Politics

• Monday, March 27th 2017 - 08:08 UTC

  Argentina's naval trainee tall ship “Libertad” scheduled to call at Portsmouth

  

  Argentina's Navy school vessel, tall ship Libertad left Buenos Aires on Saturday for its 46th training world tour, scheduled to last six months calling in thirteen different ports, including Portsmouth, announced the ministry of Defense.

• Monday, March 27th 2017 - 07:50 UTC

  Massive protests in Chilean cities against the private pension scheme

  

  Close to 350,000 people in Chile’s capital Santiago and a further two million nationwide took part on Sunday in street protests demanding the replacement of a private pension system imposed under the Pinochet regime, following recommendations from multilateral organisms. The protesters main demand is the elimination of the current pension system, the privately run AFPs (Pension Fund Administrators).

• Monday, March 27th 2017 - 07:38 UTC

  Brazilians take to the streets to support corruption investigations and jailing politicians

  

  Brazilians furious at corruption demonstrated on Sunday in support of a politically explosive probe into high-level embezzlement and bribery, but turnout was lower than at previous protests. The long-planned day of nationwide demonstrations kicked off in the capital Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro, before shifting to the nation's biggest city Sao Paulo.

• Monday, March 27th 2017 - 07:22 UTC

  EU celebrates 60 years and the blessing of the “multi-speed” concept

  

  The European Union celebrated 60 years since its creation with the signing of a new treaty in Rome on Saturday, four days ahead of the start of Britain's formal exit from the bloc. Twenty-seven countries met to sign a new declaration on Capitoline Hill - where six founding states signed the Treaty of Rome, creating the European Economic Community, in 1957.

• Monday, March 27th 2017 - 05:12 UTC

  Correa´s candidate headed for victory in Ecuador presidential runoff next Sunday

  

  The latest release of public opinion polls ahead of next Sunday's (April 2) presidential runoff in Ecuador show the ruling party candidate Lenin Moreno winning by a margin of 4.5 percentage points. The Cedatos poll conducted between March 18th and 21st, showed the ruling party candidate with 52.4% of the vote compared to opposition leader Guillermo Lasso‘s 47.6% (a 4.8% difference).

• Saturday, March 25th 2017 - 10:20 UTC

  Falklands' Government sends Letter of Condolences to London

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has sent a letter of condolences to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, expressing sympathy and support from all members of the Falkland Islands community following the Wednesday attack at Westminster bridge and attempt to break into Parliament.

• Saturday, March 25th 2017 - 10:17 UTC

  Obamacare bipartisan support turns into Trump's first major legislative defeat

  

  In the aftermath of his first major legislative defeat, President Donald Trump is standing by his team, preaching confidence in House Speaker Paul Ryan, and remains convinced of Obamacare's eventual downfall.

• Saturday, March 25th 2017 - 10:09 UTC

  Lord Heseltine claims Brexit delivers Europe to Germany; “Berlin lost the war and won peace”

  

  The UK is handing control of Europe's destiny to Germany by leaving the EU, Lord Heseltine has claimed. The Tory peer, sacked as a government adviser after defying the whip over Brexit, said the Germans had lost World War Two but the UK was now giving them the “opportunity to win the peace”.

• Saturday, March 25th 2017 - 10:08 UTC

  The European Union is celebrating its 60th anniversary in Rome

  

  The heads of state and government of the EU countries are gathering in Rome to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome. The celebrations will begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday, March 25th, when the heads of state and government and the leaders of the EU institutions will arrive at the Palace of the Conservators, located on the Capitoline hill.

• Saturday, March 25th 2017 - 10:00 UTC

  Mexico prepared to “step away” from NAFTA if negotiations don't benefit the country

  

  Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray said that if North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations don't benefit all parties involved, the country is willing to “step away” from it. In an interview with Bloomberg, he said pulling out of NAFTA would be a last resort.