Politics

• Thursday, May 31st 2012 - 06:01 UTC

  Confirmed: Cristina Fernandez will attend C24 meeting on Falklands next June 14

  

  President Cristina Fernandez will be attending next June 14 the UN Decolonization meeting in New York where she is expected to make a strong case for Argentina’s claim over the disputed Falklands/Malvinas Islands.

• Thursday, May 31st 2012 - 05:52 UTC

  Labour Organization warns “Euro zone extreme policies could produce extreme reactions”

  

  Extreme policies to tackle the crisis in the Euro zone could produce extreme reactions, the outgoing Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Juan Somavia, told the delegates to the 101st International Labour Conference (ilo.org/ilc) that opened in Geneva on Wednesday 30 May.

• Thursday, May 31st 2012 - 05:46 UTC

  Brazil cuts interest rate for the seventh time to a record low of 8.50%

  

  Brazil's central bank cut interest rates on Wednesday for the seventh straight time to a record low 8.50%, moving into uncharted territory in a bid to shield a fragile recovery from a gloomy global outlook.

• Thursday, May 31st 2012 - 02:46 UTC

  “Dollar clamp” cases will be dealt in the courts warns Argentine Chief Justice

  

  In spite of the barrage of statements is support of currency exchange controls (or clamped dollar) implemented by the Argentine government, the Supreme Court chief justice admitted that it could soon have to deal with complaints.

• Thursday, May 31st 2012 - 01:46 UTC

  Argentina after a more balanced trade with the US, says Ambassador Argüello

  

  Argentine Ambassador to US Jorge Argüello stated on Wednesday that the best way to reach a more balanced trade with the US is increasing Argentine exports to that country and clarified that Argentina has no plans to buy less, but rather selling more goods.

• Thursday, May 31st 2012 - 01:22 UTC

  Ecuador calls for an end to colonialism in Malvinas, Puerto Rico and Guantanamo

  

  Ecuadorean Minister of Foreign Affairs Ricardo Patiño called on Wednesday for an end to the remains of colonialism and specifically mentioned the Falklands/Malvinas, Puerto Rico and the US Guantanamo base in Cuba.

• Thursday, May 31st 2012 - 00:42 UTC

  Falklands’ lawmaker to address decolonization regional seminar in Ecuador

  

  Falkland Islands Member of the elected Legislative Assembly Roger Edwards is scheduled to address the UN Special Committee on Decolonization regional seminar which opened Wednesday May 30 in Quito, capital of Ecuador.

• Thursday, May 31st 2012 - 00:36 UTC

  Jersey Assistant Chief Minister will attend Falklands’ Liberation anniversary

  

  Jersey Assistant Chief Minister, Senator Paul Routier, is to visit the Falkland Islands from 10 to 16 June 2012 to take part in commemorating the 30th anniversary of their liberation, reports the local media.

• Wednesday, May 30th 2012 - 17:29 UTC

  Differences are with UK government “with the British people everything is fine”

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández praised the appointment of British citizen Guy Rider as the head of the International Labour Organization because for the first time in history, the president of the International Labour Organization, ILO is a worker.

• Wednesday, May 30th 2012 - 17:21 UTC

  Gibraltar celebrates outcome of UK/Spain meeting in London on fishing conflict

  

  The Gibraltar Government reacted to the outcome of the meeting between the British and Spanish foreign ministers on Tuesday in London saying that it is pleased that “it is recognised and accepted by all parties that only Gibraltar has the jurisdictional competence to deal with the issues that arise in respect of the on-going breaches of the Nature Protection Act in British Gibraltar Territorial Waters.”