Politics

• Tuesday, October 5th 2021 - 18:10 UTC

  Amateur radio call signs: VP8 for Falklands and VP0 for South Georgia, South Sandwich and BAT

  

  Due to an administrative oversight in the new Falkland Islands Communications Ordinance implemented way back in 2017, new VP8 licenses for use in the former Falkland Islands Dependencies have not been available for some years now.

• Tuesday, October 5th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Argentine FM needs to solve international mess to rebuild credibility

  

  Argentine Foreign Ministry Santiago Cafiero is to travel to Brasilia by the end of the week in a move to patch things up between President Alberto Fernández and his Brazilian colleague Jair Bolsonaro, ahead of the upcoming Mercosur summit.

• Tuesday, October 5th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Chile and Interpol break up smuggling ring of Haitians and children to Mexico and US

  

  An operation codenamed ‘Frontera Norte’ has allowed Chile’s Criminal Investigations Police (Policía de Investigaciones – PDI) to arrest nine suspected members of a migrant smuggling ring following an investigation supported by INTERPOL and law enforcement across South and Central America.

• Tuesday, October 5th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  The bridge linking Venezuela and Colombia cleared for resumption of bilateral ties

  

  The land crossing between Venezuela and Colombia through the Simón Bolívar international bridge has been reopened Monday after 32 months, following the removal of the three containers which blocked the way, it was announced.

• Tuesday, October 5th 2021 - 07:58 UTC

  Busy start for Falklands' stand at Manchester Conservative conference

  

  A delegation from the Falkland Islands is now installed in Manchester City attending the Conservative Party Conference21, which took off on Sunday 3 October and will extend until Wednesday 6 October.

• Tuesday, October 5th 2021 - 07:06 UTC

  Pope Francis tells Judges that there is “no democracy with empty stomachs”

  

  Pope Francis last week sent a video to a meeting of the Committee of Pan American Judges for Social Justice and Franciscan doctrine, recalling particularly to Argentine magistrates that “there is no democracy with hungry people”.

• Monday, October 4th 2021 - 21:41 UTC

  Differences between FIG and local businesses emerge over changes in fisheries policies

  

  Disappointment broke out in the Falkland Islands among fishing companies over the latest licensing and securities measures, the local weekly Penguin News reported Friday.

• Monday, October 4th 2021 - 20:03 UTC

  Argentina's statistics bureau finds 4 out of 10 people are poor

  

  The latest data from Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Indec) show that the poverty index has reversed a meager 1.4 % during the first half of 2021.

• Monday, October 4th 2021 - 18:42 UTC

  Arrival into UK made easier: it's all about country of origin being on red list or not

  

  The United Kingdom has launched a simplified system regarding the processing of arriving passengers effective Monday, Oct. 4. Following long queues and no practical improvement, British authorities have decided that arriving travelers are to be measured as coming from a country within the red list... or not.

• Monday, October 4th 2021 - 17:20 UTC

  Newly-appointed Japanese PM calls for elections Oct. 31

  

  Former Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida was sworn in Monday as the country's 100th Prime Minister to succeed Yoshihide Suga. In his first relevant measure and after making up a cabinet of political veterans, he called for elections scheduled for Oct. 31 where he will seek support for his ruling Liberal Democratic Party.