Politics

Saturday, November 26th 2016 - 11:46 UTC
Trump names experienced heavyweights in national security and White House counsel

President-elect Donald Trump named KT McFarland as deputy national security adviser and Donald McGahn as his White House counsel. McFarland served in three separate Republican administrations, most notably as a spokeswoman for Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger under Ronald Reagan.
Saturday, November 26th 2016 - 11:26 UTC
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

By UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon - At long last, there is growing global recognition that violence against women and girls is a human rights violation, public health pandemic and serious obstacle to sustainable development. Yet there is still much more we can and must do to turn this awareness into meaningful prevention and response.
Saturday, November 26th 2016 - 11:01 UTC
Cristina Fernandez summoned to court in Buenos Aires: law enforcement will act if she refuses to comply

Argentina's ex president Cristina Fernandez has been ordered to court next Tuesday by federal magistrate Claudio Bonadio, and warned that should she not abide she will be taken by public force to comply with the registry of finger prints and undergo a socio-environment report. The decision refers to the dollar futures case for which the ex president has been indicted.
Saturday, November 26th 2016 - 09:52 UTC
Fidel Castro has died at the age of 90; hero and bastard, revolutionary and dictator

Fidel Castro, the fiery communist politician and Cuban revolutionary who led his country for almost half a century, has died. His health had been deteriorating since 2006, when he suffered from intestinal bleeding. He was 90 years old.
Friday, November 25th 2016 - 16:26 UTC
Peru foresees great economic expansion for 2017

Peru's Economy and Finance Minister Alfredo Thorne said Thursday his country is set to record a growth of 4.8% as next year's budget was passed. Private investment in areas such as infrastructure will be the key.
Friday, November 25th 2016 - 15:53 UTC
Opposition governors give thumbs down to electronic vote reform for 2017

Argentine province governors of the opposition Justicialist (Peronist) Party now embodied in the Kirchnerite Victory Front (FpV) Thursday instructed their representatives on the national Senate to vote against President Mauricio Macri's proposal for an reform that would include electronic voting tickets.
Friday, November 25th 2016 - 08:54 UTC
Uruguayan president off to Europe looking for investors for an ambitious infrastructure plan

Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez is off to Europe for a two-week business and academic interests trip which begins on Friday in Spain and will continue in the Vatican, Austria and France. On Friday, Vazquez is scheduled to hold a private meeting with King Felipe IV of Spain, and on Monday with president Mariano Rajoy.
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.