Politics

Tuesday, October 20th 2009 - 11:21 UTC
Argentine government regrets incident suffered by US ambassador

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner regretted last week’s incidents suffered by United States ambassador Vilma Martinez and said “in all places there are always intolerants”.
Tuesday, October 20th 2009 - 08:03 UTC
Lula da Silva promises a million new formal jobs in 2009

President Lula da Silva said Brazil would end this year with a million new formal jobs and in 2010 the economy will expand 5%. Speaking at his program “Breakfast with the President”, Lula da Silva announced that 252.000 jobs had been created in September which means 2009 will end “with a million new formal jobs”.
Tuesday, October 20th 2009 - 07:59 UTC
Colombian president Uribe’s re-re-election is “in God’s hands”

Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said that whether he is re-elected for a third running mandate is “in God's hands”, but he does not want future generations to think that he was attached to power, reported Bogotá’s newspaper El Espectador.
Tuesday, October 20th 2009 - 07:48 UTC
Gorbachov blasts Russian electoral system as a “joke”

Mijail Gorbachov, the last Soviet president launched on Monday the strongest attack yet on Russian democracy saying that elections are a “joke” and the whole system is flawed.
Tuesday, October 20th 2009 - 06:04 UTC
Foreign Office praise to Falklands on ‘successful’ next of kin visits

A senior British Minister has congratulated those in the Falkland Islands involved in the Argentine next of kin visits saying, “…undoubtedly the visits can be considered a success.”
Monday, October 19th 2009 - 13:09 UTC
Uruguayan presidential hopefuls in their last sprint

In the run up to next Sunday’s general election, Uruguayan presidential candidates were involved in a flurry of political rallies in the capital Montevideo, turning the city into a stage of colourful marches and flag waving to the tune of the candidates’ jingles and musical backup.
Monday, October 19th 2009 - 12:43 UTC
Row with Paraguayan senate threatens Venezuela’s incorporation to Mercosur

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has infuriated Paraguayan congress arguing that with the excuse of Bolivia’s “rearmament” they are conspiring to oust President Fernando Lugo, statements that could further delay Venezuela’s Mercosur incorporation process.
Monday, October 19th 2009 - 12:38 UTC
Peru condemns insults to Chilean president published in the Lima media

Peruvian Foreign Affairs minister Jose Antonio García Belaúnde condemned the “injurious” publication against Chilean president Michelle Bachelet in the front page of one of Lima’s yellow press dailies.
Monday, October 19th 2009 - 12:31 UTC
Gibraltar/Spain implementing practical aspects of “normal cooperation”

A “hotline” between Gibraltar and Algeciras, Spain, for emergencies, the opening of a Cervantes Institute and cooperation in other fields were some of the results of the Forum for Dialogue on Gibraltar which met last Friday in the Foreign Office in London.
Monday, October 19th 2009 - 12:27 UTC
Overseas Honour Granted To Corps Top Band.

The Air Training Corps National Marching Band Champions, 93 (City of Bath) Squadron, have been given the honour of playing at Stanley, in The Falkland Islands on Remembrance Sunday. The band will play at the War Memorial on the seafront at the island’s capital, in a Remembrance Day Parade.