Politics

• Wednesday, March 11th 2009 - 05:56 UTC

  UK military honours for Argentine remain burial in Falklands

  

  The remains of Argentine 1st Lt. Jorge Casco killed in 1982 while flying a Skyhawk fighter plane during the South Atlantic Islands conflict were buried at the Falkland Islands Darwin cemetery on Saturday 7 March 2009.

• Tuesday, March 10th 2009 - 11:34 UTC

  Modern Commonwealth celebrates 60th anniversay with dedication to children

  

  The British Commonwealth Day which this year marks the sixtieth anniversary of its creation was celebrated on Monday 9 March throughout the 53 countries of the Commonwealth. Two Falkland Islands students participated in this year’s program.
  The theme for the anniversary of the modern Commonwealth and underlined in Queen Elizabeth II message, was “The Commonwealth @ 60: serving a new generation”.

• Tuesday, March 10th 2009 - 08:58 UTC

  Central bankers forecast world economy could be at “pick up” point

  

  The global economy may soon see signs of improvement, according to the heads of the world's major central banks. European Central Bank head Jean-Claude Trichet said that the world economy could be approaching a “pick-up” point.

• Tuesday, March 10th 2009 - 08:55 UTC

  Venezuela seizes land from Irish company; warns Coca Cola

  

  Ireland’s Smurfit Kappa corporation confirmed Monday that the Venezuelan government had seized 1.500 hectares of land with eucalyptus the company owns in the country valued in half a million Euros.

• Tuesday, March 10th 2009 - 07:13 UTC

  RAF Nimrods withdrawn from overseas operations

  

  Britain’s Royal Air Force fleet of Nimrod surveillance planes, some of which were involved in the 1982 Falkland Islands conflict, has been temporarily withdrawn from operations overseas, almost a year after a coroner called for the aircraft to be grounded because of safety concerns.

• Monday, March 9th 2009 - 14:20 UTC

  President Vazquez confident Uruguay is prepared for the crisis

  

  Uruguayan president Tabaré Vázquez underlined during a political rally over the weekend the successes of his administration and said the country was better prepared to face the current global crisis.

• Monday, March 9th 2009 - 10:58 UTC

  March begins with an electoral setback for the Kirchners

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her husband, former president Nestor Kirchner seem to have suffered on Sunday their first electoral setback of the year, more precisely in the northern province of Catamarca where they openly campaigned in support of the local opposition.

• Monday, March 9th 2009 - 10:21 UTC

  British Labour apparatus restless about electoral prospects

  

  Former British Cabinet minister Peter Hain has delivered a stark warning that Labour faces electoral disaster unless it adopts a “very different” agenda. In what will be seen as a thinly-veiled attack on Gordon Brown's leadership, Mr Hain insisted the party had lost its “narrative” and was no longer seen as a “credible force for change”.

• Monday, March 9th 2009 - 10:12 UTC

  Royal message on 60th anniversary of the Commonwealth

  

  On the 60th anniversary of the British Commonwealth, Queen Elizabeth II message underlines the continuing values and goals on which the organization rests: freedom, democracy and human rights; equality and equity; development and prosperity.

• Monday, March 9th 2009 - 09:54 UTC

  South America launches council on defence cooperation

  

  Defence ministers from the twelve countries which make up the United Nations of South America, Unasur begin this Monday in Santiago de Chile a round of talks including the launching of the South American Defence Council geared to increase cooperation and dialogue among its members.