Politics

• Friday, June 19th 2009 - 17:58 UTC

  Che Guevara’s granddaughter to pose nude for vegetarian diet

  

  Lydia Guevara, granddaughter of the late revolutionary idol Ernesto “Che” Guevara, is set to star in a campaign to encourage a vegetarian diet for the organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, PETA.

• Friday, June 19th 2009 - 14:18 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

  

  Headlines: Adviser urges government to revisit telecomms deal; Ministers lobbied over airbridge price hike; On a quest for the brave

• Friday, June 19th 2009 - 14:07 UTC

  Four million live in poverty in metropolitan Buenos Aires

  

  An estimated four million Argentines live in poverty in metropolitan Buenos Aires of which 1.2 million are described as indigent, which means they don’t have minimum resources to purchase the basic food basket according to a survey from SEL Consultores released this week.

• Friday, June 19th 2009 - 08:10 UTC

  Peruvian Congress overturns land decrees that led to deadly protests

  

  Peru's Congress overturned on Thursday two controversial decrees that had sparked deadly protests by Amazon Indians opposed to development on their lands, a vote hailed as a victory for indigenous groups At least fifty people, including 24 policemen were killed in last week’s clashes some of them speared

• Friday, June 19th 2009 - 08:00 UTC

  Bank of England clash with government over banking reform

  

  Bank of England governor and the Chancellor of the Exchequer have clashed on what needs to be done to control banks and prevent a repeat of the financial crisis. In his annual Mansion House speech to the City, Mervyn King called for more authority to intervene in the actions of banks seen to be behaving riskily.

• Friday, June 19th 2009 - 07:47 UTC

  British MPs four-year expenses database made public

  

  The expenses claims of every British Member of Parliament over the past four years have been published, after a string of scandals. Commons authorities say the database, which was due to be made public in July were posted online on Thursday.

• Friday, June 19th 2009 - 05:10 UTC

  Argentina appeals to “types of force” that pre-empt peaceful solutions

  

  Statement before the United Nations General Assembly 63rd Session, Special Committee of 24 on Decolonisation by the Honourable Janet Robertson, member of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly, 18 June 2009.

• Friday, June 19th 2009 - 05:08 UTC

  “We have a strong identity; we are Falkland Islanders”

  

  Statement before the United Nations General Assembly 63rd Session, Special Committee of 24 on Decolonisation by the Honourable Richard Stevens, member of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly, 18 June 2009.

• Friday, June 19th 2009 - 04:51 UTC

  Falklands reasserts self-determination before C24 and calls for new de-listing criteria

  

  Falkland Islands elected representatives called on the United Nations Decolonization Committee to acknowledge the Islanders right and wishes to self determination, based on the ethos and principles of the UN charter, and suggested updated re-examination of criteria for delisting the non self governing territories.

• Thursday, June 18th 2009 - 15:03 UTC

  Argentina has only shown aggression towards the Falklands, says Summers

  

  Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly elected member Mike Summers said the Argentine government has shown no willingness to discuss with the Falkland Islanders and went on to describe Argentina as resembling “a dictatorship with elections”.