Politics

• Friday, April 28th 2017 - 11:01 UTC

  Falklands: Argentine investors project to build a Howard Johnson hotel in Stanley

  

  An Argentine businessman and partner of the US based Howard Johnson, with 37 hotels under that name in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, is attempting to refloat an old project to install a 40 rooms complex in the Falkland Islands, according to media reports in Buenos Aires.

• Friday, April 28th 2017 - 10:53 UTC

  PM May had “constructive” talks with EC president Juncker and Brussels' chief Brexit negotiator Barnier

  

  UK Prime Minister Theresa May has had “constructive” talks with European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker on the Brexit process, Downing Street said. The Prime Minister hosted Mr Juncker and Brussels’ chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier for a working dinner in Number 10 ahead of a summit on Saturday where the leaders of the 27 other EU countries will consider their approach to the talks on the UK’s withdrawal.

• Friday, April 28th 2017 - 10:21 UTC

  Gibraltar could be Spanish in four years, “but Gibraltarians must be seduced”

  

  Gibraltar could be Spanish “within four years”, Spain’s former foreign minister, José Manuel García-Margallo, said on Wednesday insisting that “the Hong Kongisation” of the Rock was possible in that timescale.

• Friday, April 28th 2017 - 09:50 UTC

  Joint Statement from President Donald J. Trump and President Mauricio Macri

  

  President Donald J. Trump hosted President Mauricio Macri of Argentina (Thursday 27 April) to discuss ways to deepen the close partnership between the United States and Argentina.

• Friday, April 28th 2017 - 09:36 UTC

  “The future of the Falklands depends on the Islanders, and that is what is most important”

  

  British ambassador in Argentina Mark Kent has said that conflict policies lead nowhere, Argentina and the UK have different positions on the Falkland Islands sovereignty, but it is up to the Islanders to decide on their future. Anyhow bilateral relations have significantly improved with great prospects for trade, investments and cooperation.

• Friday, April 28th 2017 - 09:23 UTC

  Labour “unequivocally committed” to protecting British sovereignty of Gibraltar

  

  Labour is “unequivocally committed” to protecting the British sovereignty of Gibraltar, Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry said during a surprise visit to the Rock. Mrs Thornberry was shown around Gibraltar International Airport and the frontier by Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia, on the back of a long standing promise.

• Friday, April 28th 2017 - 09:03 UTC

  PM May blasts Merkel and Labour on Brexit talks, and calls for unity and 'strongest possible hand'

  

  Germany's Angela Merkel comments about the UK's Brexit stance show the need for Britain to have the “strongest possible hand” in negotiations, said Prime Minister Theresa May. The PM told a rally in Leeds that 27 EU countries were “lining up to oppose” Britain while her opponents were “trying to disrupt” Brexit talks.

• Friday, April 28th 2017 - 02:16 UTC

  Re-election amendment in Paraguay rejected overwhelmingly in Congress

  

  The lower house of Paraguay's Congress has voted overwhelmingly to reject a constitutional amendment that allowed the president to seek re-election. The proposal triggered riots last month, with protesters setting fire to part of the Congress building.

• Thursday, April 27th 2017 - 23:44 UTC

  Falklands airbridge working; no reply from Argentina on a second flight

  

  Falkland Islands lawmaker, MLA Mike Summers apologized on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defense (MoD) for the disruption that the flight diversion from Ascension Island had caused, but said he knew they were working hard to ensure proper arrangements were in place for the continuation of the air bridge with the UK.

• Thursday, April 27th 2017 - 17:50 UTC

  Brazil's reforms advance in Congress to the relief of beleaguered president Temer

  

  Brazil's lower house of Congress on Wednesday approved the main text of a bill to relax the country's restrictive labor laws, a main issue of President Michel Temer's efforts to bolster investment and pull the economy out of its worst recession ever.