Politics

• Thursday, May 23rd 2013 - 02:19 UTC

  Falkland Islands wish for normal neighborly relations with all South American neighbors

  

  By MLA Jan Cheek - I was in The Hague in April on the last stop of my four capital trip planned to spread information about our decisive referendum. After London, a colleague and I visited Brussels before heading off to separate destinations. I visited Dublin and then returned to London to attend the funeral of Baroness Thatcher.

• Thursday, May 23rd 2013 - 02:15 UTC

  Venezuela talk-show host, who revealed infighting among Chavistas takes ‘leave of absence’ in Cuba

  

  A popular pro-Venezuelan government television talk show host took leave of absence alleging ‘medical reasons’ for a few days following the release on Monday of a recording where he can be heard talking with a Cuban intelligence officer about the ‘sea of shit’ which is drowning Chavismo because of internal infighting and corruption.

• Thursday, May 23rd 2013 - 02:13 UTC

  Rest cool, toilet paper is on the way for the beleaguered Venezuelan consumers

  

  Venezuela's National Assembly approved a 79 million dollars credit for the import of toilet paper, toothpaste and soap. The measure comes after Venezuela hit the news with its dire toilet paper shortage.

• Thursday, May 23rd 2013 - 00:45 UTC

  Penn calls for Dakar rally to cancel Bolivia unless a US citizen is released

  

  Actor and humanitarian Sean Penn called for the Dakar Rally to cancel its debut run in Bolivia unless an ailing American businessman being held under house arrest there is released. Penn, a friend of President Evo Morales has angered Bolivian authorities with his request.

• Wednesday, May 22nd 2013 - 23:42 UTC

  Falklands and other BOT should be given a seat in the Commons, says MEP Farage

  

  The Falkland Islands, Gibraltar and Britain’s other Overseas Territories should be given a seat in the Commons, UK Independent Party MEP Nigel Farage said on Tuesday. The UKIP leader claims their voices are dangerously ‘muted’ in Britain and they should be allowed to elect their own ‘MP for the Territories’, following on the French experience.

• Wednesday, May 22nd 2013 - 23:28 UTC

  Gibraltar: UK has no plans ‘at present’ to extend the 12 miles territorial waters around Gibraltar

  

  The British Government has no plans “at present” to extend British territorial waters around the Rock but does not rule out doing so in the future. The position was revealed in a statement by David Lidington, Britain’s Minister for Europe, in response to a question in the House of Commons.

• Wednesday, May 22nd 2013 - 23:08 UTC

  Argentina's Judicial Reform: A Farewell to the Rule of Law and the Separation of Powers.

  

  By Rodolfo Arrate (*) - The Argentine poet Jorge Luis Borges famously declared: “Democracy is an abuse of statistics”. Observing the evolution of the political regime in Argentina nowadays, the poet’s sentence may well have turned into a prophecy.

• Wednesday, May 22nd 2013 - 18:09 UTC

  Quarter of Italians edging the poverty line and most youngsters survive thanks to Mon and Dad

  

  One out of four Italians up to 40 years of age survive with the help of their parents, according to a report on “Youth and the crisis” released this week in Milan. Another report from the Italian national statistics institute (ISTAT) says millions of Italians have or are close to falling below the poverty line.

• Wednesday, May 22nd 2013 - 17:55 UTC

  “Fed not ready to take its foot off the gas”, Bernanke tells the US Congress

  

  The Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus is helping the US economy recover, and the central bank needs to see further signs of traction before taking its foot off the gas, central bank chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, May 22nd 2013 - 17:47 UTC

  Merkel and Brazil’s Rousseff the most powerful women in the world, according to Forbes

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel topped Forbes's list of the world's most powerful women for the third consecutive year, followed by Brazil's Dilma Rousseff, the magazine said on Wednesday. Cristina Fernandez from Argentina dropped ten places and now stands in position 26.