Politics

Thursday, November 10th 2022 - 10:50 UTC
Falklands' preparations for major Remembrance commemoration next Sunday

The Falkland Islands Government has announced the arrangements and details for the coming Remembrance commemoration, which this Sunday will be counting with the participation of a great number of Falklands' Veterans on a special invitation tour of the Islands because of the fortieth anniversary of the Liberation. The ceremony will also be live stream events to the United Kingdom.
Thursday, November 10th 2022 - 10:30 UTC
US: Republicans far from landslide victory they had hoped for

The Republican recovery many had heralded ahead of this year's mid-term elections in the United States is still to materialize, as vote counting kept going on Wednesday.
Thursday, November 10th 2022 - 10:17 UTC
Mayor of Santos argues privatization of Brazil's largest port has to be addressed by Lula's incoming government

The mayor of the port city of Santos, Rogério Santos, argues that representatives of president-elect Lula da Silva should take part in the privatization process of the Santos Port Authority (SPA), whose auction is scheduled for December.
Thursday, November 10th 2022 - 10:03 UTC
China October exports contract, first time since 2020; global recession reaching Asian super power

With an economy still gripped by strict lockdown measures, Chinese exports contracted in October for the first time since the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic. Exports in dollar terms fell 0.3 percent year on year last month, official data showed, compared with an economists’ forecast of 4.5% growth and a 5.7% gain in September. The figure last fell in May 2020.
Thursday, November 10th 2022 - 09:56 UTC
Maduro-Kerry handshake “unplanned,” US gov't says

The Government of the United States was quick to explain Wednesday that the much-publicized handshake between Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Climate Envoy John Kerry in Sharm El-Sheikh was an “unplanned” event.
Wednesday, November 9th 2022 - 23:04 UTC
Travel expenses to Falklands' Darwin Cemetery are not “abroad,” Argentine taxpayer cries

An Argentine national who visited the Darwin Cemetery on the Falkland Islands to pay his respects to the combatants fallen in the 1982 war was outraged upon his return that his credit card was billing him the surcharges recently created by Superminister of Economy Sergio Massa for expenses abroad.
Wednesday, November 9th 2022 - 22:00 UTC
Car sales in Brazil affected by pro-Bolsonaro demonstrations

Brazil's National Association of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (Anfavea) has reported this week that sales of brand-new cars fell in the past few days as demonstrators took to the streets in several cities nationwide claiming that incumbent President Jair Boolsonaro had defeated Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva in the Oct. 30 runoffs, thus contradicting the announcement by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE).
Wednesday, November 9th 2022 - 10:48 UTC
Yellow Alert decreed in Chile over increasing volcanic activity

Chilean authorities have issued a Yellow Alert for the communes of Villarrica, Pucón, and Curarrehue in the region of La Araucanía, and for Panguipulli, in Los Ríos after an increase in activity by the Villarrica volcano was detected.
Wednesday, November 9th 2022 - 10:40 UTC
Falkland Islander addresses the House of Commons from the dispatch

A Law student at Stoke-on-Trent became the first Falkland Islander to address his “peers” at the House of Commons last Friday during a special session of the United Kingdom's Youth Parliament, with Sir Lindsay Hoyle presiding the meeting.
Wednesday, November 9th 2022 - 10:34 UTC
Lawmaker criticized that Argentine national team travels to Qatar with Uruguayan yerba mate

Argentine opposition Congressman Luis Mario Pastori of the Radical Civic Union (UCR), a party forming the Together for Change (Juntos por el Cambio - JxC) coalition, Tuesday noted on social media that the Argentine national football team taking part in the upcoming World Cup finals in Qatar had not prioritized home-made products.