Politics

Wednesday, November 9th 2011 - 07:21 UTC
Falklands's MLAs in St Kitts to discuss self-determination and economic issues

Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly members Mike Summers and Roger Edwards are visiting St. Kitts and Nevis in then Caribbean this week to attend Commonwealth Games Federation meetings and hold talks with government ministers.
Wednesday, November 9th 2011 - 07:14 UTC
FIFA warns Brazil about 2014 World Cup delays: “not a day to lose”

Brazil must hurry up and pass a package of new laws if the 2014 World Cup is to go ahead, FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke told the country's Congress on Tuesday, adding there was “not a day to lose.”
Wednesday, November 9th 2011 - 07:06 UTC
Brazilian Labour minister embattled in corruption claims says he won’t resign

Brazil's labour minister vowed on Tuesday not to become the sixth minister to quit over corruption allegations this year, saying he has the support of President Dilma Rousseff and his own party.
Wednesday, November 9th 2011 - 06:59 UTC
US consulates flooded with visa requests from Brazilian tourists: 90.000 in October

The US is struggling to keep up with surging demand for visas in Brazil and China, as the growing middle class in the world’s two biggest emerging markets flock to US shopping malls and tourist resorts.
Wednesday, November 9th 2011 - 06:29 UTC
Falklands’ conflict facsimiles of Argentine “instruments of surrender” go under the hammer

Four rare artifacts from the Falklands War are to go under the hammer next November 17, including surrender documents which would normally be housed in government archives, reports the Daily Mail.
Wednesday, November 9th 2011 - 06:25 UTC
Bolivia and Washington restore full diplomatic relations

Bolivia and the United States restored full diplomatic ties Monday for the first time since 2008. Three years ago the Andean nation's government expelled the US ambassador and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The US expelled the Bolivian ambassador in return.
Wednesday, November 9th 2011 - 06:19 UTC
Twitter ‘shouting match’ between Raul Castro’s daughter and dissident blogger

Social media moved into a new realm in technologically backward Cuba Tuesday when Cuban President Raúl Castro's controversial daughter Mariela began tweeting and quickly got into the Twitter equivalent of a shouting match with dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez.
Wednesday, November 9th 2011 - 06:16 UTC
Berlusconi stepping down; technocrat or national unity government to follow

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Tuesday he would resign after suffering a humiliating setback in parliament that showed a party revolt had stripped him of a majority.
Tuesday, November 8th 2011 - 08:41 UTC
Mujica says Argentina was not involved in the “tax haven” claim incident

Uruguay’s President, José Mujica said on Monday that Argentina had nothing to do with the comment made by France’s leader Nicolas Sarkozy indicating that Uruguay was a “tax haven.”
Tuesday, November 8th 2011 - 08:35 UTC
Chilean president Piñera approval rating experiences slight recovery

The approval rating of Chile’s President Sebastián Piñera rose to 31% over the month of October according the results released by Chilean polling company, Adimark on Monday. While that figure represents an improvement of only one percentage point from last month’s poll, it confirms that the president has arrested the downward trend that saw him fall to his lowest approval rating of 27% in August’s Adimark poll.