Politics

Wednesday, March 6th 2013 - 02:06 UTC
Venezuela announces the death of President Hugo Chavez

Venezuelan Vice-President Nicolás Maduro announced during a nation-wide transmission that President Hugo Chávez “has died today at 4:25pm.”
Tuesday, March 5th 2013 - 21:51 UTC
The Swiss are also annoyed: windfall vote to limit “fat-cat executive pay”

The Swiss have approved a “fat-cat referendum” to limit executive pay by a crushing 68% to 32%, no great surprise perhaps given the current mood on bankers and other superrich around the globe. The referendum was the brainchild of Thomas Minder, the independent legislator who began his struggle to give shareholders in Swiss-listed companies the right to control the pay of executives and board members in 2006.
Tuesday, March 5th 2013 - 21:43 UTC
UK outgunned in EU bankers’ bonus cap debate; Germany could come to the rescue

Britain was left isolated in Europe on Tuesday after it failed to secure backing to water down new EU rules limiting bankers' bonuses, a measure that could threaten London's dominance as a financial centre.
Tuesday, March 5th 2013 - 21:15 UTC
“Malvinazo” out-blasted in Ushuaia by ‘Star Princess’ playing “God save the Queen”

A demonstration by pickets in the Argentine Tierra del Fuego port of Ushuaia protesting the docking of the ‘Star Princess’ cruise which arrived from the Falkland Islands was contained by local security forces and the blaring of ‘God save the Queen’.
Tuesday, March 5th 2013 - 19:07 UTC
Young Falkland Islanders’ voice their views

By Harold Briley - Circuited well in advance of their historic referendum on their future, a booklet voicing the views of the post-invasion generation of Islanders is a vital part of the new Falkland Islands campaign to explain their case internationally. In this contribution to the referendum debate, MercoPress takes a more comprehensive look at their attitudes.
Tuesday, March 5th 2013 - 05:33 UTC
An estimated one million dollars ‘trickled’ per day from Argentina to Uruguayan banks

The dollar ‘clamp’ in Argentina had led to a ‘dollar trickle’ to Uruguayan banks, which according to official data from the two central banks can be estimated at a million dollars per day.
Tuesday, March 5th 2013 - 05:07 UTC
Chavez continues ‘to cling to Christ and life’ but suffering ‘new and severe’ infection

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is suffering from a “new and severe” infection that has worsened his breathing as he undergoes intensive chemotherapy, the government said late Monday.
Tuesday, March 5th 2013 - 04:20 UTC
FAO sponsored guidelines for flag sate accountability and cutting illegal fishing

After several years of negotiations, countries have taken a major step against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU), one of the greatest threats to sustainable fisheries and related livelihoods.
Tuesday, March 5th 2013 - 00:39 UTC
The Falklanders will speak clearly

The Globe and Mail (*) editorial published Sunday, March - As a country that with some justice prides itself as a global beacon for democracy, the United States should abandon its equivocation over the status of the Falkland Islands and agree to throw its considerable weight behind the winner of the referendum asking Islanders whether they wish to remain a UK overseas territory.
Tuesday, March 5th 2013 - 00:29 UTC
Mexico’s Slim, world richest billionaire; Spanish fashion chain owner leaps to third place

Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim has topped Forbes magazine's list of the world's richest billionaires for a fourth year. The magazine estimates that Mr Slim, whose business interests range from telecommunications to construction, is worth 73bn dollars.