Politics

• Tuesday, December 8th 2015 - 09:10 UTC

  Now comes the main challenge for the fragile opposition coalition: running Venezuela

  

  Venezuela's fragile opposition coalition which managed to come together to achieve victory over the Chavista government on Sunday, now faces the test of trying to stick together and use its newly won congressional authority to address the country’s deep economic problems and political rifts.

• Tuesday, December 8th 2015 - 09:08 UTC

  No break for the Brazilian economy, according to the central bank

  

  Analysts expect Brazil's economy to contract by 3.50% this year, with inflation hitting 10.44%, the Central Bank said on Monday. GDP and inflation estimates come from the Boletin Focus, a weekly Central Bank survey of analysts from about 100 private financial institutions on the state of the national economy.

• Tuesday, December 8th 2015 - 09:03 UTC

  Impeachment battle takes off in Brazil; Rousseff calls for an early vote

  

  Impeachment proceedings against Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff were delayed on Monday by a fight between supporters and opponents trying to stack a lower house committee that will report on whether she committed an impeachable offense.

• Tuesday, December 8th 2015 - 08:40 UTC

  “Relations with Britain can't be limited to the Malvinas issue”, says Malcorra

  

  Argentina's next foreign minister Susana Malcorra, who will have the task of reestablishing relations with 'all countries', including those with which there are pending or difficult situations, made it a point to underline British Prime Minister David Cameron's gesture of phoning president elect Mauricio Macri to congratulate him on his victory.

• Tuesday, December 8th 2015 - 01:13 UTC

  Falklands' Battle Day, 8 December 1914, Act of Remembrance

  

  The Falkland Islands will commemorate this Tuesday 8th December, the naval engagements of 8th December 1914, one of the Royal Navy's greatest victories during the First World War, which resulted in the sinking of a German imperial squadron that threatened to capture the Islands.

• Tuesday, December 8th 2015 - 01:06 UTC

  Falklands' Battle Day commemorated in London

  

  Battle Day was commemorated in the traditional manner at the Cenotaph in central London on Saturday 5th December. The traffic was stopped in Whitehall, and the service was conducted by former Rector of Christchurch Cathedral in Stanley the Rev. Dr. Richard Hines.

• Monday, December 7th 2015 - 14:20 UTC

  Princess Anne will be visiting South Georgia and the Falkland Islands

  

  Princess Anne is to visit South Georgia and the Falkland Islands next month, accompanied by her husband, Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, reports Falklands' weekly Penguin News

• Monday, December 7th 2015 - 08:44 UTC

  Argentina talks to US Treasury Secretary; lifting dollar clamp depends on level of reserves

  

  Argentina's incoming Finance minister Alfonso Prat-Gay spoke with the United States Treasury Secretary Jack Lew to discuss economic plans to achieve sustained economic growth. The minister also announced in a long interview with Buenos Aires main dailies that lifting the dollar 'clamp' as promised by president-elect Mauricio Macri, will much depend on the level of international reserves Argentina can count with.

• Monday, December 7th 2015 - 08:36 UTC

  Impeachment battle against Rousseff begins Monday in Congress

  

  Impeachment proceedings against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff face their first major hurdle Monday when a special committee forms to decide whether to send the case to the full lower house. Once established, the 65-member committee representing all parties will hear Rousseff's defense, then rule on whether to allow the matter to go further.

• Monday, December 7th 2015 - 08:19 UTC

  France's far right National Front with record gains in regional elections

  

  France's far-right National Front (FN) saw record gains in the first round of regional polls on Sunday, held under a state of emergency just three weeks after Islamic extremists killed 130 people in Paris. Despite the strong result, it faces an uphill battle to clinch a run-off vote next week after Socialists withdrew candidates to block it from power.