Politics

• Tuesday, September 10th 2013 - 00:18 UTC

  Huge political display in support for Gibraltar on its National Day

  

  Representatives from British Overseas Territories including Falkland Islands lawmaker Ian Hansen as well as a cross-party delegation of British MPs were welcomed on Sunday by Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo.

• Monday, September 9th 2013 - 02:42 UTC

  Does Cristina Fernandez have time to combat the scourges of insecurity and inflation?

  

  In 2006 a year before Cristina Fernandez took office as president for the first time, Argentine public opinion was concerned with unemployment (25%) and insecurity (25%) while corruption stood at 5% and inflation 1%. However seven years later insecurity and inflation are paramount with 34% and 13%, corruption 8% and employment concern is down to 7%.

• Monday, September 9th 2013 - 02:33 UTC

  Former foreign minister Taiana returns to politics next to Cristina Fernandez

  

  Argentine former foreign minister Jorge Taiana was named candidate to lead President Cristina Fernandez’ Victory Front to the Buenos Aires City Legislature. Although Taiana’s name had been rumoured, the move was the biggest surprise in the countdown to the Saturday midnight deadline to register candidates to run in October’s mid term election.

• Monday, September 9th 2013 - 02:29 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez now refers to the IMF chief as “Madame (Christine) Lagarde”

  

  IMF Managing Director ‘Madame (Christine) Lagarde’ had words of support for Argentina’s position in the dispute with ‘vulture’ (hedge) funds during an informal encounter with Argentine officials on the sidelines of the recent G20 summit in Russia.

• Monday, September 9th 2013 - 02:19 UTC

  Falklands’ Premier Oil joins Argentina’s ‘black list’ of companies ‘illegally’ operating in Malvinas waters

  

  United Kingdom’s Premier Oil PLC has been incorporated to the black list of companies banned by Argentina from operating in the country because of its hydrocarbons ‘illegal and clandestine’ activities in the continental shelf next to the Malvinas Islands without the competent authorization.

• Monday, September 9th 2013 - 01:45 UTC

  US and UK intelligence cracked encryption codes and security protocols, claims Snowden

  

  US and UK intelligence have reportedly cracked the encryption codes protecting the emails, banking and medical records of hundreds of millions of people. Disclosures by leaker Edward Snowden allege the US National Security Agency (NSA) and the UK's GCHQ successfully decoded key online security protocols.

• Sunday, September 8th 2013 - 00:42 UTC

  Round of protest against corruption on Brazil’s Independence Day celebrations

  

  Police in Brazil used tear gas, dogs and rubber bullets to scatter protesters against corruption who tried to interrupt Saturday’s Independence Day celebrations including military parades in Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia and in dozens of other cities which led to scuffles between marchers and police.

• Sunday, September 8th 2013 - 00:40 UTC

  G20 anticipates automatic tax information sharing by end of 2015 to tackle global evasion

  

  The Group of 20 said on Friday they expect to begin automatically sharing tax information by the end of 2015. The system of information sharing forms part of plans to tackle global tax evasion. In a communiqué published on Friday, G20 leaders said they would take steps to close loopholes that allow legal tax avoidance by big businesses.

• Sunday, September 8th 2013 - 00:38 UTC

  Argentina before the NY appeals court hoping ‘vulture’ funds litigation extends into 2014/15

  

  Argentina filed two appeals before the New York Appeals Court over the dispute with the so called ‘vulture (hedge) funds’. The presentation was made a few moments before the Friday deadline and in the petition Argentina requests the revision of the 23 August ruling which orders Argentina to make effective the full payment of 1.4bn dollars (full face value of defaulted sovereign bonds plus interests) to the claimants.

• Sunday, September 8th 2013 - 00:35 UTC

  Santos names new cabinet; says nothing about re-election bid and admits an ‘agrarian reform’ is needed

  

  Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos named this week five new ministers to his cabinet of ‘peace and unity’ strengthen his government ahead of presidential elections next year and after heavy criticism of his handling of a protest in the farming sector that turned violent last week.