Politics

• Friday, December 2nd 2011 - 05:36 UTC

  Unasur plans ten-year infrastructure and integration projects

  

  Infrastructure and integration investments totalling 13.7 billion dollars in the next ten years to 2022 were announced by the Unasur (Union of South American Nations) infrastructure chapter this week in Brasilia.

• Friday, December 2nd 2011 - 05:24 UTC

  France denies Uruguay is a “fiscal haven”; underlines strong bilateral links

  

  “Uruguay does not figure in the list of countries with which France has financial difficulties”, said a special envoy from President Nicholas Sarkozy who visited Montevideo this week, thus ending the controversy triggered at the end of the early November G8 Cannes summit when Uruguay was described as a “fiscal haven”.

• Friday, December 2nd 2011 - 00:00 UTC

  UK reaffirms to next Spanish government full support for Gibraltar sovereignty

  

  Just a few days after the Conservative Popular Party swept into power in Spain, the British Government has underscored its long-standing assurance that it will not talk about Gibraltar’s sovereignty against the wishes of its people.

• Thursday, December 1st 2011 - 16:30 UTC

  Chile requests extradition of former US Army officer allegedly involved in the 1973 killing of two US citizens

  

  Chile’s Supreme Court has requested the extradition of former US army officer, Capt. Raymond E. Davis, over his alleged involvement in the murder of two US citizens in Chile, days after the coup of 11 September, 1973 that ushered in 17 years of brutal military rule.

• Thursday, December 1st 2011 - 16:24 UTC

  Nelson’s flagship HMS Victory to be returned to her former glory

  

  HMS Victory, the world’s oldest commissioned warship, is to be returned to her former glory thanks to a 10-year restoration program, the Ministry of Defence announced Thursday. It will be the most extensive restoration of the 246 year old warship since she was repaired after the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 as Lord Nelson’s flagship.

• Thursday, December 1st 2011 - 05:49 UTC

  Corruption continues to plague too many countries, says Transparency

  

  Corruption continues to plague too many countries around the world, according to Transparency International’s 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index released Wednesday. It shows some governments failing to protect citizens from corruption, be it abuse of public resources, bribery or secretive decision-making.

• Thursday, December 1st 2011 - 04:26 UTC

  Malvinas war veterans demand DNA tests to identify soldiers buried at Darwin

  

  Malvinas war veterans are demanding DNA tests to identify the unknown soldiers buried at the Argentine cemetery in Darwin as part of the remembrance events of the 30th anniversary of the Falkland Islands conflict in 2012.

• Thursday, December 1st 2011 - 04:14 UTC

  Countdown for Brazil’s Labour minister: sixth cabinet loss on corruption allegations

  

  Brazil’s Executive Committee on Public Ethics, on a unanimous decision adopted on Wednesday recommended President Dilma Rousseff the removal of Labour and Employment Minister Carlos Lupi.

• Thursday, December 1st 2011 - 00:35 UTC

  Mantega to be retained in Brazilian cabinet shuffle expected for January

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff plans to replace a handful of ministers to streamline the cabinet when she completes a year in office in January but the shuffle does not include Finance minister Guido Mantega, according to Planalto sources.

• Wednesday, November 30th 2011 - 23:16 UTC

  Falklands’ by-election already has a firm MLA, Ian Hansen for the Camp

  

  The Falkland Islands are holding a bye election next December 15, one for each constituency, city and camp. However while the Stanley seat has several hopefuls, Ian Hansen as the only candidate for the Camp Constituency will gain his seat by default and without a clear mandate to shape his performance over the remaining course of this Government.