Politics

• Tuesday, January 26th 2016 - 08:47 UTC

  Malvinas: when Argentina is strong and united, world public opinion will back us

  

  The meeting of the Argentine president with the British prime minister in Davos was “a good thing” a symptom that we are back on the right political track, which has been applied before: to continue claiming sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands, without having to spoil good relations, investments, trade, and with time and circumstances even consider joint undertakings.

• Tuesday, January 26th 2016 - 08:37 UTC

  Chilean Army clearing Magallanes region of anti personnel mines

  

  The Chilean Army is involved in anti personnel-mine sweeping operations in the Magallanes region, north of Punta Arenas, as part of the country's commitment to have the region free of all mines by 2020 thus complying with the Ottawa convention.

• Tuesday, January 26th 2016 - 08:23 UTC

  Falklands' opportunities for Caribbean residents, promoted by MLA Hansen

  

  Falkland Islands are well on their way to mining oil and member of the Legislative Assembly Ian Hansen said there are possible opportunities for locals to consider relocating to the Britain territory, according to a report from Antigua's Daily Observer.

• Tuesday, January 26th 2016 - 08:14 UTC

  Shackleton Solo Expeditioner dies in Punta Arenas hospital

  

  Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions, ALE, reports with great sadness the death of polar expeditioner Henry Worsley at a hospital in Punta Arenas, Chile, after complications caused by bacterial peritonitis. Henry returned from Antarctica on January 23 after nearly completing his Shackleton Solo Expedition.

• Tuesday, January 26th 2016 - 07:55 UTC

  OAS 'virtually bankrupt and facing existential threat' says Permanent Council chairman

  

  The new chairman of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) Sir Ronald Sanders says the institution is now facing a “serious existential threat”, with its coffers virtually empty. OAS currently has Uruguay's Luis Almagro as Secretary General.

• Tuesday, January 26th 2016 - 07:46 UTC

  UK government chief scientist in Chile to attend congress on education and science

  

  Sir Mark Walport, the British Government Chief Scientific Adviser and Head of Science and Engineering Profession, arrived in Chile on 21 January. He has been invited by the Chilean Senate to participate in the Futures Congress, in which national and international scientists, analysts and thinkers, analyze the most significant issues, challenges and achievements in the world of science.

• Tuesday, January 26th 2016 - 07:34 UTC

  Venezuela could lose UN voting rights because of US$ 3m in arrears

  

  St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic are among nine countries that have lost their voting rights at the United Nations because of arrears in their annual contributions to the world body.

• Tuesday, January 26th 2016 - 07:22 UTC

  Together, let’s reform the EU

  

  by David Cameron (*) - Britain is going to hold a referendum on whether to stay in the European Union. Support for our membership has declined over many years, so I am negotiating changes in 4 areas which will directly address the concerns of the British people. But I believe these changes can build a stronger EU that will benefit all 28 member states. Let me explain.

• Monday, January 25th 2016 - 10:36 UTC

  Oil price plunge distorts Brazilian market and leaves Rio cash strapped

  

  Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff approved a resolution to maintain the current system for establishing the minimum price of oil on which royalty payments are paid by state-run oil company Petrobras to local governments.

• Monday, January 25th 2016 - 10:19 UTC

  IMF praise for Argentina's measures... but forecasts 'mild recession' this year

  

  Despite the austerity policies that have been implemented by the government of President Mauricio Macri, Argentina will see a bigger than expected recession this year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a new report. The economy is set to decline 1% this year, a drop that is 0.3 percentage points larger than the previous forecast that the IMF had released in October.