Politics

• Saturday, November 2nd 2013 - 15:41 UTC

  “From the ”Labyrinth of Solitude“ to a ”Network of Partnerships”, the new story of Mexico

  

  By R. Viswanathan (*) Octavio Paz, the celebrated Mexican writer who was Ambassador to India in the sixties, wrote in his book “The Labyrinth of Solitude“ that the ”Mexican is always remote from the world and other people”. This was his conclusion after an in-depth analysis of the character and identity of the Mexicans who have inherited a mix of Aztec and Mayan Indian traditions and European culture and have been influenced overwhelmingly by the culture of US.

• Friday, November 1st 2013 - 23:49 UTC

  Falklands government contracts London's fastest growing communications agency

  

  London’s fastest-growing communications agency, Pagefield, has been appointed by the Falkland Islands Government to provide strategic and tactical advice in relation to all public relations and media issues in the UK, following a competitive pitch.

• Friday, November 1st 2013 - 22:31 UTC

  Falklands: Sea Lion research awarded Shackleton's Centenary scholarship

  

  The Centenary Scholarship which marks the 100th Anniversary of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Trans- Antarctic Endurance expedition has been awarded to Dr Alastair Baylis, an Australian scientist, for his sea lion project: “Rediscovering Falklands Ocean Sentinels”.

• Friday, November 1st 2013 - 21:40 UTC

  Argentina warns Barrick on announced suspension of gold mine project

  

  Barrick, the world’s largest gold mining company, is indefinitely suspending construction of its troubled gold mine straddling the Chile-Argentine border, part of a cost-cutting effort that also involves 10 other mining projects around the world.

• Friday, November 1st 2013 - 21:36 UTC

  Dollar-short Venezuela creates new exchange rate system for arriving tourists

  

  Venezuela will create a new exchange rate for tourists to buy up to US$10,000 of the local Bolivar currency per year in a measure intended to help reduce black market trading, the government said in its official gazette.

• Friday, November 1st 2013 - 21:23 UTC

  Britain sleepwalking into becoming a surveillance state, wars MP Hubert

  

  Britain is sleepwalking into becoming a surveillance state, the like of which has never been seen before in peacetime Britain, MPs have been told. Opening a packed Westminster Hall debate on intelligence and the security services, Liberal Democrat MP Julian Huppert (Cambridge) said there were serious questions to be asked about the extent and scale of intelligence agencies’ activities.

• Friday, November 1st 2013 - 21:17 UTC

  Paraguayan congress should vote Venezuela's incorporation to Mercosur before December summit

  

  Foreign minister Eladio Loizaga revealed that the Paraguayan congress must first approve Venezuela's protocol of incorporation to Mercosur before the country can attend the coming bloc's summit scheduled for next 17 December in Caracas.

• Friday, November 1st 2013 - 13:52 UTC

  Falklands' Assembly candidates discuss 'personality clashes' in the legislative of a small community

  

  Personality clashes in an elected assembly of a small community where virtually everybody knows each other, such is the case of the Falkland Islands and its almost 3.000 residents, was one of the issues discussed during an electoral debate ahead of the 7 November General Election chaired by the local radio station, FIRS, and Penguin News.

• Friday, November 1st 2013 - 08:51 UTC

  US aviation regulators clear passengers use of mobile devices from gate to gate

  

  Aviation regulators have cleared the safe use of mobile devices during take-off and landing for US airlines. US carriers are expected to let passengers use smart phones, tablets, and e-book readers from gate to gate by the end of the year.

• Friday, November 1st 2013 - 05:59 UTC

  Argentina will again be 'a normal country', when Cristina Fernandez is out of the political stage

  

  Uruguayan former president Jorge Batlle (2000/2005) said on Facebook that Argentina will again “be a normal country” when President Cristina Fernandez “disappears from the political stage”. And when this happens “the Argentines are going to be happier and as a consequence so will we”.