Politics

• Monday, March 28th 2011 - 04:58 UTC

  Falklands has OT sign declaration in support self determination

  

  Defining the future relationship of Overseas Territories with the European Union (EU) was the purpose of the ninth annual Overseas Countries and Territories of the European Union Forum, held earlier this month in the Pacific state of New Caledonia and attended by Legislative Assembly Member Roger Edwards, Michael Poole of FIG and the Falklands UK representative Sukey Cameron.

• Monday, March 28th 2011 - 04:55 UTC

  IDB plans to double financing to private companies to boost job creation

  

  The Inter-American Development Bank Group expects to more than double its annual financing to companies in Latin America and the Caribbean over the next four years, a move that will help the Group fulfill its mission to promote development though the private sector in the region.

• Monday, March 28th 2011 - 04:46 UTC

  Wikileaks: Corruption rampant in Argentina says US, German, Spanish diplomats

  

  Diplomats from United States, Germany, Spain and Finland repeatedly expressed their concerns about the level of corruption in Argentina in recent years according to the contents of several Wikileaks cables published in the Buenos Aires media.

• Monday, March 28th 2011 - 01:27 UTC

  Lula da Silva says Latin America’s left is a model for developed countries

  

  Brazilian former president Lula da Silva underlined the significance of Latin America’s left and its responsibility as a model for developed countries in crisis, during a political rally in Montevideo to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the Uruguayan ruling coalition, Broad Front.

• Monday, March 28th 2011 - 01:19 UTC

  Colombian defence minister says FARC are surrounded and diminished

  

  Colombian Defence minister Rodrigo Rivera said that the FARC guerrilla movement is surrounded and with its operational capacity very diminished and limited, because of the current policy from the administration of President Juan Manuel Gomez.

• Monday, March 28th 2011 - 01:15 UTC

  Rousseff and Lula da Silva together in Portugal ‘day-after’ Iran vote

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff and her predecessor Lula da Silva will be meeting this week for an international event in Portugal, just a few days after the new government abandoned a pro-dialogue with Iran position for a more neutral stance.

• Monday, March 28th 2011 - 01:09 UTC

  Brazil only country that retains 1979 Amnesty law dictated by the military

  

  Contrary to the rest of Latin American countries, Brazil is the only where an amnesty law sanctioned by the military dictatorship in 1979 remains effective, ignoring a ruling from the Inter American Court of Human Rights, according to jurist Helio Bicudo.

• Monday, March 28th 2011 - 01:06 UTC

  Hispanics become US second largest group with 50.5 million; up 43% since 2000

  

  The growing Hispanic population in the United States has reached a new milestone, topping 50 million, or 16.3%, officially solidifying its position as the country's second-largest group, U.S. Census Bureau officials said this week.

• Monday, March 28th 2011 - 01:00 UTC

  Fukushima thrashes Merkel; German Greens to appoint their first state premier ever

  

  The Fukushima syndrome hit hard in Germany for Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition that suffered bruising losses in two state legislative elections Sunday, losing control of the main prize, Baden-Wuerttemberg state.

• Monday, March 28th 2011 - 00:40 UTC

  Chavez begins South American tour; praises Syria’s Assad as a humanist

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez begins Monday a tour of four South American countries to strengthen ties and to analyze existing accords, the Bolivarian revolution leader said on Sunday.