Politics

• Wednesday, March 7th 2012 - 03:18 UTC

  Keith Padgett, first Falklands’ government CE recruited in the Islands

  

  Keith Padgett, former Finance Secretary and acting Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands government has been confirmed in the post by the local government acting in agreement with the Islands Governor.

• Wednesday, March 7th 2012 - 02:59 UTC

  US Southern command watchful of political turbulence in Latam

  

  United States Air Force Commander, General Douglas Fraser, in charge of the US Southern Command, stated before Congress that the Department of Defence is “watchful for potential geopolitical turbulence that could impact US citizens,” and highlighted the uncertainties of Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez health and economic instability.

• Tuesday, March 6th 2012 - 23:55 UTC

  China boosts domestic security budget to face growing unrest

  

  Premier Wen Jiabao said China would strengthen its military's capabilities to win “local wars under information-age conditions”, even as the government announced a steep 11.5% rise in domestic security spending to ensure stability ahead of a leadership transition.

• Tuesday, March 6th 2012 - 23:43 UTC

  After two years in office President Mujica’s performance support stands at 42%

  

  An estimated 42% of the Uruguayan voting population approves the performance of President Jose Mujica who this March marked the second of his five-year mandate, according to a public opinion poll from Interconsult released this week.

• Tuesday, March 6th 2012 - 18:56 UTC

  Argentine dock workers conflict extends; 150 ships idle waiting to load

  

  Scores of grains ships sat idle outside Argentina's ports and off the Uruguayan coast on Tuesday as the country dock workers’ union and port managers' chamber sparred over a strike that threatened to disrupt exports.

• Tuesday, March 6th 2012 - 17:27 UTC

  Brazil’s reviewing its foreign policy but South America remains the “anchor”

  

  Brazil will keep its foreign policy ‘anchor’ in South America but will review the international because of the latest global changes such as the European Union crisis and the Arab spring.

• Tuesday, March 6th 2012 - 17:11 UTC

  Will no one listen to us Falkland Islanders?

  

  By Roger Edwards, Falklands MLA - Published in The Guardian
  The Falkland Islands have been much in the news of late, and we are extremely grateful for the strong support we have and are receiving from the people and the government of the UK.

• Tuesday, March 6th 2012 - 17:06 UTC

  Brazil growth in 2011, slowest since 2003, but 2 million jobs were created

  

  The Brazilian economy last year registered its second-worst performance since 2003 as higher borrowing costs and a currency that rallied to a 12-year high led it to under-perform emerging-market peers China and India.

• Tuesday, March 6th 2012 - 05:36 UTC

  Argentine organized labour begs CFK “not to push them to a general strike”

  

  Argentina’s organized labour CGT leader Hugo Moyano, questioned the administration of President Cristina Fernandez, CFK, over the lack of progress in the salaries collective bargaining talks and warned that he hopes “they don’t push him into a general strike”.

• Tuesday, March 6th 2012 - 05:27 UTC

  Waters denies having said what he said and blasts Malvinas war

  

  A few days after the Chilean and Argentine media ran the story that Roger Waters had said that the Malvinas Islands belonged to Argentina, the former Pink Floyd lead singer published a note on his Facebook page where he explained that a local journalist “misunderstood” him since he never made such statement.