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Montevideo, February 12th 2026 - 12:32 UTC

Politics

  • Saturday, July 22nd 2017 - 11:53 UTC

    Trump revamps communications office: names a hedge fund banker and Fox Business hand

    Anthony Scaramucci, 52, is a long-standing Trump supporter who has known the president for years, major Republican donor and founder of SkyBridge Capital

    United States President Donald Trump has triggered a shake-up by appointing Wall Street financier Anthony Scaramucci as his White House communications director. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer quit, reportedly in response to the move, which was announced on 21 July. He had been partially filling the communications role since the previous incumbent Michael Dubke resigned in May.

  • Saturday, July 22nd 2017 - 11:31 UTC

    New Lib-Dem leader pledges “exit from Brexit” and calls to capture “gigantic space” in British politics

    Sir Vince said the Government’s approach to Brexit was taking Britain towards the “disastrous outcome” of crashing out of the European Union.

    Sir Vince Cable has become the new leader of the Liberal Democrats with a promise to offer voters the possibility of an “exit from Brexit” through a second referendum on EU membership. The former business secretary took up the role after nominations for the post closed without him facing any challengers, becoming, at 74, the oldest leader in the party’s history.

  • Saturday, July 22nd 2017 - 11:23 UTC

    Spanish concern with Brexit impacts on Gibraltar's neighboring towns

    Afonso Dastiz is expected to visit Campo de Gibraltar next September

    Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Alfonso Dastis, will visit the Campo de Gibraltar in September to discuss the impact of Brexit on cross-border workers and the wider region. The forthcoming visit was announced late Thursday night following a meeting in Madrid between the minister and officials from the Campo.

  • Saturday, July 22nd 2017 - 11:06 UTC

    Only Venezuelan legislative has power to convene elections, argues OAS based on Venice Commission

    “Only the Venezuelan people have the power to convene elections for the National Constituent Assembly through referenda. The Executive does not have this power”.

    The office of OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro released a statement with comments from the European Council Venice Commission on the legality of the Venezuelan presidency decree which was used to convene elections for a constituent assembly to modify the country´s main law.

  • Saturday, July 22nd 2017 - 08:39 UTC

    Venezuelan situation overshadows Mercosur presidential summit

    The family picture of Mercosur presidents and in the second row, representatives from associate and regional countries

    The members of Mercosur trade bloc called for an end to violence in Venezuela in a joint statement on Friday. However again opinions were divided: while Brazil and Argentina sponsored a more explicit warning to President Nicolas Maduro and his regime, Uruguay had it redrafted in a more conciliatory tone and Paraguay finally came out with a compromise option.

  • Saturday, July 22nd 2017 - 08:13 UTC

    Falklands' 2016 Census (I): Population 3.200; Camp increased 9%, for the first since 1950s'

    The 2016 census shows that Falklands population increased by 360 people over the four years since the April 2012 census, reaching 3,200 persons in October 2016. (Pic PN)

    The Falkland Islands government Policy and Economic Unit has released the 2016 Census Report (*) which indicates that the total number of people counted in the Islands on census night, 9 October 2016, was 3,354. This figure includes visitors to the Islands and people who are not normally resident in the country, for example tourists or crew on vessels in Falklands waters on census night.

  • Friday, July 21st 2017 - 12:13 UTC

    US travel ban dispute: Supreme Court rules partial win for Trump

    Justices blocked a lower court ruling that would have opened the way for potentially thousands of refugees to enter the country in the coming months.

    The United States Supreme Court dealt a blow to President Donald Trump's travel ban this week, rejecting his bid to bar entry by some people with family members already in the country. The three-sentence order by the Justices — who last month let president Trump start restricting entry by people from six mostly Muslim countries — means the government must accept people with grandparents, cousins and other relatives in the U.S.

  • Friday, July 21st 2017 - 09:51 UTC

    Falklands debates on changes for migrants, work permits and visitors

    MLA Summers said “We have in effect replaced the need for visas with a more detailed permitting system”

    Several proposed changes to the Work Permits system and new categories of permits for visitors and dependents were debated by the Falkland Islands Members of Legislative Assembly last Tuesday at the Select Committee on the Immigration (Amendment) (No 2) Bill.

  • Friday, July 21st 2017 - 09:33 UTC

    Cutting steel ceremony for Royal Navy's First Type 26: “HMS Glasgow”

    The last HMS Glasgow - a Type 42 Destroyer - was awarded the “Falkland Islands 1982” battle honor.

    The first of eight new Type 26 frigates being built for the Royal Navy has been named HMS Glasgow. The name was revealed by Defense Secretary Sir Michael Fallon as he cut the first steel on the ship at BAE System's Govan shipyard. The last HMS Glasgow, a Type 42 Destroyer, was awarded the “Falkland Islands 1982” battle honor. The new anti-submarine warfare frigates will be known as the City Class.

  • Friday, July 21st 2017 - 09:26 UTC

    Scotland and Wales dispute Tories £ 1bn for North Ireland's DUP

    Britain's Prime Minister, Theresa May, left, greets Arlene Foster, the leader of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party at Downing Street

    The Scottish and Welsh governments have begun a formal dispute with Westminster over the Tories’ £1 billion deal with the Democratic Unionist Party. The devolved administrations have invoked formal dispute resolution procedures over the coalition agreement of PM Theresa May's government, which includes £1 billion in new funding for Northern Ireland.