Politics

• Tuesday, March 4th 2014 - 23:31 UTC

  Venezuela prepares to honor Chavez on the first anniversary of his death

  

  Venezuela has geared up for commemorations of populist leader Hugo Chávez's death despite continued protests against his successor that have shaken the OPEC member and threatened the legacy of “El Comandante.”

• Tuesday, March 4th 2014 - 23:22 UTC

  Britain's new 'governor of the Falkland islands' is a provocation

  

  By Alicia Castro, Argentine ambassador in London - Ms Castro writes a column in The Guardian to complain about the appointment of Colin Roberts as the next Falkland Islands governor and unearths some Wikileaks cables referred to the incoming governor's attitude regarding the Chagos islanders forced eviction, and plans to ensure they will never be returned by declaring the vast area a 'marine park' allegedly questioned by US diplomacy.

• Saturday, March 1st 2014 - 02:38 UTC

  Israel PM expected in Buenos Aires for anniversary of embassy bombing

  

  The Argentine government has suspended dialogue with Iran, heralding a shift in policy that coincides with improved relations with Israel that includes a visit this month by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

• Saturday, March 1st 2014 - 02:32 UTC

  Cry for Me, Argentina

  

  Veteran New York Times reporter and columnist, Roger Cohen, who on several occasions has visited Argentina recently called at Ushuaia. He wrote the following piece, which is not very enthusiastic about the current situation or the heavy burden of populist history in one of the richest countries of the world.

• Friday, February 28th 2014 - 05:09 UTC

  Minister announces Maduro will inform Unasur on the Venezuela situation

  

  Foreign minister Elías Jaua said that Caracas will not accept international mediation in the current situation faced by Venezuela but nevertheless thanked Uruguay's president Jose Mujica for his efforts and knowledge about what's going on in his country.

• Friday, February 28th 2014 - 05:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands acting governor until the end of April sworn in

  

  John Duncan OBE was sworn in as Acting Governor of the Falkland Islands on Thursday at 5pm at Government House, in advance of the arrival of the Islands’ next Governor Colin Roberts CVO at the end of April.

• Friday, February 28th 2014 - 04:49 UTC

  Falkland Islands considering signing the UN Convention on Biological Diversity

  

  Although the Falkland Islands has not yet signed up to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) it is being actively considered, stated Environmental Officer Nick Rendell, responding to an article that criticized the fact that only four UK Overseas Territories have joined the treaty, reports the latest edition from the Penguin News.

• Friday, February 28th 2014 - 03:28 UTC

  Brazil GDP expanded 2.3% in 2013; agriculture again the main engine

  

  Brazil's economic output grew 2.3% in 2013 for a third straight year of modest expansion by Latin America's biggest economy, the government announced on Thursday. GDP for the final quarter of the year rose a 0.7% compared to the third quarter, according to Brazil's Institute for Geography and Statistics, IBGE.

• Friday, February 28th 2014 - 02:55 UTC

  Brazil and Cuba, for different reasons, trying to unravel Venezuela's political crisis

  

  The visit this week of Brazil's former president Lula da Silva to Havana could help to unravel the current political crisis in Venezuela according to Argentine political analyst Rosendo Fraga, since both countries have much to lose if the conflicting situation continues.

• Friday, February 28th 2014 - 02:42 UTC

  Venezuela political power, 'concentrated in a single party with an authoritarian executive'

  

  An executive summary published on Thursday by the US State Department describes Venezuela’s political power as “concentrated in a single party with an authoritarian executive”, and reported human rights abuses, including corruption, freedom of speech restrictions, and political persecutions amid others.