Politics

Wednesday, September 24th 2014 - 15:44 UTC
Marina blasts Dilma Rousseff for not supporting UN deforestation dead line initiative

Environmentalist and presidential opposition candidate Marina Silva blasted Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff for not supporting an initiative to put a deadline on deforestation supported by 32 countries this Tuesday during the Climate summit in New York.
Wednesday, September 24th 2014 - 15:42 UTC
Deforestation deadline initiative watered down by lack of support from Brazil

More than 30 countries set the first-ever deadline on Tuesday to end deforestation by 2030, but the feasibility of such a goal was eroded when a key player, Brazil, said it would not join.
Wednesday, September 24th 2014 - 06:41 UTC
It's unofficial, but the Queen 'purred' with happiness with the Scotland result

Britain's monarch is famously above politics, but Prime Minister David Cameron was overheard saying Queen Elizabeth had “purred” with happiness when he phoned her to inform her Scotland had voted to reject independence.
Wednesday, September 24th 2014 - 06:32 UTC
Morales opens indigenous peoples conference in New York blasting capitalism

Evo Morales, Bolivia’s first indigenous president, inaugurated the first World Conference on Indigenous Peoples at the UN on Monday and said he is living proof that the community can “govern and not just vote.”
Wednesday, September 24th 2014 - 06:19 UTC
Falklands and 'holdouts' in Argentine lawmakers agenda, coming visit to London

A group of Argentine lawmakers will be travelling next month to the UK, on an official visit to meet with British officials and members of Parliament, a trip which has been described as 'historic' because it is a 'first time' since the end of the South Atlantic conflict such an invitation is extended.
Wednesday, September 24th 2014 - 04:53 UTC
The first 'UK-Germany climate change diplomacy day' celebrated in Santiago

The British and German embassies in Santiago hosted the first UK-Germany Climate Change Diplomacy Day. The joint initiative was organised to increase the awareness of the importance of climate change as it is a critical issue for both countries.
Wednesday, September 24th 2014 - 03:36 UTC
US halting use of anti-personnel mines except for No Man's Land in the Koreas

The United States said Tuesday it halting the use of anti-personnel mines apart from in the tense No Man's Land between the Koreas, a step closer to compliance with a global convention.
Wednesday, September 24th 2014 - 03:10 UTC
Eight US congress members table resolution in support of Gibraltar's right to self-determination

Eight US congress members have tabled a resolution calling for the House of Representatives to formally recognize Gibraltar’s right to self-determination.<br />
The bi-partisan move highlights the wishes of the Gibraltarians and underscores the deep historical links between the Rock and the US, highlighting its strategic position for US military interests.
Tuesday, September 23rd 2014 - 11:11 UTC
Rousseff's government denies Brazil has any 'imperial' intentions

President Dilma Rousseff's main foreign affairs' advisor Marco Aurelio Garcia denied Brazil has any “imperial intentions” in reply to claims relative to Cuba from presidential opposition candidate Marina Silva.
Tuesday, September 23rd 2014 - 10:57 UTC
Rousseff's television campaign gradually eroding Marina Silva's lead

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff effective television campaign has started to erode Marina Silva's lead in the polls that the opposition candidate enjoyed two weeks ago and turned the race into a dead heat. The ads remind tens of millions of voters who have been lifted from poverty by social welfare programs that they could still slip backward.