Politics

• Wednesday, May 22nd 2013 - 23:42 UTC

  Falklands and other BOT should be given a seat in the Commons, says MEP Farage

  

  The Falkland Islands, Gibraltar and Britain’s other Overseas Territories should be given a seat in the Commons, UK Independent Party MEP Nigel Farage said on Tuesday. The UKIP leader claims their voices are dangerously ‘muted’ in Britain and they should be allowed to elect their own ‘MP for the Territories’, following on the French experience.

• Wednesday, May 22nd 2013 - 23:28 UTC

  Gibraltar: UK has no plans ‘at present’ to extend the 12 miles territorial waters around Gibraltar

  

  The British Government has no plans “at present” to extend British territorial waters around the Rock but does not rule out doing so in the future. The position was revealed in a statement by David Lidington, Britain’s Minister for Europe, in response to a question in the House of Commons.

• Wednesday, May 22nd 2013 - 23:08 UTC

  Argentina's Judicial Reform: A Farewell to the Rule of Law and the Separation of Powers.

  

  By Rodolfo Arrate (*) - The Argentine poet Jorge Luis Borges famously declared: “Democracy is an abuse of statistics”. Observing the evolution of the political regime in Argentina nowadays, the poet’s sentence may well have turned into a prophecy.

• Wednesday, May 22nd 2013 - 18:09 UTC

  Quarter of Italians edging the poverty line and most youngsters survive thanks to Mon and Dad

  

  One out of four Italians up to 40 years of age survive with the help of their parents, according to a report on “Youth and the crisis” released this week in Milan. Another report from the Italian national statistics institute (ISTAT) says millions of Italians have or are close to falling below the poverty line.

• Wednesday, May 22nd 2013 - 17:55 UTC

  “Fed not ready to take its foot off the gas”, Bernanke tells the US Congress

  

  The Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus is helping the US economy recover, and the central bank needs to see further signs of traction before taking its foot off the gas, central bank chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, May 22nd 2013 - 17:47 UTC

  Merkel and Brazil’s Rousseff the most powerful women in the world, according to Forbes

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel topped Forbes's list of the world's most powerful women for the third consecutive year, followed by Brazil's Dilma Rousseff, the magazine said on Wednesday. Cristina Fernandez from Argentina dropped ten places and now stands in position 26.

• Wednesday, May 22nd 2013 - 06:03 UTC

  Uruguay: Mujica on a most ambitious mission to China after investments for ports and railways

  

  Uruguayan President Jose Mujica begins on Wednesday the longest and most ambitious of his overseas trips hoping to convince China to invest in infrastructure projects that are crucial for the development of the country and its foreign trade: a deep water port and recovering the rail cargo network.

• Wednesday, May 22nd 2013 - 06:00 UTC

  Francis criticizes ‘savage capitalism” and the “logic of profit at any cost”

  

  Pope Francis criticised what he called “savage capitalism” on a visit to a food kitchen on Tuesday, in an address in which he called for the values of generosity and charity to be revived.

• Wednesday, May 22nd 2013 - 05:56 UTC

  Uruguay joins the women’s presidential club: Mujica flies to China and Astori to Colombia

  

  For several days beginning Wednesday Uruguay, as its neighbours, Brazil and Argentina will be ruled by a woman. Lucia Topolansky, Fist Lady but also Senator and third in the succession line will become interim president since her husband is off on an official trip to China and Europe, and Vice-president Danilo Astori will be attending the Alliance of the Pacific summit in Colombia.

• Wednesday, May 22nd 2013 - 05:53 UTC

  Uruguay’s main problem is high inflation but no policy changes planned, says Astori

  

  Uruguay's main economic problem is high inflation, and policymakers will continue to use interest rates and bank reserve requirements to bring it under control, Vice President Danilo Astori said on Tuesday. Consumer prices in Uruguay rose 8.14% in the 12 months through April, far outside the country's official annual target range of 4 to 6%.