Politics

• Thursday, October 4th 2012 - 07:34 UTC

  Obama and Romney clash on taxes, deficit and health care

  

  President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney have clashed over their economic plans in the first of three televised debates. In their Denver duel, the candidates contrasted their approach on taxes, the deficit and healthcare.

• Thursday, October 4th 2012 - 07:28 UTC

  Massive protests from Argentine Coast and Border Guards demanding higher salaries

  

  The administration of president Cristina Fernandez was facing on Wednesday the major challenge of her second mandate as thousands of troops and petty officers from the border patrol and coast guard, plus some naval and police sectors went on strike over wage cuts and working conditions.

• Thursday, October 4th 2012 - 07:24 UTC

  Lula da Silva’s former chief of staff ‘master mind’ of Brazil’s biggest corruption scandal

  

  Former president Lula da Silva's chief of staff masterminded a vote-buying scheme by the ruling Workers Party in Brazil's Congress, a Supreme Court justice said Wednesday, in the biggest corruption scandal in the country in 20 years.

• Thursday, October 4th 2012 - 07:18 UTC

  Fearing a collapse of their economy, Cubans overwhelmingly would vote for Chavez

  

  Many Cubans are anxious about the results of Venezuela’ presidential election next Sunday and are praying for an Hugo Chavez victory since they are fearful of another collapse of the island’s economy if the winner is opposition candidate Henrique Capriles.

• Thursday, October 4th 2012 - 07:11 UTC

  Gibraltar hosts Labour party conference; Falklands’ MLAs also attended

  

  Chief Minister Fabian Picardo hosted the annual Gibraltar Government reception at the Labour Party Conference in Manchester on Sunday which was also attended by Falkland Islands Members of the Legislative Assembly, Jan Cheek and Ian Hansen.

• Thursday, October 4th 2012 - 06:48 UTC

  Falklands’ referendum will be done under scrutiny of “international observers”

  

  The referendum to decide the political future of the Falkland Islands will be done under the scrutiny of a “whole series of international observers” come early 2013, Legislative Assembly member Dr Barry Elsby has said.

• Wednesday, October 3rd 2012 - 21:31 UTC

  Argentine navy frigate ‘Libertad’ retained in Ghana by group of defaulted bond holders

  

  Argentina claimed on Wednesday that the navy school training frigate “Libertad” has been retained in Ghana and blamed “unscrupulous financers” belonging to “vulture funds” who are demanding the payment of sovereign bonds, said the office of Minister Hector Timerman in an official communiqué.

• Wednesday, October 3rd 2012 - 21:07 UTC

  Shackleton Fund with new website; makes important Falklands’ announcements

  

  The Shackleton Scholarship Fund which is closely linked to the South Atlantic and the Falkland Islands has announced the launch of their new website: www.shackletonfund.com.

• Wednesday, October 3rd 2012 - 04:39 UTC

  Out of the blue, Spanish charter company purchased Pluna’s seven Bombardier

  

  Out of the blue a Spanish-based air charter company, Cosmo, and seven minutes after the auction had started purchased the seven Bombardier aircraft from Uruguay’s defunct flag carrier Pluna for the base price of 137 million dollars.

• Wednesday, October 3rd 2012 - 04:29 UTC

  Industrial production picks up in August; stimuli seems to be working

  

  Industrial production in Brazil expanded in August at its fastest pace in 15 months thanks to heavy government stimulus, data showed on Tuesday. Finance Minister Guido Mantega said the jump in industrial output is proof that the worst of Brazil's slowdown is over.