Politics

• Tuesday, October 11th 2016 - 03:20 UTC

  Brazil's prosecutor office questions spending cap: fears it could limit corruption investigations

  

  Brazil’s Prosecutor-General’s Office questioned the constitutionality of President Michel Temer’s proposed public spending cap and recommended that Congress shelve the austerity measures. The office said in a statement the proposal interferes with the autonomy of other federal powers and would weaken the country’s judicial system, handicapping efforts to combat corruption.

• Monday, October 10th 2016 - 10:26 UTC

  US economy in September creates jobs at a slower pace: more people looking for work

  

  The US economy created 156,000 jobs in September, official figures show, slightly fewer than expected. However, August figure was revised higher to 167,000 from 151,000. Both figures are lower than 180,000 average for this year. The unemployment rate edged up to 5% from 4.9%, although that was due to more people looking for work.

• Monday, October 10th 2016 - 10:14 UTC

  Brexit controversy: UK major business call on PM May to preserve free trade with Europe

  

  A group of major business lobby groups has written an open letter urging the United Kingdom government to preserve barrier free trade with Europe. The letter is signed by leaders of the Confederation of British Industry, CBI, and manufacturers' body the EEF.

• Monday, October 10th 2016 - 09:46 UTC

  Haiti: 1.000 dead and counting, and first cases of cholera; three days official mourning

  

  Matthew, meanwhile, lost its hurricane status, subsiding to a “post-tropical cyclone” after cutting a swath from Florida to South Carolina in United States. Matthew crashed ashore on Haiti’s southern coast on Tuesday as a monster Category 4 storm, packing 230 km winds.

• Saturday, October 8th 2016 - 11:13 UTC

  Antarctica celebrates 25th anniversary of the Environment Protection Protocol

  

  Tuesday 4 October was the 25th anniversary of the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty which was created in order to protect the unique and pristine Antarctic landscape. The Protocol designates Antarctica as a natural reserve, devoted to peace and science; and bans the commercial extraction of minerals (mining and drilling).

• Saturday, October 8th 2016 - 11:04 UTC

  “The Spanish flag will never fly over Gibraltar, neither in four or 4.000 years ”

  

  Neither in four years or in 4,000 or any other longer time, the Spanish flag will never fly over Gibraltar. It’s “No way, Jose”, so get used to it”, was the direct and clear message from Chief Minister Fabian Picardo to the Caretaker Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo who on Wednesday night vowed to “plant his flag on Gibraltar”.

• Saturday, October 8th 2016 - 10:29 UTC

  Falklands/Malvinas: Temer administration reiterates support for Argentine legitimate rights

  

  “The president of Brazil reiterated the support of his country to the legitimate rights of the Argentine Republic in the sovereignty dispute with Great Britain relative to the Malvinas, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands and the surrounding maritime spaces”, reads point 45 of the 47-point Argentina-Brazil joint statement from 3 October, following Brazilian president Michel Temer's visit to Buenos Aires.

• Saturday, October 8th 2016 - 10:06 UTC

  Falklands holding a national census on Sunday; population in 2012 was 2.840

  

  The Falkland Islands will be holding its national census on Sunday. The previous census in 2012, revealed that the Falklands population was 2.840, of which 75% lived in Stanley and 57% identified themselves as Falkland Islanders. Censuses happen every 5 years and participation in the Census is required by law.

• Friday, October 7th 2016 - 12:36 UTC

  Boost for Colombian deal: President Santos awarded Nobel Peace Prize

  

  The president of Colombia was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for pursuing a deal to end 52 years of conflict with a Marxist rebel group, the longest-running war in the Americas, just five days after Colombians rejected the agreement in a shocking referendum result.

• Friday, October 7th 2016 - 12:30 UTC

  Regional competition to visit the Falklands has extended deadline: 16 October

  

  The Government of the Falkland Islands and the British Embassies in Uruguay, Brazil and Chile invite university students to participate in this regional competition to win the chance to visit the Falklands for a week, all expenses paid.