Politics

• Wednesday, March 3rd 2010 - 07:11 UTC

  Falklands’ MLA at Westminster political seminar

  

  The Falkland Islands most voted member of the Legislative Assembly is currently in the United Kingdom where he will be participating of the Westminster Seminar, which is described as a perfect learning ground for recently elected politicians.

• Wednesday, March 3rd 2010 - 07:03 UTC

  Hillary meets President Bachelet pledges US support for quake-stricken Chile

  

  Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledged U.S. support Tuesday to earthquake-stricken Chile during the third stop on her six-nation tour of Latin America. Clinton told reporters in Santiago the US stands ready to help Chile in any way the government needs.

• Wednesday, March 3rd 2010 - 06:53 UTC

  Uribe’s presidential candidate leads in polls but could face run-off

  

  Former Colombian Defence Minister Juan Manuel Santos leads the race to succeed President Alvaro Uribe in a May election after a court barred the president from seeking re-election, according to a public opinion poll released this week.

• Wednesday, March 3rd 2010 - 06:51 UTC

  Venezuela’s economy contracts 3.3% in 2009; modest forecast for 2010

  

  Venezuela's economy fell by 3.3% in 2009 after contracting 5.8% in the last quarter, informed the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) which blamed the global crisis and falling prices for oil the country’s main export.

• Wednesday, March 3rd 2010 - 06:39 UTC

  Russian billionaire looses 53 million USD deposit on villa purchase

  

  Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov lost 53 million US dollars deposit on a 530 million USD villa in southern France after a court ruled Tuesday that he failed to complete the purchase.

• Tuesday, March 2nd 2010 - 22:08 UTC

  MPs claim UK defense spending on Falklands 50% down in six years

  

  Defense spending on protecting the Falkland Islands has plunged by 50% cent in just six years, it was claimed by a report in London’s Daily Mail.

• Tuesday, March 2nd 2010 - 19:56 UTC

  Spain says Falklands’ dispute is bilateral: EU should refrain from involvement

  

  Spain has declared that the European Union should refrain from any type of involvement in the Falkland Islands dispute, according to the official news agency EFE. A spokesman for the Spanish Government, which currently holds the rotating six-month presidency of the EU, is quoted as saying that “this is not a European matter but a British one, a bilateral affair rather than a regional one.

• Tuesday, March 2nd 2010 - 19:53 UTC

  Britain rejects US offer to help UK and Argentina resolve Falklands’ dispute

  

  Downing Street has rejected an offer from the United States to help the UK and Argentina resolve their latest dispute over the Falkland Islands. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made the offer after renewed tensions were triggered with the beginning of a round of exploratory oil drilling in the Islands’ waters.

• Tuesday, March 2nd 2010 - 05:11 UTC

  Falklands: Argentina formally request Hillary Clinton US mediation

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner formally requested visiting Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that the United States act as intermediate in the Argentine-United Kingdom Falkland Islands dispute.

• Tuesday, March 2nd 2010 - 04:52 UTC

  Thousands of Chilean troops sent to prevent looting in quake-hit Concepción

  

  Chilean president Michelle Bachelet sent on Monday thousands of extra troops to the main quake disaster area in the city of Concepcion as angry and hungry residents set fire to department stores.