Politics

Saturday, March 15th 2014 - 04:12 UTC
“Crimea means more to Russia than the Falklands to Britain”

Crimea means more to Russia than the Falklands mean to Britain, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday after holding last-ditch talks on the region with his U.S. counterpart John Kerry.
Friday, March 14th 2014 - 10:15 UTC
Falklands' referendum a year ago remembered at the Australian parliament

One year on from the Falkland Islands' referendum and public diplomacy efforts are paying dividends according to Members of Legislative Assembly Mike Summers and Michael Poole, reports the latest edition of the Penguin News.
Friday, March 14th 2014 - 09:18 UTC
Falkland Islanders right to self determination reaffirmed by Minister Swire

Foreign Office minister for Latin America Hugo Swire MP, who recently visited the Falklands, sent a letter to Falkland Islanders thanking the warm reception and congratulating them on their strong sense of identity and community. The letter was published in this Friday's edition of the Penguin News.
Friday, March 14th 2014 - 09:08 UTC
Falklands focused on a multi-year plan of mine clearance

Demining work did not take place this summer in the Falkland Islands, “because efforts were focused on agreeing a multi-year plan for the next round of mine clearance operations,” Member of Legislative Assembly Mike Summers stated this week.
Friday, March 14th 2014 - 08:52 UTC
Venezuela reassures fearful Caribbean allies about ALBA and PetroCaribe

Venezuela said the current political unrest in the country poses no danger to the future of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of the Americas(ALBA) and the oil initiative PetroCaribe.
Friday, March 14th 2014 - 08:49 UTC
Death toll in a month of violent protests in Venezuela has risen to 28

Venezuela's state prosecutor said on Thursday the death toll from a month of violent protests had risen to 28, after the nation's top court ordered opposition mayors to dismantle barricades set up by street protesters.
Friday, March 14th 2014 - 08:42 UTC
US will not side with Argentina in its dispute with hedge funds, says Kerry

US Secretary of State, John Kerry has rejected the possibility that the Barack Obama administration would side with Argentina in the long-standing dispute with hedge funds over the defaulted bonds from the 2001/2 meltdown. Still the US official praised what he considered some “positive steps” by the Cristina Fernandez government.
Friday, March 14th 2014 - 08:36 UTC
Timerman happy with the way he is running Malvinas policy

Argentine Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman said he must be doing the right things regarding the Falklands/Malvinas issue because the Foreign Office prefers to talk to members of the opposition.
Friday, March 14th 2014 - 08:18 UTC
The Chilean state apologizes to the indigenous Mapuches 'for taking their lands'

The government of President Michelle Bachelet on Thursday apologized in the name of the Chilean state to the indigenous Mapuche tribe “for taking their lands” and said it has a pending debt in terms of public policies that will allow the La Araucania region, where 600,000 of the Indians live, to emerge from poverty.
Friday, March 14th 2014 - 08:10 UTC
Argentine president has her own set of 'mamushkas' or 'Cristinushkas'

The historic emblems of Peronism, which has dominated Argentine politics since mid XXth century, have now their representation, Russian style in local 'mamushkas' the egg shaped dolls that fit into one another, apparently promoted by the political group that responds to President Cristina Fernandez son, Maximo Kirchner, as reported by the Buenos Aires press.