Politics

• Tuesday, November 12th 2013 - 00:21 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez returns to office next Monday 18, but tests will continue

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez will resume official functions as of next Monday 18 November, after completing a month of convalescence, presidential spokesman Alfredo Scoccimarro announced on Monday. However further tests are programmed to check when the president can again travel by air.

• Monday, November 11th 2013 - 23:46 UTC

  Falklands oil companies bombarded with warning-letters from Argentina

  

  Argentina has begun a determined campaign to deter companies from drilling for oil in disputed waters around the Falkland Islands in the south Atlantic. On the eve of a visit by UK parliamentarians to Buenos Aires this week, the Argentine embassy in London warned that legal action was being ramped up against drillers and their suppliers, reports Terry Macalister in The Guardian.

• Monday, November 11th 2013 - 23:43 UTC

  Gay-friendly Madrid chosen to host World Pride International celebrations in 2017

  

  In Madrid, it seems like summer only really sets in on International Gay Pride Day, which is followed by the Gay Pride celebrations. In 2014, they will take place from July 2-6. The streets in Chueca are lined with flags and garlands, and the neighborhood fills up with open-air bars, while the main squares host live music performances

• Monday, November 11th 2013 - 19:17 UTC

  Falkland Islands newly-elected members' portfolio responsibilities

  

  Falkland Islands newly‐elected Members of Legislative Assembly have assigned their portfolio responsibilities for the term of office. There are eight portfolios in total, each one being assigned an MLA as main portfolio‐holder, and a second MLA who will act as deputy portfolio‐holder. The portfolios and their respective holders are as follows:

• Monday, November 11th 2013 - 18:56 UTC

  Majority of Chileans, 83% support nationalizing copper, but it's not an issue of the presidential campaign

  

  In an annual poll released last month, 83% of Chileans voted positively when asked “Are you in favor or against the proposal to nationalize copper?” — registering overwhelming support for a prospective reform that, while radical, remains relatively low on the list of campaign hot topics the November 17 presidential election.

• Monday, November 11th 2013 - 18:48 UTC

  “Big Brother” is watching you in Rio do Janeiro: over 700.000 cameras in the city

  

  Rio do Janeiro that will host the 2014 World Cup and the Olympic Games in 2016 is watched by an estimated 700.000 cameras from private security systems, revealed on Sunday O'Globo one of Brazil's main media conglomerates. According to a report from the Electronic Security Systems companies, the market expands 10% annually and there is one camera for every nine 'cariocas'.

• Monday, November 11th 2013 - 15:31 UTC

  Argentina pledges full access to secret minutes from the 1976/83 military dictatorship

  

  Argentina's Defense minister Agustín Rossi said that secret minutes dating back to the military dictatorship of 1976-83 will be available for the public to read and study, while admitting that he did not know why the documents had not been discovered previously.

• Monday, November 11th 2013 - 12:44 UTC

  Despite Forbes/ JP Morgan, Bachelet guarantees continuation of 'Chilean economic miracle'

  

  On the brink of Chile's presidential elections, 17 November, US business magazine Forbes has published an article warning voters that electing Michelle Bachelet of the Socialist Party (PS) would put an end to the Chilean “economic miracle.”

• Saturday, November 9th 2013 - 19:21 UTC

  Mujica holds cabinet meeting and flies off to Brazil and Venezuela

  

  Uruguayan president Jose Mujica decided to advance Monday's ministerial cabinet for Saturday so that he can fly to Brazil and Venezuela where he is scheduled to meet with Dilma Roussefdf and later Nicolas Maduro. Mujica on Friday al last moment cancelled his trip to Brasilia but will be meeting Rousseff in the southern city of Porto Alegre.

• Saturday, November 9th 2013 - 19:14 UTC

  On Monday Cristina Fernandez will know when she can resume duties and at what rhythm

  

  Following a new round of medical checkups at the Buenos Aires Fundación Favaloro clinic Friday evening, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has been discharged from the inpatient phase regarding her neurological and neuro-surgery conditions, presidential spokesman Alfredo Scoccimarro announced Saturday morning.