Politics

• Wednesday, March 10th 2010 - 19:30 UTC

  Spanish opposition willing to accept advances in Spain/Gibraltar relations

  

  The Mayor of the Spanish town of La Linea, Alejandro Sanchez has declared that relations with Gibraltar and “attaining the maximum level of cross-border understanding and cooperation” should be pursued by an incoming PP (Partido Popular) (conservative) Government in Madrid.

• Wednesday, March 10th 2010 - 19:05 UTC

  Falklands expose Argentine aggressiveness in the British press

  

  The point of view of Falkland Islanders has been included in two leading newspapers in the UK this week, ensuring that British public opinion is aware of Islanders’ position.

• Wednesday, March 10th 2010 - 06:33 UTC

  Mrs Kirchner escalates clash with Judiciary, implies censorship from the Court

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner escalated Tuesday the clash with the Judiciary branch saying that when the magistrates call for “moderation”, the expression seems to rhyme with “censorship” since they don’t realize “the weight they hold”.

• Wednesday, March 10th 2010 - 06:31 UTC

  Hung parliament, likeliest outcome of UK election indicate opinion polls

  

  No political party has enough support to win outright control of parliament in Britain's forthcoming election, raising the prospect of a period of unstable minority government, opinion polls showed.

• Wednesday, March 10th 2010 - 06:28 UTC

  Pro-Kirchner picket leader meets in Iran with fugitive from Argentine law

  

  Argentine pro-government picket leader Luis D'Elía, justified his trip to Iran and his meeting with Mohsen Rabbani, a former Iranian official who is considered to be one of the masterminds in the 1994 deadly terrorist attack of the Buenos Aires AMIA Jewish centre and remains fugitive from the Argentine law.

• Wednesday, March 10th 2010 - 00:42 UTC

  Germany wants “Graf Spee” Nazi eagle displayed in a museum

  

  German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle called Tuesday for wreckage from a Nazi-era warship recovered off the coast of Uruguay to be displayed in a museum rather than auctioned to the public.

• Wednesday, March 10th 2010 - 00:39 UTC

  Brazilian former political prisoners call for creation of Truth Commission

  

  A group of former radical militants that were viciously tortured during the Brazilian military regime (1964/1985) supported the creation of a Truth Commission to unveil human rights violations, during a ceremony at the Ministry of Justice in Brasilia.

• Tuesday, March 9th 2010 - 23:24 UTC

  Bachelet retained her position as “the most loved leader” by Chileans

  

  A public opinion poll with the purpose of gauging support for Chilean President Michelle Bachelet in the last days of her government, after the devastating earthquake, showed that her standing remains intact at 84%, like in February.

• Tuesday, March 9th 2010 - 23:03 UTC

  Piñera promised to keep the Army displayed in areas worst hit by the quake

  

  Chilean President elect Sebastián Piñera announced that once he takes office, the military forces displayed in the areas worst hit by the February 27 earthquake will be retained. He also anticipated that the “state of catastrophe” in a very selective manner will be enforced in all those areas which are in need.

• Tuesday, March 9th 2010 - 22:37 UTC

  Mujica first overseas trip: Piñera’s inauguration and Bolivia

  

  Uruguayan president Jose Mujica will be present Thursday at the inauguration ceremony of Chilean president-elect Sebastián Piñera and will later travel to Bolivia, his first overseas trip since taking office March first, according to government house sources.