Politics

Friday, April 6th 2018 - 08:12 UTC
UK Export Finance support for Uruguay increased to £4 billion

The United Kingdom Export Finance (UKEF) support available for trade with Uruguay has been increased to up to £4 billion, meaning an additional £2.25 billion in support for UK companies exporting to Uruguay and for Uruguayan buyers of UK goods and services.
Friday, April 6th 2018 - 08:00 UTC
Argentine minister refers to Malvinas as Falklands, and triggers a political storm

Argentina's Defense minister has sparked a political storm after appearing to imply the Falkland Islands are British. Oscar Aguad has been accused by the Buenos Aires media of suggesting that the Islands were not part of Argentine territory.
Friday, April 6th 2018 - 07:47 UTC
Lula expected to continue campaigning from jail as the Workers Party readies a Plan B and option candidate

Even when Brazilian ex president Lula da Silva was described as facing Judge Sergio Moro's Friday jailing decision calmly, the big question now is what follows for the presidential candidate and the Workers Party chances ahead of the coming October presidential election.
Friday, April 6th 2018 - 07:28 UTC
Lula has until Friday afternoon to start a prison sentence for corruption

Former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, front runner in Brazil’s October presidential elections, was given 24 hours on Thursday to surrender to police and start a 12-year prison sentence for corruption. The timing of the order from Judge Sergio Moro, head of Brazil’s huge “Car Wash” anti-graft probe, took Lula’s lawyers by complete surprise. They had been expecting to use legal maneuvers to delay the start of prison at least until next week.
Thursday, April 5th 2018 - 09:16 UTC
Supreme Court rejects Lula's petition: must start prison term

The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil (STF) decided to reject the judicial appeal filed by former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to appeal while in freedom to a sentence for corruption that remains pending, so the former president should enter the prison and begin compliance of the sentence.
Thursday, April 5th 2018 - 08:19 UTC
Falklands' 14 strong team takes on the challenge of the Commonwealth Games

Wednesday marked the opening ceremony of the 21st Commonwealth Games which are being held from 4 -15 April at the Gold Coast in Australia. This is the tenth Commonwealth Games that the Falkland Islands have participated in and this time they will be competing alongside more than 6,600 athletes and team officials from 70 Commonwealth nations and territories.
Thursday, April 5th 2018 - 07:53 UTC
Falklands launches Plan outlining the Islands 2018/2022 growth and prosperity targets

The Falkland Islands Government has published The Islands Plan 2018-2022, which sets out its ambitions for improving the prosperity, health and wealth of people across the Falklands over the next four years.
Wednesday, April 4th 2018 - 09:24 UTC
Brazil's conundrum: Army chief twits “good citizens repudiate impunity and respect the Constitution”

The commander of Brazil's army added tension on the eve of a Supreme Court decision on whether former President Lula da Silva should be allowed to exhaust his appeals process before being sent to jail for a corruption conviction.
Wednesday, April 4th 2018 - 09:14 UTC
SGSSI Commissioner’s 12-Day Visit To South Georgia

The Commissioner for South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands, Nigel Phillips CBE, returned on March 17th from his visit to South Georgia where he was accompanied by representatives of some of South Georgia’s key partners and stakeholders.
Wednesday, April 4th 2018 - 09:04 UTC
Minister Faurie in France addresses bilateral relations and Mercosur/EU talks

Argentine foreign minister Jorge Faurie met on Tuesday in Paris with his French peer Jean-Yves Le Drian to address current political and economic bilateral relations, as well as the latest advances in the Mercosur/European Union negotiations.