Politics

Wednesday, October 16th 2013 - 00:26 UTC
Pulp mill conflict: Argentina summons Uruguay: roll back latest decision or see you in The Hague

In a formal presentation Argentina summoned Uruguay ‘to leave without effect’ its latest controversial decision allowing the Botnia/UPM pulp plant to increase its annual production and accused Uruguay of ‘unilateral violation’ of the River Uruguay statute which rules over the neighbouring countries shared-border waterway.
Tuesday, October 15th 2013 - 23:19 UTC
Spain says Andalucia must have equal status to Gibraltar in any ad hoc UK/Madrid talks

The Junta de Andalucia must have an equal status to Gibraltar in any UK/Spain talks in which the British Overseas Territory participates, Spain’s Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo declared at a press conference following a meeting with Junta president Susana Diaz.
Tuesday, October 15th 2013 - 23:16 UTC
Lula wishes CFK a full recovery and underlines close relationship between Brazil and Argentina

Former Brazilian president Lula da Silva wished a “full recovery” to Argentine President Cristina Fernández who underwent surgery last week for a head blood clot, and highlighted the close relationship between the two countries: “the last ten years have been the best period in our shared history.”
Tuesday, October 15th 2013 - 23:13 UTC
Argentine dictatorship human rights case involving Mercedes Benz reaches US Supreme Court

Disappearances allegedly perpetrated during the last Argentine dictatorship by automaker Mercedes Benz will be discussed at the US Supreme Court as part of a civil suit launched by victims and relatives against the subsidiary of Germany’s Daimler.
Tuesday, October 15th 2013 - 18:15 UTC
HMS Protector leaves for Antarctica from Portsmouth but will return to Davenport

Royal Navy’s newest ice patrol ship HMS Protector leaves Portsmouth this week on deployment to Antarctica, but she will be returning to Davenport, where she is to be based in the future.
Tuesday, October 15th 2013 - 18:04 UTC
Venezuela releases oil exploration vessel detained in disputed Guyana waters

The owners of a US-operated oil ship which was detained by the Venezuelan navy on Thursday say the vessel has been released. The Venezuelan navy had boarded the Teknik Perdana on Thursday in disputed waters off the coast of Guyana and sailed it to Venezuela's Margarita Island.
Tuesday, October 15th 2013 - 17:58 UTC
Venezuelan retired officers justify ‘military action’ against Maduro and claim it’s not a coup d’état

A group of 45 Venezuelan retired top officers among which a dozen generals and admirals and a former defence minister have published an open statement in which they accuse the government of President Nicolas Maduro of having broken the country’s “constitutional thread” and thus support a military action which, they say “would not be a coup d’état’.
Tuesday, October 15th 2013 - 14:28 UTC
St Vincent and Grenadines reiterates relations and political support for Taiwan

St. Vincent and the Grenadines has reiterated its support for Taiwan to be recognized by various international agencies saying the Asian country has done much to improve the socio-economic well being of people in developing countries.
Tuesday, October 15th 2013 - 08:11 UTC
Release of Margaret Thatcher personal papers of 1983

Former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's 1983 papers were opened at the Churchill College Archives Centre (Cambridge) and online on the website of the Margaret Thatcher Foundation in October 2013.
Tuesday, October 15th 2013 - 00:08 UTC
IMF shocks orthodoxy: tax the rich and target multinationals to fight budget deficits

Tax the rich and better target the multinationals: The IMF has set off shock waves in Washington by suggesting countries fight budget deficits by raising taxes. Tucked inside a report on public debt, the new tack was mostly eclipsed by worries about the US budget crisis, but did not escape the notice of experts and nongovernmental organizations.