Politics

• Wednesday, June 17th 2015 - 05:30 UTC

  OAS declaration in support of Malvinas UK/Argentina talks; Canada disagreed

  

  The Organization of American States, OAS, meeting in general assembly approved on Tuesday a declaration urging negotiations on the Falklands/Malvinas Islands dispute between Argentina and the United Kingdom.

• Wednesday, June 17th 2015 - 05:06 UTC

  OAS and Haiti agree on electoral calendar and an observation mission

  

  The Organization of American States (OAS) will send an Electoral Observation Mission to the presidential, legislative, municipal and local elections to be held in Haiti in 2015, according to the agreement signed on Tuesday by Secretary General Luis Almagro, and Haiti's Foreign minister, Lener Renauld.

• Wednesday, June 17th 2015 - 04:38 UTC

  Falklands have a bright future and Islanders the resolve to face harassment and bullying

  

  The Falkland Islands have a bright future, not without challenges, or harassment or bullying, but the Islanders will face them with the same strength, tenacity and resolve that helped them through the conflict 33 years ago, said Foreign Office minister Hugo Swire at the annual Falklands' Government Reception in London.

• Tuesday, June 16th 2015 - 05:35 UTC

  Magna Carta 800th anniversary: PM David Cameron's speech

  

  800 years ago, on this day, King John put his seal to a document that would change the world. We talk about the ‘law of the land’ and this is the very land where that law – and the rights that flow from it – took root.

• Tuesday, June 16th 2015 - 05:23 UTC

  OAS assembly approves Convention on the Rights of Older Peoples

  

  The 45th General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS), meeting in Washington, took a step on Monday toward the modernization of the hemispheric institution, expressed support for the Rule of Law in Guatemala, and approved the Convention on the Rights of Older Persons.

• Tuesday, June 16th 2015 - 05:06 UTC

  Jeb Bush aims the White House presenting himself as an anti-Washington figure

  

  Former Florida governor Jeb Bush vowed to fix a dysfunctional Washington as he began his US presidential bid with an attempt to move out of the shadow of the White House legacies left by his father and brother.

• Monday, June 15th 2015 - 06:44 UTC

  Catholic Church points out that 25% of Argentines are below the poverty line

  

  The Argentine Catholic Church has stood out strongly on the controversy that has followed President Cristina Fernandez statement before the FAO assembly in Rome arguing that poverty in Argentina is below 5%, which was later made superlative by her spokesperson and cabinet chief Anibal Fernandez arguing that poverty in Argentina was less than in Germany or Denmark.

• Monday, June 15th 2015 - 06:37 UTC

  Spanish Guardia Civil officers attend Queen's Birthday parade in Gibraltar

  

  Two uniformed Spanish Guardia Civil officers attended the Queen’s Birthday Parade in Gibraltar, in a development that is unprecedented in recent times.
  Spanish law enforcement officers are invited by The Convent every year to the event but, on the occasions they have attended in the past, they have done so in civilian clothing.

• Monday, June 15th 2015 - 06:29 UTC

  Falkland Islands receives US support on the issue of “self determination”

  

  Falkland Islands' elected lawmakers received assurances in Washington that US neutrality in the sovereign dispute with Argentina does not imply any denial of the Falkland Islanders right to self determination.

• Monday, June 15th 2015 - 06:14 UTC

  Strong Falklands' supporter and former US Congress member receives OBE

  

  Former United States Representative Thomas E. Petri was formally presented with the insignia recognizing his appointment as an honorary Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire during a ceremony June 11 at the British Ambassador’s Residence in Washington, D.C.