Politics

Monday, November 18th 2019 - 08:20 UTC
Falklands planning new Infant and Junior School

Plans for a new Infant and Junior School are to be considered by the Falklands Executive Council. MLA Stacy Bragger has said that a recommendation to begin examining concept designs and site locations will be presented to the council in December.
Sunday, November 17th 2019 - 07:52 UTC
Repression, use of force risk worsening Bolivia crisis: UN human rights chief

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is urging authorities in Bolivia to ensure security forces comply with international standards on the use of force following the deaths of at least five protestors on Friday.
Saturday, November 16th 2019 - 09:59 UTC
Chilean parties agree on mechanisms to replace the Pinochet era constitution

Chilean lawmakers agreed on Friday to hold a referendum next April on replacing the country’s unpopular Pinochet-era constitution, bowing to demands of protesters who say the country’s decades-old social model has created deep inequality.
Saturday, November 16th 2019 - 09:56 UTC
Air links between Falklands and the continent have been operating since 1999

The head of Argentina's Civil Aviation Administration, ANAC, said the office will “collaborate with Justice in all necessary aspects referred to the coming weekly flight between Malvinas Islands and Brazil, with a stopover at Cordoba, once a month”.
Saturday, November 16th 2019 - 09:53 UTC
Political agreement in Bolivia seems close; Morales accepts fresh elections without him

Ousted Bolivian president Evo Morales said on Friday that fresh elections could be held without him, potentially removing an obstacle to choosing a new leader in the landlocked country thrown into turmoil by his resignation over a contested vote.
Saturday, November 16th 2019 - 09:49 UTC
Guaidó expects today a large protest march throughout Venezuela

The widely recognized as interim president of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, convened for this Saturday a great day of protest throughout the country to maintain the pulse in the street against the government of Nicolás Maduro, an initiative backed by the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (CEV), which also called for citizen mobilization.
Saturday, November 16th 2019 - 09:41 UTC
Uruguay election runoff: “Game over, I'm the boss”, Mujica tells the incumbent candidate

Next 24 November Uruguayans will cast their runoff ballot to elect the next president, scheduled to take office in March 2020. The dispute is between the two winners of the first round on 27 October, the candidate from the ruling coalition that has enjoyed fifteen years in office, and the leader of the opposition who has managed to conform a working “multicolor” majority in the next Legislative, and is ahead in opinion polls tendencies.
Friday, November 15th 2019 - 09:58 UTC
Chile's Thursday demonstrations recalled the anniversary of the death of a Mapuche leader by police

Demonstrators gathered in Chile's public squares on Thursday for another round of protests, which have paralysed daily life for almost a month. This time protests were pegged to the anniversary of a young indigenous man Mapuche, who was shot dead by police in circumstances that are still under investigation. At least 24 people have died and thousands injured in clashes between protesters and police.
Friday, November 15th 2019 - 09:56 UTC
Remains of 115th Argentine combatant buried in Falklands have been identified

The Argentine Human Rights Secretariat announced the identification of the 115th combatant whose remains are buried in the Falkland Islands Argentine military cemetery at Darwin.
Friday, November 15th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
New record high for the US dollar in Chilean markets: 820 Pesos

Chile's central bank announced a US$ 4 billion injection to stop a currency slide that saw the peso reach historic lows on successive days this week. The peso fell to 820 to the dollar at the close Thursday, breaking the 800 Pesos milestone.