Politics

• Friday, June 28th 2013 - 07:23 UTC

  Falklands Referendum: Voters from many countries around the world voted Yes

  

  By Professor Peter Willetts - In March, 1,513 people in the Falklands voted Yes to remaining a British Overseas Territory and only three people voted No. The Yes vote was a remarkable 99.8% of the voters on an exceptionally high turnout of 92.0%. The orthodox view that British voters chose to remain British is not enough to explain the result.

• Thursday, June 27th 2013 - 05:42 UTC

  Protests continue in Brazil while Congress is working overtime to legislate on grievances

  

  As protests again turned violent near the stadium where Brazil’s national team was playing arch-rival Uruguay, legislators kept up a lawmaking spurt aimed at quelling the biggest street demonstrations in two decades by increasing penalties for corruption.

• Thursday, June 27th 2013 - 05:38 UTC

  Chilean students and workers take to the streets to demand education reform

  

  An estimated one hundred thousand people turned out Wednesday on another day of demonstrations called by students in several Chilean cities, with union members, port workers and miners joining the throng.

• Thursday, June 27th 2013 - 05:31 UTC

  ‘Artigas never wanted to be Argentine; he was too smart for that’, a barrage of twits tell Cristina Fernandez

  

  Never in his life did Artigas (Uruguay’s liberator from Spain and Portugal 200 years ago) wanted to be an Argentine, and since then all Uruguayans feel the same way, was the spirit of the barrage of twits from Uruguayan opposition leaders condemning President Cristina Fernandez interpretation of history events.

• Thursday, June 27th 2013 - 05:14 UTC

  London cabs with publicity inviting to visit and enjoy Uruguay

  

  Sights of the Atlantic beaches from the hills surrounding the Uruguayan coast can be admired while travelling to Piccadilly Circus or to Westminster Palace in any one of the 75 London cabs with publicity contracted by Uruguay’s Ministry of Tourism began on the 17th June.

• Thursday, June 27th 2013 - 04:56 UTC

  France confirms recession and budget deficit above EU 3% ceiling

  

  The weak state of the French economy and uncertain outlook for budget targets was in focus on Wednesday after official data confirmed that the country is in recession. Weak growth and public finances in France are of acute concern to the European Commission and to Germany which is the main powerhouse in the Euro zone.
  The figures are also watched closely on nervous financial markets.

• Thursday, June 27th 2013 - 04:41 UTC

  After a rough year Cristina Fernandez names new top heads of the Armed Forces

  

  In a surprise move Argentine President Cristina Fernández replaced the top heads of the armed forces and appointed Brigadier General Luis María Carena as the new head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The changes announced on Wednesday come just a few weeks after former lawmaker Augstín Rossi was named new Defence minister.

• Wednesday, June 26th 2013 - 22:12 UTC

  Venezuela main purchaser of weapons in 2012, but Brazil has largest defence budget

  

  The defence industry is booming in Latin America amid economic growth and greater concerns regarding national security, said the renowned security and defence consultancy firm IHS Jane's. Imports of weapons soared 16% in the subcontinent in 2008-2012, climbing from 3.42 billion to 3.96 billion dollars annually, the firm said in a report called “The Balance of Trade.”

• Wednesday, June 26th 2013 - 22:07 UTC

  Brazilian congress rejects controversial amendment limiting prosecutors’ powers

  

  Brazil's congress late Tuesday evening rejected controversial amendment PEC 37, which would have limited the power of federal prosecutors to investigate crimes, and designated all royalties from newly discovered oil fields to education and healthcare.

• Wednesday, June 26th 2013 - 21:02 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez regrets Uruguay is not part of Argentina and praises Uruguayan liberator

  

  President Cristina Fernandez deeply regretted that history did not allow Uruguay to be part of Argentina and blamed ‘so many other events that divided and separated’ the two neighbouring countries preventing them from being ‘a great, great nation’.