Politics

• Friday, November 25th 2016 - 08:14 UTC

  Spanish U turn: “Gibraltar will be part of Brexit negotiations; we want to help in this process”

  

  Gibraltar “will be part” of the Brexit negotiations, Spain’s Minister for Education, Culture and Sport said on Wednesday, suggesting a marked shift from the hardline stance adopted by former Foreign Minister José Manuel García-Margallo.

• Friday, November 25th 2016 - 07:20 UTC

  Falklands' mine clearance progresses steadily: 82 fields still to be neutralized

  

  Minefield clearance in the Falklands is going well on the current phase which will run until June 2017, Dynasafe Bactec Ltd. Program manager Guy Marot confirmed this week to Penguin News. Work to date has involved technical survey and clearance work in the Eliza Cove area (south east Stanley) and Goose Green, and is scheduled to continue after Christmas in the Mount Longdon and Hearndon Waters (Murrell) minefields, and Port Howard on West Falklands.

• Thursday, November 24th 2016 - 20:19 UTC

  Mexican cement manufacturer after deal building up Trump's wall

  

  Mexican cement manufacturer Cementos Chihuahua expressed its interest in becoming a supplier for the construction of the border wall between Mexico and the US which has been announced by US President-elect Donald Trump during his campaign.

• Thursday, November 24th 2016 - 20:14 UTC

  Mercosur talks: No summit and Argentina will take over on December 14 rumoured

  

  The presidency of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) in supposedly in the hands of Venezuela, who is said to have been suspended from full membership for failing to comply with the bloc's statutes.

• Thursday, November 24th 2016 - 16:40 UTC

  Trump calls for unity in Thanksgiving message and includes two women in the cabinet

  

  In his first Thanksgiving Message as US President-elect, Donald Trump has called for unity following a “long and bruising political campaign”. He also announced the selection of the first two women in her cabinet, education and UN ambassador.

• Thursday, November 24th 2016 - 16:27 UTC

  Odebrecht in world record plea and leniency deal: ready to pay US$ 2 billion for Petrobras corruption

  

  Federal prosecutors and Odebrecht SA have agreed on the world's biggest plea and leniency deal under which the embattled engineering conglomerate would pay around 7 billion Reais (US$ 2 billion) in fines related to its role in Brazil's biggest corruption scandal, local media reported.

• Thursday, November 24th 2016 - 16:13 UTC

  Foreign Office tells Trump there's “no vacancy for the job of UK ambassador in Washington”

  

  Britain dismissed U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's unprecedented expression of support for Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage to be made British ambassador to Washington, saying pointedly that there is no vacancy for the job. Trump, who after his election victory met Farage before any EU leaders, said on Twitter that “many people” would like to see the former metals trader turned politician as Britain's ambassador.

• Thursday, November 24th 2016 - 16:09 UTC

  Brazilian cash-strapped states agree to back structural reform in exchange for financial aid

  

  Brazil's federal government reached a deal to help cash-strapped states with their fiscal woes in exchange for support from governors on deeper structural reforms including pension reform and the capping of public employee salaries.

• Thursday, November 24th 2016 - 15:51 UTC

  Malcorra grateful to Panama for the standing and historic support in Malvinas sovereignty dispute

  

  Argentine foreign minister Susana Malcorra thanked her Panama peer Isabel de Saint Malo for the standing historic support from Panama to Argentina´s sovereignty claim over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands, (under UK control), and looked forward to strengthening the excellent bilateral relations, according to an official Wednesday release from San Martin Palace.

• Thursday, November 24th 2016 - 15:13 UTC

  Santos and FARC sign new peace agreement; new version submitted for a vote in Congress

  

  Colombia's government and FARC guerrillas will sign a new peace accord on Thursday, after a previous agreement to end their half-century-old war was defeated in a referendum, both parties said. The new, revised accord will be submitted to Congress for approval, rather than put to another referendum, they added.