Politics

• Saturday, October 15th 2011 - 04:16 UTC

  Falklands’ government contracts highly qualified staff for senior posts

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has announced the appointment of two senior officials. Simon Fletcher has been appointed to the role of Director of Central Services and succeeds Andrew Lee who previously held the position when it was titled Director of Procurement and Efficiency.

• Saturday, October 15th 2011 - 01:33 UTC

  Falklands’ patrol involved in incident with US First Lady Secret Service

  

  United States Secret Service agents told HMS Edinburgh, which is currently patrolling the Falkland Islands, to stop pointing its missiles at Michelle Obama’s hotel room while sailors were holding a ceremony to mark the death of a colleague.

• Friday, October 14th 2011 - 21:56 UTC

  Phillip Hammond new UK Defence Secretary; best-man business cards sinks Fox

  

  Britain’s Defence Secretary Liam Fox has resigned after a week of pressure over his working relationship with friend and self-styled adviser Adam Werritty. Mr Fox was being investigated amid claims he broke the ministerial code.

• Friday, October 14th 2011 - 21:44 UTC

  Falklands’ government responds Argüello’s ‘poorly researched comments’ in Mexico

  

  The Falkland Islands government responded Friday to the Argentine ambassador to United Nations Jorge Argüello for his comments on the Falklands’ economy and self-sufficiency while in Mexico.

• Friday, October 14th 2011 - 07:54 UTC

  Fighting crime and changes in the cabinet demand Argentine voters, says poll

  

  Eight out of ten voters believe that Argentine president Cristina Fernandez must make changes in her ministerial cabinet in her new government which would take off next December 10 if her re-election bid is supported as all public opinion polls indicate.

• Friday, October 14th 2011 - 07:50 UTC

  Vazquez apologizes and resigns to public politics, but opposition doesn’t believe him

  

  Former Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez (2005/2010) apologized on Thursday for his statements on a “was hypothesis” with Argentina in 2006 saying they had been ‘inopportune’ and announced he was retiring from public politics activities.

• Friday, October 14th 2011 - 07:45 UTC

  UK support for the Falkland Islands strongest ever

  

  “We’ve always had support from the British Government before but now it is just so strong” said Falkland Islands Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Sharon Halford this week on her return from the United Kingdom Party Conferences.

• Friday, October 14th 2011 - 04:08 UTC

  The 33 Chilean rescued miners: from glory to the gray everyday life

  

  On October 13, 2010, the 33 trapped Chilean miners looked upon the blazing sunshine of the Atacama Desert for the first time in over two months. It was remarkable they had survived at all, but their successful rescue after so long underground was positively incredible.

• Friday, October 14th 2011 - 03:31 UTC

  CFK back on the campaign trail underlines achievements of the Kirchner era

  

  President Cristina Fernández, CFK, said on Thursday that “Argentina is facing an unprecedented global crisis in an orderly and organized way” and recalled her late husband Nestor Kirchner as the great impulse behind the country’s economic and social achievements.

• Friday, October 14th 2011 - 03:24 UTC

  Uruguay and Argentina agree to ignore Vazquez “war” statements

  

  The governments of Uruguay and Argentina have decided to ignore the controversy born out of statements from former President Tabare Vazquez who said that during the Botnia-UPM pulp plant conflict, back in 2006/07, he did not discard a “war hypothesis” given the aggressive attitude of Argentina and for which he had requested support from the Bush administration.