Politics

Friday, October 21st 2011 - 07:30 UTC
Two Conservative and two Labour MPs will visit the Falklands in November

Four members of the British Parliament are scheduled to visit the Falkland Islands for a week beginning November 3, reported the Islands government.
Friday, October 21st 2011 - 05:19 UTC
World Cup 2014 takes off in Sao Paulo and Maracana stadium the final

Sao Paulo will host the opening match of the 2014 World Cup and Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium, where Uruguay in 1950 knocked out the host’s dream of its first Cup, will stage the final, FIFA announced Thursday.
Friday, October 21st 2011 - 02:00 UTC
Truth committee in Brazil but with no review of past human rights’ crimes

Brazilian Senate Constitution and Justice Committee approved this week the bill for the creation of a National Truth Commission to research unsolved serious crimes committed between 1946 and 1988, which includes the controversial military dictatorship period from 1964 to 1985.
Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 21:25 UTC
Basque ETA group calls a “definitive cessation” of hostilities, reports BBC

The Basque separatist group ETA says it has called a “definitive cessation” to its campaign of bombings and shootings. In a statement provided to the BBC, Eta called on the Spanish and French governments to respond with “a process of direct dialogue”.
Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 21:16 UTC
Chavez declares he’s free of cancer; makes pilgrimage to Catholic miraculous shrine

Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez self-declared he was cancer-free on Thursday four months after surgery to remove a cancerous tumour that shook the oil rich country ahead of a 2012 presidential vote.
Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 21:09 UTC
European leaders call on Libyans to build a strong and democratic future

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday that the death of Muammar Gaddafi turned a page for the Libyan people and signalled the start of a democratic process.
Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 07:05 UTC
IBSA group plans 25bn trade and FTA with Mercosur and Sacu

In an attempt to accelerate talks on a trilateral free trade agreement (FTA) , the India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) summit decided to hold an annual meeting of trade ministers from the three countries beginning from March next year.
Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 06:55 UTC
Amazon Indians reach La Paz rattling Morales grip over government

Hundreds of members from indigenous tribes opposing a jungle highway financed by Brazil and that they say will spoil their lands in Bolivia's Amazon drew cheers Wednesday when they paraded into the capital La Paz after a 63-day protest march.
Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 06:51 UTC
Cuba to lease larger plots to private farmers hoping to increase food production

Cuba will greatly expand the amount of land granted to private farmers, an agriculture official said on Wednesday, as the country struggles to boost food production.
Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 04:21 UTC
‘The role of the State’ to be discusses in the Ibero-American summit

“State reform and development” will be driving force of the coming Ibero-American summit to take place next week, October 28/29 in Paraguay and already has the attendance confirmation of eighteen presidents, according to the organizers.