Politics

• Friday, October 24th 2014 - 20:13 UTC

  Pacific Alliance and Mercosur have “a shared vision of regional integration”

  

  Pacific Alliance and Mercosur country members will be holding a meeting in Colombia “to plan the productive future of Latin America with a shared vision” announced Mexico's minister of economy Ildefonso Guajardo.

• Friday, October 24th 2014 - 19:59 UTC

  Argentina's geostationary satellite reaches and stations in permanent orbit

  

  Argentina's Arsat-1 geostationary satellite launched last week finished the third and last maneuver in order to remain in orbit permanently, 36,000 km away from earth.

• Friday, October 24th 2014 - 07:19 UTC

  Uruguayan candidates end campaigns with their minds on a November runoff

  

  The three main presidential candidates for Uruguay's Sunday 26 October election closed their campaigns on Thursday evening with three huge political rallies that gathered thousands of militants and put an end to months of travel, speeches, flesh pressing and baby kissing, in what could prove to be the tightest race in recent years.

• Friday, October 24th 2014 - 05:24 UTC

  Democratic Spain trained Argentine officers during the 1976/1983 military dictatorship

  

  Dozens of Argentine military officers who were complicit in crimes against humanity in the country during the 1976-1983 military dictatorship had been sent to Spain for training, new documents revealed this week.

• Friday, October 24th 2014 - 05:20 UTC

  Falklands' government releases the 2014 Statistical Yearbook

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has announced the publication of the Statistical Yearbook 2014. The Yearbook is the culmination of several months of work by the Policy Unit and serves as an almanac of Falkland Islands facts and figures.

• Friday, October 24th 2014 - 05:11 UTC

  Notebook from member of Scott's Antarctic expedition found a century later

  

  A photographic notebook from Robert Scott's ill-fated Antarctic expedition has been found after a century trapped in the ice of the frozen continent, New Zealand's Antarctic Heritage Trust said.

• Friday, October 24th 2014 - 04:54 UTC

  Falklands arrangements for observance of Remembrance Sunday 9 November

  

  The elected government of the Falkland Islands has made the following arrangements for Sunday 9 November 2014, Remembrance Sunday, which will begin the annual service to be held at Christ Church Cathedral commencing at 09:30 am and led by Reverend Canon Paul Kerr and other local ministers.

• Friday, October 24th 2014 - 04:43 UTC

  Falklands' veterans involved in 'clean up' after the war receive campaign medals

  

  Falkland Islands veterans who arrived to 'clean up' after the war ended have finally been given their campaign medals after 32 years. David Cameron handed the servicemen the South Atlantic Medal in Downing Street on Wednesday after a long-awaited review found they should have been recognized for their service in 1982, according to a report from Dan Bloom for the MailOnline.

• Friday, October 24th 2014 - 04:20 UTC

  Argentine farmers agree release grains following accord with government

  

  Argentine grain exports will total US$5.7 billion in the fourth quarter of the calendar year, the CIARA and CEC chambers promised on Wednesday, after seemingly successful negotiations with the government of President Cristina Fernandez that is eager to inject much-needed export dollars into the economy.

• Thursday, October 23rd 2014 - 06:31 UTC

  Dilma numerically ahead of Neves, in the fourth poll in three days

  

  Incumbent President Dilma Rousseff pulled ahead again in a new poll ahead of Brazil's presidential election and she appears to be the favorite to win Sunday's runoff although the vote is still too close to call.