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Politics

  • Saturday, November 28th 2015 - 06:17 UTC

    Falklands' right to self determination reaffirmed in UK's defense and security review

    PM Cameron addressing Parliament announcing extra funds for defense equipment

    The British government reaffirmed its support for the Falkland Islands and its right to self determination as part of the recently announced Strategic Defense and Security review 2015, which pledges an extra increase £12bn of spending on defense equipment - part of London's £178bn overall defense equipment and support budget during the next decade.

  • Saturday, November 28th 2015 - 05:32 UTC

    Falklands/Malvinas link of future Argentine foreign minister

    Susana Malcorra is also well known by Cristina Fernandez and they address each other in their first names

    A Falklands/Malvinas link has emerged from the naming of Susana Malcorra as Argentine president-elect Mauricio Macri Foreign minister. According to reports in the Buenos Aires media, UN's Ban Ki-moon Secretary General cabinet chief is not the only outstanding Argentine national working for the UN in particularly sensitive issues such as Disarmament Affairs.

  • Friday, November 27th 2015 - 12:04 UTC

    Paris attacks: The terrorist strategy

    The “Caliph” of Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Bahdadi, first joined “Al-Qaeda in Iraq” and started fighting the U.S. occupation forces in Iraq in 2004.

    By Gwynne Dyer - As always after a major terrorist attack on the West, the right question to ask after the slaughter in Paris is: what were the strategic aims behind the attack? This requires getting your head around the concept that terrorists have rational strategies, but once you have done that the motives behind the attacks are easy to figure out. It also becomes clear that the motives have changed.

  • Friday, November 27th 2015 - 11:22 UTC

    Obama on the phone with Macri; interest in expanding trade and energy ties

    US interested in improving commercial ties, and expand opportunities in the energy sector, the White House said of the conversation.

    United States President Barack Obama congratulated Argentine president-elect Mauricio Macri on his victory in the runoff in a phone call, according to a brief release from the White House.

  • Friday, November 27th 2015 - 08:21 UTC

    Maduro blames killing of opposition leader to score-settling among gangs

    The event was also attended by Lilian Tintori, the wife of a jailed opposition leader and a high-profile critic of Maduro.

    Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Thursday the fatal shooting of an opposition leader appeared to be a gangland score-settling dismissing claim it was politically motivated ahead of elections. An attacker shot Luis Manuel Diaz dead on Wednesday evening in the central Guarico region at a campaign rally for the December 6 legislative elections, party officials said, ratcheting up fears that violence could erupt in the lead-up to the polls.

  • Friday, November 27th 2015 - 07:55 UTC

    Brazilian banks follow closely events in Argentina: Dollar at 12 Pesos

    Banks argue the Argentine central bank reserves are at rock-bottom and the tendency is to continue. Likewise inflation is estimated at 28%

    Brazilian banks which follow closely events in Argentina and prospects of the new government under president Mauricio Macri, believe the official exchange rate of 9.67 Pesos to the dollar will inevitably have to be devalued, to 12 Pesos by the end of the year, which means a 24% depreciation.

  • Friday, November 27th 2015 - 07:43 UTC

    US gaining influence in Caricom: signs US$ 165m in development assistance

    CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque (c) welcomes US Ambassador to CARICOM Perry Holloway to the signing ceremony, while Mission Director, USAID, Eastern and Southern Caribbean, Christo

    The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) signed in Guyana, this week, agreements that will see countries of the eastern and southern Caribbean benefiting from US$165 million in development assistance.

  • Friday, November 27th 2015 - 07:23 UTC

    Falklands MLA hopes for ‘saner’ approach from new Argentine president

    We hope that ”we may see a saner approach to life in the southern cone in general and relations between our two countries in particular” said MLA Short

    Falkland Islands lawmakers have reacted with caution and expectation to the election of Mauricio Macri, ex Buenos Aires mayor, as Argentina's next president. He will succeed on 10 December Cristina Fernandez and twelve years of rough relations with Kirchnerism and constant intimidation.

  • Friday, November 27th 2015 - 06:56 UTC

    Corbyn faces shadow cabinet revolt over Cameron's proposal to bomb IS

    Mr. Corbyn said he is “determined to see the defeat” of IS; the issue is whether what Cameron is proposing 'strengthens, or undermines, our national security'

    Leader of the British opposition Jeremy Corbyn is facing a shadow cabinet revolt over his announcement that he cannot back proposals for airstrikes in Syria. It comes after David Cameron made his case for extending military action against the Islamic State saying “every day we don't take action is a day ISIL grows stronger”.

  • Friday, November 27th 2015 - 06:28 UTC

    OAS calls for immediate end to violence in Venezuela

    Secretary General of Acción Democrática Guarico, Luis Manuel Diaz, was shot several times from a passing vehicle as he stood in the rally's stage

    The Organization of American States (OAS), secretary general Luis Almagro condemned the killing in Venezuela of an opposition leader during a political rally ahead of the 6 December legislative election, and called for an immediate end to violence in the country.