Politics

• Thursday, January 26th 2012 - 04:28 UTC

  CFK on Malvinas: in this upside down world “we are called colonialists and bad guys”

  

  Fully recovered from the thyroidectomy and with her irony sharp as ever, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez, CFK, resumed office on Wednesday and in an hour plus colloquial speech in Casa Rosada spent a good twenty minutes talking about Malvinas, colonialism and promised more rigour in the campaign to have the UK sit and discuss Falklands sovereignty.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2012 - 23:51 UTC

  UK says Falklands’ self determination is a universal right enshrined in UN charter

  

  The UK will not negotiate the Falklands/Malvinas Islands sovereignty “until the Islander so wish to” said on Wednesday a spokesperson from the Foreign Office.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2012 - 23:45 UTC

  Argentina’s policy of isolating and intimidating the Falklands reaches the EU

  

  The Falkland Islands urged the EU Commission to ensure that the rights of citizens of Overseas Counties and Territories are not compromised in relations with countries and regional bodies.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2012 - 21:21 UTC

  Automatic registration in Chile incorporates 4.5 million new, mostly young voters

  

  With President Sebastián Piñera signature at a ceremony in the Presidential Palace, Chile joined a community of nations in which all eligible voters are automatically registered to vote.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2012 - 21:07 UTC

  Merkel asks business leaders to give policy makers “needed space” to tackle Euro crisis

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel appealed to business leaders at the World Economic Forum to give policy makers the space they need to tackle the debt crisis, pledging that Europe will pull together and restore confidence.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2012 - 20:41 UTC

  Gibraltar “joke time over” Spanish minister tells Foreign Secretary Hague

  

  “This joke is over” Jose Garcia-Margallo, Spanish Foreign Minister told his British counterpart William Hague this week regarding the Gibraltar sovereignty dispute.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2012 - 20:17 UTC

  Inflation haunts Argentine government and organized labour relations

  

  All bridges with the government are not broken, said a representative from Argentina’s powerful organized labour adding he expected relations will improve since both union and business leaders “know how far they can go” when it comes to collective bargaining.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2012 - 07:51 UTC

  Obama attacks income inequality and calls for higher taxes on the wealthy

  

  President Barack Obama has attacked income inequality as he set the tone for his re-election bid in his third State of the Union speech. Obama emphasised the importance of an economy that works for everyone, in the nationally televised address to Congress.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2012 - 07:49 UTC

  Boudou says ‘house in order’ as President Cristina Fernandez prepares for the comeback

  

  In his last public appearance as Argentine acting President, Vice-President Amado Boudou announced on Tuesday the figures of 2011’s fiscal surplus and gave a strong defence of the Kirchner economic inclusive development model.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2012 - 07:44 UTC

  AI calls on Brazil to protect 1.600 families evicted by force from a settlement

  

  Amnesty International has called on the Brazilian authorities to urgently address the needs of some 1.600 families made homeless by a forced eviction in a settlement in Sao Paulo state, Brazil.