Politics

• Tuesday, April 20th 2010 - 17:31 UTC

  Strong reference to the Falklands at Venezuela’s dawn of ‘a new independence’

  

  Argentina’s president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner called on Monday for the end to the Falklands/Malvinas “colonial enclave”, as she forecasted from Venezuela, standing as a privileged guest next to Hugo Chavez, that Latinamerica is in the process of a “second independence”.

• Tuesday, April 20th 2010 - 16:35 UTC

  Chavez marks “true-independence” with impressive military and militias’ parade

  

  Venezuela kicked off celebrations marking 200 years of struggle for independence with an impressive several hour long military parade. Recently-acquired Chinese K-8 planes and Russian Sukhoi-30 fighter aircraft swooped through the sky during a lavish military parade in Caracas, as soldiers from Algeria, Belarus, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Cuba, Libya, Nicaragua and Russia joined those on the ground.

• Tuesday, April 20th 2010 - 14:33 UTC

  IATA criticizes Europe’s management of airports’ ash cloud-closure

  

  The International Air Transport Association (IATA) sharply criticized Monday Euroepan governments for their lack of leadership in handling airspace restrictions in light of the Icelandic volcano eruption and urged a re-think of the decision-making process.

• Tuesday, April 20th 2010 - 08:44 UTC

  Falkland Islands prepares for Queen’s Birthday Parade

  

  Falkland Islands will be celebrating the Queen’s birthday Parade on Wednesday April 21 at Victory Green, Stanley. According to a release from Gilbert House the parade will form up at Victory Green at 10.15 hours and Governor Alan Huckle will arrive at 10.30 hours.

• Saturday, April 17th 2010 - 06:30 UTC

  Two main hopefuls in Colombia’s May 30 presidential race

  

  Colombian presidential candidates Juan Manuel Santos and Antanas Mockus have increased their lead in the run-up to the May 30 balloting, a new poll released Thursday revealed.

• Saturday, April 17th 2010 - 06:29 UTC

  Argentina’s “next step” is to negotiate 7.5 billion debt with the Paris Club

  

  After unveiling Argentina's debt-swap details Thursday, Economy Minister Amado Boudou said on Friday that the next step is to negotiate the 7.5 billion dollar debt Argentina maintains with the Paris Club.

• Saturday, April 17th 2010 - 06:25 UTC

  Judge declares “null and non existent” first lesbian marriage in Argentina

  

  A Buenos Aires judge voided on Friday the marriage last week of two women, the first union of its kind in Argentina, judicial officials said.

• Saturday, April 17th 2010 - 06:23 UTC

  Egypt expects to sign free trade agreement with Mercosur next July

  

  Egypt expects to complete free trade negotiations with the four Mercosur countries -- Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay -- in July, Egypt's trade minister revealed this week in Cairo.

• Saturday, April 17th 2010 - 06:19 UTC

  Taxpayers will no longer be hostages of banks “too big to fall” promises Obama

  

  US President Barack Obama has proposed significant new curbs on the activities of banks to try to prevent future financial crises. The plans - the most far-reaching yet -include limits to the size of banks and restrictions on riskier trading.

• Saturday, April 17th 2010 - 03:26 UTC

  Mujica and Mrs. Kirchner prepare for the “day after” The Hague ruling

  

  Uruguayan president Jose Mujica and his Argentine peer Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will meet in Buenos Aires the day after the International Court of Justice rules on the pulp mill dispute which has soured bilateral relations between the neighbouring countries since 2006.