UTC

  Falklands announces changes to UK currency; new £ 1 coin at the end of March

  

  The Bank of England has recently introduced a new, more secure UK £5 banknote, and plans to introduce a new UK £1 coin that will replace the existing the existing coins.

• Monday, March 27th 2017 - 08:08 UTC

  Argentina's naval trainee tall ship “Libertad” scheduled to call at Portsmouth

  

  Argentina's Navy school vessel, tall ship Libertad left Buenos Aires on Saturday for its 46th training world tour, scheduled to last six months calling in thirteen different ports, including Portsmouth, announced the ministry of Defense.

• Monday, March 27th 2017 - 07:50 UTC

  Massive protests in Chilean cities against the private pension scheme

  

  Close to 350,000 people in Chile’s capital Santiago and a further two million nationwide took part on Sunday in street protests demanding the replacement of a private pension system imposed under the Pinochet regime, following recommendations from multilateral organisms. The protesters main demand is the elimination of the current pension system, the privately run AFPs (Pension Fund Administrators).

• Monday, March 27th 2017 - 07:38 UTC

  Brazilians take to the streets to support corruption investigations and jailing politicians

  

  Brazilians furious at corruption demonstrated on Sunday in support of a politically explosive probe into high-level embezzlement and bribery, but turnout was lower than at previous protests. The long-planned day of nationwide demonstrations kicked off in the capital Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro, before shifting to the nation's biggest city Sao Paulo.

• Monday, March 27th 2017 - 07:22 UTC

  EU celebrates 60 years and the blessing of the “multi-speed” concept

  

  The European Union celebrated 60 years since its creation with the signing of a new treaty in Rome on Saturday, four days ahead of the start of Britain's formal exit from the bloc. Twenty-seven countries met to sign a new declaration on Capitoline Hill - where six founding states signed the Treaty of Rome, creating the European Economic Community, in 1957.

• Monday, March 27th 2017 - 05:12 UTC

  Correa´s candidate headed for victory in Ecuador presidential runoff next Sunday

  

  The latest release of public opinion polls ahead of next Sunday's (April 2) presidential runoff in Ecuador show the ruling party candidate Lenin Moreno winning by a margin of 4.5 percentage points. The Cedatos poll conducted between March 18th and 21st, showed the ruling party candidate with 52.4% of the vote compared to opposition leader Guillermo Lasso‘s 47.6% (a 4.8% difference).

• Saturday, March 25th 2017 - 10:20 UTC

  Falklands' Government sends Letter of Condolences to London

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has sent a letter of condolences to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, expressing sympathy and support from all members of the Falkland Islands community following the Wednesday attack at Westminster bridge and attempt to break into Parliament.