Politics

• Tuesday, October 9th 2012 - 04:11 UTC

  Brazil strongly supports Argentina Falklands’ claim at defence ministers’ summit

  

  Brazil came out strongly in support of Argentina’s sovereignty claims over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands and criticized British military exercises in the Islands during his speech on Monday to the Americas Defence ministers’ conference taking place in Punta del Este, Uruguay.

• Tuesday, October 9th 2012 - 04:02 UTC

  Wikileaks Assange bail guarantors ordered to pay £ 93.000

  

  Nine people who put up bail for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, including two members of the British aristocracy and a Nobel Prize winner, were ordered to pay 93,000 pounds on Monday after Assange took refuge in Ecuador's embassy.

• Tuesday, October 9th 2012 - 02:45 UTC

  Fifty large Brazilian cities face run offs on 28 October; Sao Paulo an open race

  

  Fifty large Brazilian cities will be holding a run off at the end of the month following on Sunday’s results of the municipal elections when the ruling Workers Party and the opposition Brazilian Social Democracy Party, PSDB, confirmed their leaderships.

• Tuesday, October 9th 2012 - 01:38 UTC

  Paraguay Senate plans to reject instruments used by Mercosur to sanction the country

  

  The Paraguayan Senate will be addressing on Thursday the Ushuaia II Protocol and the Unasur Additional Protocol on democratic commitment, both instruments used by Mercosur and Unasur last June to have Paraguay suspended from the two organizations.

• Tuesday, October 9th 2012 - 01:24 UTC

  Hague reaffirms Gibraltar sovereignty but calls for more cooperation with Spain

  

  The British Government and the Government of Gibraltar must work ever more closely together in a spirit of openness and trust to further mutual interests and “without conceding on sovereignty, which must remain paramount,” they must also look to the future and work to strengthen relationships with Spain”.

• Tuesday, October 9th 2012 - 01:13 UTC

  Gibraltar unveils management scheme for its territorial waters

  

  The Gibraltar Government has provided for more protection for British Gibraltar Territorial Waters with the publication of the revised Southern Waters of Gibraltar Management Scheme.

• Tuesday, October 9th 2012 - 00:35 UTC

  Falkland Islands unravelled

  

  By Alicia Dunkley-Willis, Jamaica Observer - What does a country with 3,000 people and nearly half a million sheep look like? After 18 hours of flying and trekking through four airports, I was determined to find out.

• Monday, October 8th 2012 - 23:51 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez ruffling feathers with the Falklands to mask domestic failings

  

  Several British newspapers have turned their eyes on Argentina arguing that the challenging situation faced by President Cristina Fernandez both domestically and internationally is making her increasingly take advantage of the Falkland Islands dispute as a smokescreen to mask domestic failings.

• Monday, October 8th 2012 - 23:36 UTC

  Americas’ defense ministers’ summit rejects addressing Falklands’ issue

  

  Argentina’s intention of having the Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty issue included in the agenda of the Americas Defense ministers’ conference currently taking place in Uruguay was rejected, mainly because of the positions from the US, Canada and several Caribbean states.

• Monday, October 8th 2012 - 20:17 UTC

  Unasur praise for the reliability and transparency of Venezuelan electoral system

  

  The head of the Unasur delegation sent to Venezuela to follow Sunday’s electoral process, Carlos Alvarez said that the country had given the world a lesson of democracy because of its extraordinary electoral system and the attitude of the opposition, among other positive elements.