Politics

• Thursday, March 7th 2013 - 22:21 UTC

  Falklands’ YES and NO results and possible consequences

  

  Next Sunday and Monday Falkland Islanders will be voting in a referendum and will be asked a very simple and direct question: “Do you wish the Falkland Islands to retain their current political status as an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom?”

• Thursday, March 7th 2013 - 22:10 UTC

  UK defense budget cuts becomes a major debate even for the ruling coalition

  

  UK Defense budget cuts are rapidly becoming a controversial issue even among members of the current ruling coalition. An article from The Telegraph by Deputy Political Editor James Kirkup points out to reactions from the Commons Defense Committee to further pruning defense which would force Britain to break its promises to the NATO alliance and put the Special Relationship with the US at risk.

• Thursday, March 7th 2013 - 22:03 UTC

  Chavez last words, “please don’t let me die”, according to the presidential guard chief

  

  President Hugo Chávez died of a massive heart attack after great suffering and inaudibly mouthed his desire to live, the head of Venezuela's presidential guard revealed on Thursday.

• Thursday, March 7th 2013 - 11:17 UTC

  Brazilian military regime supported financially Chilean dictator Pinochet

  

  Recently uncovered government documents reveal that former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet received 115 million dollars of support from the Brazilian military government during the 1970s.

• Thursday, March 7th 2013 - 07:17 UTC

  Hundreds of thousands turn out to honour President Hugo Chavez

  

  Hundreds of thousands of Hugo Chavez's supporters paraded his coffin draped in Venezuela’s blue, red and yellow national flag through the streets of Caracas on Wednesday in an emotional outpouring.

• Thursday, March 7th 2013 - 07:12 UTC

  Capriles, opposition candidate for coming elections; Maduro admits having him monitored

  

  Venezuela's opposition parties have unanimously agreed that governor of Miranda state, Henrique Capriles will run in an upcoming presidential election following the death of Hugo Chavez, party sources said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, March 7th 2013 - 07:01 UTC

  IMF mission in Argentina to check financial system, in framework of G20

  

  Officials from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank arrived in Argentina on Tuesday to evaluate the country's financial system as part of checkups agreed among Group of 20 nations, according to a report from the official state news agency, Telam.

• Thursday, March 7th 2013 - 06:56 UTC

  Cuban leadership trusts Venezuelan oil and financial aid will continue to pour in

  

  A mix of sorrow, self-interest and dread took hold of Cuba as word spread like wildfire that Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, who had done so much for the country, was dead. While the official newscast devoted its entire program to events unfolding in Caracas, the government reaction was slow in coming.

• Thursday, March 7th 2013 - 06:52 UTC

  Gibraltar represented for the first time at United Nations Commission

  

  For the first time ever Gibraltar is represented at the United Nations Commission on the status of women. Minister for Equality and Social Services, Samantha Sacramento has been attending the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) 57th Session at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

• Thursday, March 7th 2013 - 06:39 UTC

  Brazil basic rate unchanged at record low 7.25%, but inflation could reverse policy

  

  Brazil’s central bank on Wednesday kept its benchmark rate at a record low 7.25% for the third straight meeting as policy makers seek to prop the anaemic economy which last year only advanced 0.9%.