Politics

• Wednesday, March 11th 2015 - 06:54 UTC

  Unasur to hold a presidential summit on the Venezuela/US confrontation

  

  Unasur (Union of South American Nations) presidents will meet next week to respond to the “grotesque and illegal” meddling of the United States in Venezuelan affairs announced Ecuadorean president Rafael Correa.

• Wednesday, March 11th 2015 - 06:39 UTC

  Maduro asks the Assembly for expanded powers to fight 'imperialism'

  

  President Nicolas Maduro responded to new U.S. sanctions on Venezuelan officials by asking legislators Tuesday to give him expanded powers in the name of fighting imperialism. Government critics called it a power grab.

• Wednesday, March 11th 2015 - 06:32 UTC

  Latam's low indebtedness level opens the way for anti-cyclical fiscal policies to spur economies, says ECLAC

  

  Latin America's public debt decreased in the last 25 years, according to a report from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). External public debt fell from 70% to 16% of the region’s GDP highlighted the fiscal analysis of the region, rising to near 40% when domestic public debt is added to calculations.

• Wednesday, March 11th 2015 - 06:08 UTC

  French team to investigate choppers' collision in Argentina; “immense sadness”, said president Hollande

  

  A manslaughter investigation into the helicopter crash in La Rioja province that killed eight French nationals and two Argentines was opened on Tuesday in Paris, Le Monde reported. Two experts from France's crash investigation agency (BEA) were travelling to Argentina.

• Wednesday, March 11th 2015 - 06:02 UTC

  BBC announced the suspension of Top Gear's Clarkson because of a fracas with a producer

  

  Britain's BBC announced on Tuesday it had suspended Jeremy Clarkson, the presenter of the globally popular 'Top Gear' show, after he was involved in a fracas with one of the broadcaster's producers. Clarkson last October was involved in incidents in Patagonia over alleged mocking of the Falklands' war according to Argentina.

• Wednesday, March 11th 2015 - 05:48 UTC

  “Our Lady of Malvinas” arrives in Antarctica; she will be enshrined in Ushuaia on 2 April

  

  The replica of an image at the Argentine Darwin cemetery and which was blessed by Pope Francis arrived this week to Argentina's Antarctica base Marambio, the last leg of its passage to Tierra del Fuego and austral islands, “where it will enshrined on 2 April, on a new anniversary of the Malvinas war”, according to the country's official news agency Telam.

• Wednesday, March 11th 2015 - 05:23 UTC

  Bolivia names first woman army General; daughter of the officer who captured Che Guevara

  

  Bolivia has named its first woman army general, the daughter of the military commander who led the final operation against Che Guevara, the state news agency said Monday.

• Wednesday, March 11th 2015 - 03:02 UTC

  Petrobras whistleblower says Rousseff's party received US$ 200 million from Petrobras contracts

  

  A former Petrobras executive told a congressional hearing in Brazil on Tuesday that the ruling political party received up to 200 million dollars skimmed from contracts with the state-run oil company, reiterating claims made in plea bargain testimony.

• Wednesday, March 11th 2015 - 02:21 UTC

  Falklands Historic Dockyard Museum shortlisted in Museums/Heritage Awards for Excellence 2015

  

  The Falkland Islands Museum & National Trust is very proud to announce that the Historic Dockyard Museum has been shortlisted in the International category of the Museums + Heritage Awards for Excellence 2015.

• Tuesday, March 10th 2015 - 08:34 UTC

  Spain insists in blocking Gibraltar from EU single sky measures

  

  Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo has renewed his bid to have Gibraltar excluded from the European Union aviation measures. According to Spanish wire reports he raised the issue in Riga during a conference of foreign ministers which was intended to focus on the crisis with Russia and Ukraine.