Politics

Thursday, January 30th 2020 - 08:35 UTC
EU Parliament approves UK departure in an emotional session

Squeezed between an argument over what to call its transport strategy and a debate on the coronavirus, the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favor of Britain's orderly departure from the European Union. It was an anti-climactic way to issue the UK's last rites.
Thursday, January 30th 2020 - 08:29 UTC
Trump could be acquitted on Friday of the impeachment trial

Democratic push to force Republicans to accept witnesses at Donald Trump's impeachment trial in the US Senate appeared to be flagging on Wednesday, raising the possibility the President could be acquitted as early as Friday.
Thursday, January 30th 2020 - 08:24 UTC
IMF positively cautious about Argentina's public policies prospects

Greater certainty around Argentina’s public policies could help reactivate growth and investments in the recession-hit country, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday.
Thursday, January 30th 2020 - 08:19 UTC
Falklands hosting Red Ensign Group Conference in February

More than 50 maritime professionals from across the Overseas Territories, Crown Dependencies and the UK are coming to the Falkland Islands for the Red Ensign Group Conference.
Thursday, January 30th 2020 - 08:15 UTC
US and UN launch program to help Venezuelan migrants settle in Brazil

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.N.’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched a program to help tens of thousands of Venezuelan migrants settle in Brazil for the long-term.
Thursday, January 30th 2020 - 08:09 UTC
The political responsibility of Beijing in the spread of the coronavirus

By Gwynne Dyer – In an emergency, the good thing about a dictatorship is it can respond very fast. The bad thing is it won’t respond at all until the dictator-in-chief says it should. All the little dictators who flourish in this sort of system won’t risk their positions by passing bad news up the line until the risk of being blamed for delay outweighs the risk of being blamed for the emergency in the first place.
Thursday, January 30th 2020 - 07:28 UTC
Falklands names new Director of Development and Commercial Services

The Falkland Islands Government has announced the appointment of Catherine Silva Donayre as the new Director of Development and Commercial Services when the current Director, Ian Robertson, leaves in June 2020.
Wednesday, January 29th 2020 - 08:58 UTC
IMF and Argentina say they held very productive talks in a New York meeting

IMF officials and Argentina's economy minister met in New York on Tuesday for what they called “productive” and “positive” talks as the South American nation looks for help from its main creditor to alleviate a challenging debt situation.
Wednesday, January 29th 2020 - 08:57 UTC
“Cristina Fernandez, the most brilliant woman of Argentine history”, praise from Macri's electoral advisor

He was considered the guru of Argentine electoral campaigns, the man who helped Mauricio Macri jump from president of one of the two most popular soccer teams in the country, to twice mayor/governor of the City of Buenos Aires and finally to occupy during four years the Pink House, Casa Rosada, defeating the hegemonic Peronist movement.
Wednesday, January 29th 2020 - 08:51 UTC
FIFA names ex president Macri chairman of FIFA Foundation; barrage of criticisms from Argentina

Former Argentine president Mauricio Macri has been appointed executive chairman of the FIFA Foundation, the organization founded by world football's governing body in 2018 to promote social change. But his nomination was received with a raft of criticisms by Argentine clubs and associations.