Politics

• Tuesday, November 13th 2012 - 03:52 UTC

  Ecuador’s President Correa runs for a third consecutive term next February

  

  Ecuador President Rafael Correa officially announced this weekend that he would run for a third term in February elections -- a contest in which he is expected to be the runaway favourite.

• Tuesday, November 13th 2012 - 03:40 UTC

  Brazil and Argentina sign ‘combined military operations’ agreement

  

  Brazil announced on Monday its first agreement on combined operations with Argentina which will allow the two countries forces to act jointly in catastrophe situations and peace missions.

• Tuesday, November 13th 2012 - 03:35 UTC

  Despite Unasur, Colombia and Chile ambassadors are back in Paraguay

  

  Colombia and Chile ambassadors returned to Paraguay on Sunday after six months absence, the first two members from Unasur in doing so and in practical terms breaking the isolation imposed on the landlocked country following the political crisis which removed Fernando Lugo and had him replaced by current president Federico Franco.

• Tuesday, November 13th 2012 - 00:07 UTC

  Argentine deadline to Ghana for release of ARA Libertad

  

  Argentina warned on Monday that if by Tuesday Ghana does not release the retained Navy frigate ARA Libertad it will file a claim before the UN Law of the Sea International Tribunal in Germany.

• Tuesday, November 13th 2012 - 00:05 UTC

  Lula da Silva former chief of staff sentenced to 10 years in prison for corruption

  

  The chief of staff to former President Lula da Silva, and fellow founder of Brazil's ruling Workers' Party, was sentenced to over 10 years in prison for running a congressional vote buying scheme almost a decade ago.

• Monday, November 12th 2012 - 21:57 UTC

  Ban Ki-moon and colonialism: people should be able to decide their own future

  

  Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said UK is not violating relevant UN resolutions referred to the Falklands’ and more specifically on colonialism, he argued that a prevailing impression is that “people living under certain conditions should have a certain level of capacities so that they can decide their own future”, be it independence or some kind of government in their territories.

• Monday, November 12th 2012 - 19:00 UTC

  HMS Protector heading for Antarctica after surveying Tristan da Cunha waters

  

  The Royal Navy ice patrol ship HMS Protector on her route to the Falklands and Antarctica, has visited the remote South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha to conduct the first systematic survey of the British Overseas Territory since the 1970s.

• Monday, November 12th 2012 - 17:25 UTC

  Obituary Sir Rex Hunt CMG

  

  Sir Rex Hunt, who was Governor of the Falkland Islands during the 1982 Argentine invasion precipitating the Falklands War, has died aged 86, in Stockton-On-Tees, where he had lived in retirement.

• Monday, November 12th 2012 - 07:44 UTC

  Ghana will insist in relocating Argentine frigate with a new court order

  

  Ghana’s government is expected to submit a petition on Monday to cut all water, electricity and fuel supply to Argentina’s navy training ARA Libertad frigate after armed sailors prevented an operation led by local port authorities, GPHA, who wanted to relocate the ship to another berth, spokesmen of Tema Port said.

• Monday, November 12th 2012 - 07:40 UTC

  International unions’ group calls for a speedy resolution of the Argentina/Ghana impasse

  

  The Vice President of International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), has called for a timely resolution of the stalemate leading to the seizure of the Argentina Naval frigate ARA Libertad in Ghana.