Politics

Friday, January 17th 2014 - 07:09 UTC
US Congress wants action on banks involved in the commodities business

United States lawmakers are pressing the Federal Reserve to act more forcefully, and quickly, to limit banks’ involvement in the commodities business, which has been blamed for inflating prices on everyday items like electricity and canned beverages.
Friday, January 17th 2014 - 06:49 UTC
Queues and delays at the Gibraltar border reach Parliament

The detrimental effect that border delays have had on tourism and visitor numbers to Gibraltar has been the subject of recent questions in the House of Commons. In a written question tabled before the lower House, Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell requested information from the Secretary of State regarding the effect that the border delays have had over the last four months.
Friday, January 17th 2014 - 06:44 UTC
HMS Portland with a female commander leaves for Atlantic patrol

Type 23 frigate HMS Portland left on Monday from Davenport naval base for the Atlantic to provide on-going protection and reassurance to British interests in the region, which includes the Falklands and other South Atlantic islands.
Friday, January 17th 2014 - 06:30 UTC
Uruguay police officers training in 'restorative justice' methods in Cambridge

Fourteen police officers from Uruguay are currently attending courses at the Criminology Institute at Cambridge University, as part of their training for the country's Citizens' Security program, implemented with the support from the Inter American Development bank.
Friday, January 17th 2014 - 06:22 UTC
Mercosur summit suspended for the third time: mid February could be next date

Mercosur president’s summit was suspended on Thursday for the third time, due to agenda incompatibilities, Paraguay’s Foreign Minister Eladio Loizaga confirmed in Asunción. Earlier in the day, Loizaga met with Brazilian Foreign minister Luiz Alberto Figuereido. The meeting was going to take place in Caracas, on January 31.
Thursday, January 16th 2014 - 09:34 UTC
Argentine central bank reserves fall below the 30bn dollars threshold

Argentine central bank international reserves continued to erode and on Wednesday pierced through the 30bn floor threshold reaching 29.858bn dollars, the lowest level since November 2006. On Tuesday reserves stood at 30.019bn.
Thursday, January 16th 2014 - 09:28 UTC
Malvinas war veteran plans to visit Falklands cemeteries with a message from Francis

Pope Francis blessed crucifixes and rosaries which will be taken to the Argentine and British cemeteries in the Falkland Islands by an Argentine war veteran. The Pope during the blessings called for peace “among the peoples” of the world.
Thursday, January 16th 2014 - 09:22 UTC
US dollar reaches new record in Argentina, 11.25 Pesos

The US dollar in Argentina continued to climb on Wednesday and reached new highs both in the official market and in parallel trading or the 'blue market'. The official rate closed at 6.75 Pesos to the greenback while the 'blue' reached a record 11.25 Pesos (selling price) with a 66.5% gap between both markets.
Thursday, January 16th 2014 - 09:04 UTC
Open pit mining project in Uruguay questioned in Parliament and by environmentalists

A major open pit mining project in Uruguay to extract and export magnetite (a kind of iron ore) and which the government of President Jose Mujica plans to instrument this month has been exposed to a battery of criticism because the administration refuses to show the terms of the contract and farm groups argue there is no final environment impact assessment study.
Thursday, January 16th 2014 - 08:37 UTC
Falklands Daily Telegraph poll: majority of votes came from Argentina

The Daily Telegraph stated on Wednesday that two thirds of the votes in the Falklands/Malvinas poll came from Argentina. The British newspaper argued that the Argentine vote-flow followed “a social media campaign”.