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Politics

  • Monday, March 11th 2013 - 04:25 UTC

    Falkland Islanders vote with an eye on the US position on the dispute

    US Secretary of State John Kerry

    By Corina Goss (*) - Britain is hoping this weekend's referendum on the political status of the Falkland Islands will push the United States and other neutral governments off the fence in its territorial dispute with Argentina over the remote South Atlantic archipelago.

  • Sunday, March 10th 2013 - 11:38 UTC

    PM Cameron fumble turns austerity and budget cuts policy into a national debate

    OBR Robert Chote said “there is widely held assumption that tax increases and spending cuts reduce economic growth”

    Prime Minister David Cameron was reprimanded by a budget watchdog for claiming that it did not see his austerity agenda as a drag on Britain's economy. In a speech on Thursday, Cameron said his deficit-cutting agenda was not responsible for the country's depressed growth rate which was instead caused by the financial crisis, the Euro zone's problems and higher oil prices - a view he said was endorsed by the independent watchdog.

  • Sunday, March 10th 2013 - 11:29 UTC

    Fitch downgrades Italy’s debt rating; economy forecasted to contract 1.8% this year

    PM Mario Monti’ technocrat government did not deliver all it was expected

    Ratings agency Fitch added to Italy's mounting problems this week by cutting its credit rating due to the political uncertainty after last week's election, deep recession and rising debt. Fitch lowered Italy's sovereign rating by one notch to BBB plus, with a negative outlook, raising the risk that its next ratings change will be a further downgrade.

  • Sunday, March 10th 2013 - 01:56 UTC

    Argentine lawmakers to call special session to reject Falklands’ referendum

    Senator Filmus, head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

    The Argentine ruling coalition and opposition lawmakers have coordinated efforts to convene an extraordinary session of the Senate to draw up a unanimous rejection of the referendum taking place Sunday and Monday in the Falkland Islands

  • Sunday, March 10th 2013 - 01:52 UTC

    Venezuela announces snap presidential election for April 14

    Maduro with Chavez legacy is favoured to win over Capriles

    Venezuela announced Saturday that it will hold a presidential election to succeed late leader Hugo Chavez on April 14 after his political heir took office. The national electoral council set the date one day after Nicolas Maduro, Chavez's handpicked successor, was sworn in as acting president in a ceremony largely boycotted by the opposition, which slammed it as unconstitutional.

  • Saturday, March 9th 2013 - 22:58 UTC

    Only 15% of Argentines believe Falklands should decide their future but in UK, 88%

    A quarter of Argentines still believe that Falklands will one day be governed from Buenos Aires, according to YouGov opinion poll for SkyNews

    Only 15% of Argentines think Falkland Islanders should have a say in their own future, and a quarter still believe that the islands will one day be governed from Buenos Aires, but in the UK, 88% of British people said the Islanders should have a say on who ruled them.

  • Saturday, March 9th 2013 - 05:57 UTC

    Maduro takes the oath as acting president and candidate for the coming elections

    The acting president with the sash; despite protests from the opposition he is the official candidate for the coming elections

    Vice-President Nicolas Maduro was sworn in Friday as acting president of Venezuela in a ceremony held in the National Assembly in Caracas, three days after the death of President Hugo Chavez. He immediately asked the Electoral branch to decide on an election date.

  • Saturday, March 9th 2013 - 05:35 UTC

    Falklands’ rights and sovereignty

    Sir Peter Westmacott is the British ambassador to the United States.

    By Sir Peter Westmacott (*) - Where in the world can you celebrate Margaret Thatcher Day with five kinds of wild penguins? Nowhere but in the Falkland Islands, a windswept archipelago in the South Atlantic that’s about the same area as Connecticut but has a population of only 3.100. This weekend, these small islands with a big personality face a momentous choice: a referendum to decide their political future.

  • Saturday, March 9th 2013 - 05:30 UTC

    Iran’s Ahmadinejad received a standing ovation at Chavez emotional funeral

    The Iranian president broke protocol to touch and kiss the casket and clench his fist in a revolutionary salute.

    Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Cuba's Raul Castro joined on Friday about thirty other heads of state at Hugo Chávez's funeral in an emotional farewell to the charismatic Venezuelan leader who during his fourteen years in office had a major impact on South American politics.

  • Saturday, March 9th 2013 - 05:20 UTC

    Mujica tells Venezuelans that big contradictions in society are ‘not squashed but conducted’

    The Uruguayan president also called on Brazil to lead but not creating a new regional empire

    Uruguayan president Jose Mujica called for unity and responsibility in Venezuela, ‘to fight for freedom and peace’ and cautioned that big contradictions in a society are not squashed but conducted. He also called on Brazil to lead the region but warned: “not creating a new regional empire”.