Politics

• Monday, October 17th 2011 - 17:39 UTC

  Chile purchasing an 11.300 tons amphibious assault ship from the French navy

  

  France and Chile are in the last stages of the transfer of the amphibious assault ship ‘Foudre’ to replace the decommissioned multipurpose ‘Valdivia’ that was extensively used for the transport of troops and military equipment, reported the Chilean navy.

• Monday, October 17th 2011 - 17:28 UTC

  Germany warns Greek bondholders will have to accept steeper ‘hair-cut’

  

  Germany lowered expectations of a breakthrough in the Euro zone's sovereign debt crisis next weekend, saying Sunday's EU summit will not produce a final solution, and kept up pressure on banks to accept bigger write-downs on Greek debt.

• Monday, October 17th 2011 - 17:05 UTC

  Paraguay holds the chair of Unasur as of next October 29

  

  Paraguay will be receiving the pro-tempore chair of Unasur (Union of South American Nations) from Guyana next October 29 during the Ibero-American summit which will be taking place in Asuncion.

• Monday, October 17th 2011 - 14:27 UTC

  Newcastle barrister takes Senior Magistrate job in Falklands Islands

  

  A barrister is swapping his job in the North East for a top role in the Falkland Islands.
  Carl Gumsley is swapping busy city life for beautiful landscapes and fascinating wildlife as he takes on the role of senor magistrate, reports Journal liveuk.co.

• Monday, October 17th 2011 - 06:59 UTC

  Brazil Sports minister: next victim of the corruption-exposure campaign?

  

  Brazil’s largest circulation magazine Veja, claimed in its last edition that the Sports Minister Orlando Silva has been involved in corruption actions totalling millions of dollars originally destined to promote sports among children from poor households.

• Monday, October 17th 2011 - 06:56 UTC

  Primary ballot results indicate Bolivians have turned their backs on Morales

  

  Most Bolivians who voted in Sunday's election to choose the country's top judges cast invalid ballots in what would be a stinging rebuke for President Evo Morales, according to unofficial partial results.

• Monday, October 17th 2011 - 06:51 UTC

  Venezuela’s Chavez returns to Cuba for ‘fourth and final’ cancer treatment

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned to Cuba on Sunday to undergo a series of medical tests to evaluate his cancer treatment. Chavez, who finished what he described as his fourth and final round of chemotherapy in Cuba last month, said he will be undergoing what he described as “rigorous examinations”.

• Monday, October 17th 2011 - 06:45 UTC

  ECB president Trichet calls for deep changes in the EU treaty

  

  European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said the European Union's treaty should be changed to prevent one member state from destabilizing the rest of the bloc, and urged stronger governance of the Euro zone.

• Monday, October 17th 2011 - 06:34 UTC

  Every day a billion people go to sleep feeling hungry, recalls UN on Food Day

  

  With nearly one billion people still suffering from food shortages around the globe, the world must take a united stand against hunger, the United Nations said on Sunday 16 October, marking World Food Day.

• Monday, October 17th 2011 - 04:09 UTC

  Argüello insists: Falklands ‘lives off MPA and the British Antarctic Survey’

  

  Argentine representative before United Nations Jorge Argüello insisted in a public statement that ”be it not for the aid from London, the Falkland Islands could under no concept subsist without its natural continent, South America”.