Politics

• Tuesday, November 20th 2012 - 00:02 UTC

  Argentina “will not enter in default” and will honour all re-scheduled bonds

  

  “The only possibility” Argentina contemplates regarding its debt is “to honour all payments” of creditors that entered debt swaps after the sovereign default of 2001, said Economy minister Hernan Lorenzino who underlined that Argentina “cannot and will not enter in default”.

• Monday, November 19th 2012 - 23:40 UTC

  Colombia forces to continue military operations despite FARC unilateral cease fire

  

  Colombian Minister of Defence Juan Carlos Pinzón said that security forces will continue with military operations in the country despite the unilateral two-month cease fire declared by the guerrilla group FARC, which becomes effective Monday 24:00 hours.

• Monday, November 19th 2012 - 12:22 UTC

  Latin America pledges support for Spain but warns austerity only deepens the crisis

  

  Latin America pledged investment opportunities for recession-hit Spanish and Portuguese companies but warned its former colonial masters drastic cost cutting would only deepen their misery.

• Monday, November 19th 2012 - 11:50 UTC

  EU on collision course over long-term trillion Euro budget

  

  European Union looks set for a new round of clashes this week as an extraordinary summit called to agree a long-term trillion-Euro budget heads for an ugly showdown, possibly even failure.

• Monday, November 19th 2012 - 11:24 UTC

  UN consensus decision confirms Spain formally abandons Gibraltar trilateral process

  

  Spain’s decision to pull out of the trilateral process was formally recorded in the consensus decision on Gibraltar adopted by the United Nations General Assembly this year.

• Sunday, November 18th 2012 - 23:54 UTC

  No dispute over Falklands issues

  

  Two Members of Westminster Parliament have been visiting the Islands during this period of remembrance as guests of the Falkland Islands Government.

• Sunday, November 18th 2012 - 02:55 UTC

  'New Falklands horse racing book attracts record sales'

  

  Falklands Governor Mr. Nigel Haywood CVO receiving a copy of the newly published book 'The Christmas Sports' from the author, during a reception hosted by the Governor and his wife at Government House to celebrate the official launch of the book which was researched and written by Patrick Watts MBE - the official race commentator for the past 40 years.

• Saturday, November 17th 2012 - 23:29 UTC

  Argentina in last minute effort argues possible ‘technical default’ before Judge Griesa

  

  Argentina asked a US judge late Friday night to maintain his order blocking payment on defaulted sovereign bonds to holdout investors until lingering questions are settled in a higher court's appeals process.

• Saturday, November 17th 2012 - 23:19 UTC

  UK tells Spain any solution to fishing dispute must include Gibraltar government

  

  UK has dismissed a comment by Spain’s Foreign Minister suggesting that Britain and Spain were poised to reach a bilateral solution to the fishing dispute. Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo said Spain was open to dialogue and that he and his British counterpart, William Hague, “talk a lot” about many issues, including Gibraltar

• Saturday, November 17th 2012 - 23:09 UTC

  IMF questions plan to restructure Greek debt: “pls reality, not wishful thinking”

  

  An agreement among Greece's international creditors on reducing its large debt pile should be “rooted in reality and not in wishful thinking,” the head of the International Monetary Fund said ahead of a tense meeting with European leaders.