Politics

• Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 15:54 UTC

  Royal Navy: HMS Gloucester snub will not affect good relationship with Uruguay

  

  The Royal Navy is “disappointed” with Uruguay's treatment of a warship heading to the Falkland Islands, but the incident will not affect “the good defence relationship with the Uruguayans, writes Michael Powell The News from Portsmouth Defence correspondent.

• Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 15:08 UTC

  Book reveals MI6 helped prevent communist revolution in Brazil in 1935

  

  The most detailed and authoritative history of the first forty years (1909-1949) of the British Secret Intelligence Service, MI6, was released this week by the London publishers, Bloomsbury and in the USA by Penguin.

• Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 07:46 UTC

  Lula da Silva again furious with the press for exposing government corruption

  

  Brazilian president Lula da Silva again attached the media on Tuesday claiming that freedom of expression does not imply “inventing stories and news”. He added that the media instead of helping public opinion preach “hatred” and are only interested in “failures of his government”.

• Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 07:42 UTC

  Argentine files complaint against the country’s two largest newspapers

  

  The Argentine government filed on Tuesday a formal complaint against the heads of the country's two biggest newspapers of complicity with a former military regime in crimes against humanity.

• Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 07:26 UTC

  Eurofighter Typhoon ejection seats modified following a fatal accident

  

  Britain's Royal Air Force has modified the ejection seat harnesses on its Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft following a fatal accident in Spain, the Ministry of Defense said Monday.

• Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 07:22 UTC

  Gibraltar apologizes to Madrid for illegal police search in Spain

  

  The Gibraltar Government made public an apology to Spain at the weekend after a Madrid newspaper revealed that two Gibraltar policemen illegally searched a house in Alcaidesa and seized evidence without first informing the Spanish authorities.

• Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 04:10 UTC

  Venezuelan opposition calls on the electorate to vote “without fear” next Sunday

  

  The Venezuelan opposition has called the electorate to vote “without fear” on next Sunday's elections, where some 17.7 million voters are eligible to cast their ballots to renew the 165 seats in the National Assembly.

• Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 02:04 UTC

  Argentina takes its time before deciding what to do with Chilean guerrilla

  

  Alleged Chilean terrorist Sergio Galvarino Apablaza is to remain free while the Argentine government decides whether or not he will be extradited to Chile or if he will be granted political asylum.

• Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 02:01 UTC

  Overhaul of Obama’s economic team continues: Summers returns to Harvard

  

  The White House announced Tuesday that, director of the National Economic Council will leave the administration of President Barack Obama and return to Harvard University at the end of the year.

• Tuesday, September 21st 2010 - 23:29 UTC

  Mujica: sorry HMS Gloucester, but our priority is good relations with Argentina

  

  Uruguayan president Jose Mujica told his cabinet that he had contacted the British ambassador to tell him why the Royal Navy HMS Gloucester bound for the Falkland Islands had been authorized to call in Montevideo and a few hours before arriving had clearance withdrawn.