Politics

• Monday, August 14th 2017 - 18:57 UTC

  PM May supports Falklands' self determination; calls on Argentina to meet September joint communiqué

  

  Prime Minister Theresa May reiterated the UK Government’s strong and wholehearted support for the Falkland Islands right to self-determination and underlined UK is seeking a more productive relation with Argentina but cautioned that the full potential of the relationship depends on Buenos Aires meeting the public commitments of the September 2016 joint communiqué.

• Monday, August 14th 2017 - 08:03 UTC

  UK government show of unity: Hammond and Fox share a column in the Sunday Telegraph

  

  The UK will need a transition period to help businesses adjust after Brexit, the chancellor and the international trade secretary have said. In a joint Sunday Telegraph article, Philip Hammond and Liam Fox stressed any deal would not be indefinite or a “back door” to staying in the EU.

• Monday, August 14th 2017 - 07:43 UTC

  Primaries in Argentina show Macri's coalition is en route to become the main political force

  

  Argentina's ruling coalition headed by president Mauricio Macri managed better than expected overall results in Sunday's national mandatory and simultaneous primaries to choose candidates for the midterm elections of 22 October.

• Monday, August 14th 2017 - 07:13 UTC

  Opportunities to strengthen the UK-Argentina relationship

  

  By British Ambassador Mark Kent (*) A few days ago I completed my first year as British Ambassador to Argentina. During this time, I have had the fortune to meet the people of the country, visit some of its cities, try its food, attend events and learn about its way of life.

• Saturday, August 12th 2017 - 11:08 UTC

  Argentina' final sprint to the midterm elections; the primary cost the central bank US$ 1.8bn

  

  With trading much more relaxed on Friday ended the several days of money market uncertainty leading to Argentina Sunday´s primary election, an anticipation of what can happen in the midterm elections of 22 October when President Mauricio Macri's economic reforms will be put to test in the polls, and hopefully his coalition will increase its congressional support.

• Saturday, August 12th 2017 - 10:57 UTC

  British government and Scotland exchange threats over Brexit legislation

  

  The legislation to formally remove the UK from the European Union will not be changed by Westminster, a senior member of Theresa May’s Cabinet has said despite threats from Scotland's SNP ministers to refuse consent for the Bill as it stands.

• Saturday, August 12th 2017 - 08:14 UTC

  Trump´s military threat “an act of craziness”, says Venezuela´s defense minister

  

  U.S. President Donald Trump's threat of military intervention in Venezuela was “an act of craziness,” the country's Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino said on Friday. Venezuela's foreign ministry was expected to issue a statement on Saturday responding to Trump's comment that “a possible military option” was under consideration for the crisis-racked nation.

• Friday, August 11th 2017 - 12:19 UTC

  Ex top officer calls Brexit a “catastrophe”; proposes a new party “The Democrats” with the Remainers

  

  UK government ministers have been put under pressure by David Davis’s former chief of staff at the Brexit department after he asked a serious of pointed question about how leaving the EU will affect their patches. James Chapman, who also worked for George Osborne and as political editor of the Daily Mail, has revealed his belief that Brexit would be a “catastrophe”.

• Friday, August 11th 2017 - 11:57 UTC

  Temer heckled after addressing a business conference in Rio do Janeiro

  

  President Michel Temer, whose popularity is the lowest for a Brazilian head of state in decades and who last week was spared from standing trial on corruption charges by the vote of his allies in Congress, was booed at the conclusion of his appearance at a trade fair in Rio do Janeiro.

• Friday, August 11th 2017 - 11:54 UTC

  Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America drops for second year running

  

  The flows of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Latin America and the Caribbean shrank 7.9% in 2016 compared with 2015, totaling US$167.043 billion, representing a 17% decline from the peak reached in 2011, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) revealed at its headquarters in Santiago, Chile.