Politics

• Friday, June 3rd 2011 - 23:54 UTC

  With no accord on US debt limit, Moody’s could downgrade US ratings

  

  Moody's has warned it may downgrade the US debt rating if Congress fails to increase the US debt limit in the coming weeks and risks default. The agency warned of political “entrenchment” preventing an increase.

• Friday, June 3rd 2011 - 23:48 UTC

  A split Argentine opposition names two presidential tickets and more could come

  

  Two Argentine opposition groups announced this week their presidential tickets for the coming October election that are expected to compete with President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner who has to yet confirm her bid even when all opinion polls show her a clear winner in the first round.

• Friday, June 3rd 2011 - 23:37 UTC

  Claims of stolen babies: DNA tests for adopted heirs of Argentine media group

  

  An Argentine court ruled this week that the adopted children of one of the country’s largest media group must submit to DNA tests to determine if they were stolen as babies during Argentina's military dictatorship.

• Friday, June 3rd 2011 - 18:24 UTC

  Falkland Islands Government on Twitter

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has moved into the world of micro-blogging. The global phenomenon of Twitter has been rapidly changing the way that we communicate and is widely used by international journalists as an important source of information.

• Friday, June 3rd 2011 - 17:46 UTC

  Hispanic population ‘tsunami’ in the US: in ten years it doubled in nine states

  

  A new report from the United States Census Bureau shows that the biggest jumps in the Hispanic population over the past decade were seen in the Deep South and Midwest in places such as South Carolina, Alabama and South Dakota.

• Friday, June 3rd 2011 - 08:09 UTC

  Falklands’ legislators will be meeting US and Canadian officials in Washington and Canada

  

  Falkland Islands Members of the Legislative Assembly Roger Edwards and Dick Sawle will be in New York June 21 to attend the United Nations Committee of 24 sessions and later will meet US and Canada officials in Washington and Ottawa.

• Friday, June 3rd 2011 - 07:59 UTC

  Falklands determined to exercise the right to self determination and to remain a BOT

  

  The Falkland Islands are determined to exercise their right to self determination and to remain a British Overseas Territory, a message to the international community that tells of the success story of the Falklands in spite of the attempts by the government of Argentina to impede sectors of the economy, said Falklands’ elected legislator Roger Edwards addressing a UN seminar on eradication of colonialism.

• Friday, June 3rd 2011 - 03:14 UTC

  Keiko Fujimori with minimum lead over Humala in Peru presidential run-off

  

  Conservative Keiko Fujimori is two percentage points ahead of nationalist Ollanta Humala in Peru’s presidential runoff next Sunday June 5, according to the latest opinion polls, but the difference is too tight to anticipate a clear winner.

• Friday, June 3rd 2011 - 02:02 UTC

  Argentina and Brazil agree on terms to unlock the bilateral trade conflict

  

  Argentina and Brazil agreed Thursday to abide by the 60-day retention period applied to products affected by non automatic tariff trade barriers and accelerate trade in the agricultural sector with the purpose of overcoming the conflict that erupted mid May and had virtually frozen bilateral operations.

• Friday, June 3rd 2011 - 01:56 UTC

  Rousseff tries to overcome internal rift and launches plan to eliminate extreme poverty

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff launched an ambitious plan to eliminate dire poverty in Brazil within four years by lifting more than 16 million people from conditions of “misery”.