Politics

Tuesday, June 21st 2011 - 05:08 UTC
Falklands born James Peck has no plans to give up his British passport

The Falkland Islands born artist James Peck who last week was handed personally by President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner Argentine citizenship papers in a much publicized event, revealed in an interview with The Times that he had been threatened.
Tuesday, June 21st 2011 - 03:57 UTC
Struggling to preserve Falklands’ self-determination in the South Atlantic

(*) By Roger Edwards and Dick Sawle
Visiting the United States, with its bustling streets in Washington and Manhattan, is always a bit of a culture shock for a Falkland Islander. While we have much in common – a shared ancestry and language, and the democratic values that underpin our societies – we have a few differences too.
Tuesday, June 21st 2011 - 03:16 UTC
Petrobras told to control costs of its massive investment program

Petrobras oil and gas corporation needs to control costs in its investment program, Brazil's Finance minister said on Monday, days after he and other board members told the company to revise an update of its 224 billion US dollars spending plan.
Tuesday, June 21st 2011 - 02:28 UTC
Brazil fears disclosure of ‘nuclear secrets’ could affect relations with Argentina

Brazilian Defence and diplomatic sources consider ‘highly inconvenient’ disclosing documents from the time of the military dictatorship (1964/1985) and from other administrations because they could reveal nuclear secrets and affect relations with Argentina, according to Folha de Sao Paulo.
Tuesday, June 21st 2011 - 02:24 UTC
“With a few drops of its reveres, China can finance Ecuador’s development”

Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa said China has one of the largest liquid international reserves in the world and could with “a few drops” finance the development of his country and the whole of Latin America.
Monday, June 20th 2011 - 21:26 UTC
Iran and Cuba, two of the most repressive countries for journalists, says CPJ

Nearly 70 journalists were forced into exile over the past 12 months, with more than half coming from Iran and Cuba, two of the world's most repressive nations, a new survey by the Committee to Protect Journalists has found.
Monday, June 20th 2011 - 21:10 UTC
Uruguay presides over the UN Human Rights Council for the next 12 months

Uruguay in representation of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean countries (GRULAC) will occupy for the next twelve months the rotating presidency of the United Nations Human Rights Council which is seated in Geneva.
Monday, June 20th 2011 - 20:18 UTC
Unasur forecasts greater role for Latam in new international order

A new global order is emerging as a result of the world crisis and recession in developed countries and Latin America has a crucial role to play given its very satisfactory economic performance in recent years, said Unasur Secretary General Maria Emma Mejia.
Monday, June 20th 2011 - 06:26 UTC
Argentina and Falkland Islands meet Tuesday at the decolonization committee

Argentina on Tuesday is scheduled to make its annual presentation before the United Nations Decolonisation Committee on the Malvinas Islands question, as it has been doing since 1989.
Monday, June 20th 2011 - 06:15 UTC
Antarctic Treaty half a century celebration this week in Buenos Aires

Signatories of the Antarctic Treaty would celebrate the pact's 50th anniversary here on June 23 while attending the treaty's 34th consultative meeting, Argentine Foreign Ministry said Friday.