Politics

• Thursday, October 15th 2009 - 04:30 UTC

  Teamsters strike “strangling” Punta Arenas

  

  Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile is beginning to suffer shortages of some basic goods, including fuel, as a direct consequence of a several-days’ teamsters’ strike which has virtually isolated the city by land.

• Thursday, October 15th 2009 - 03:48 UTC

  Former Brazilian guerrilla involved in kidnap of ambassador extended US visa

  

  A former Brazilian guerrilla who in 1969 was involved in the abduction of US ambassador Charles Elbrick has been extended a visa to travel to United States by the consulate office in Sao Paulo.

• Thursday, October 15th 2009 - 03:16 UTC

  UK unemployment predicted to continue soaring over 3 million

  

  United Kingdom unemployment is still on course to soar above three million despite better-than-expected jobless figures, experts have warned. Official data showed unemployment rising to 2.47 million in the three months to August, an increase of 88,000 on the quarter to May

• Thursday, October 15th 2009 - 02:52 UTC

  Majority of young Argentines consider Malvinas a “national cause”

  

  Eight out of ten Argentines believes that the British presence in the Malvinas/Falkland Islands is a violation of Argentine sovereignty, although a significant percentage is willing to consider the possibility or shared sovereignty, according to the latest survey to be released in Buenos Aires.

• Wednesday, October 14th 2009 - 06:54 UTC

  Brazilian diplomacy looks to a post G7 multilateral world

  

  The naming of Antonio Patriota, former Brazilian ambassador in United States as his Deputy, further strengthens the influence of Foreign Affairs minister Celso Amorim in the country’s foreign policy elaboration, according to reports in the Sao Paulo press.

• Wednesday, October 14th 2009 - 06:22 UTC

  Zelaya and Micheletti closer to a solution for the Honduras crisis

  

  Ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya sacked Tuesday one of his negotiators at the dialogue table with the de facto government, following his refusal to sign an understanding by which Zelaya desists from calling a constitutional assembly.

• Wednesday, October 14th 2009 - 03:57 UTC

  Chilean government announces major Mapuche land repatriation

  

  Chile’s government last week announced plans to purchase and return 33,000 hectares (more than 80,000 acres) to indigenous communities in southern Region IX, paying record prices for estates that have become emblematic to the native Mapuche cause

• Wednesday, October 14th 2009 - 03:54 UTC

  British MPs repayments expenses conflict: a political or legal question?

  

  British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Tory leader David Cameron are battling to contain the growing anger among MPs across Parliament faced with demands to repay thousands of pounds in expenses.

• Wednesday, October 14th 2009 - 03:47 UTC

  Mini-reshuffle in Foreign Office cabinet

  

  A mini-reshuffle in the British cabinet or simply “housekeeping”, according to PM Brown’s spokesperson, has switched Baroness Kinnock from her post as Europe Minister, --just four months into the job--, to be replaced by Welsh MP Chris Bryant, who nevertheless remains as a junior member in the department.

• Wednesday, October 14th 2009 - 00:41 UTC

  Falkland Islands de-mining contract signed

  

  The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has announced that Battle Area Clearance and Training Equipment Consultants (BACTEC) International Limited has been chosen to carry out the Falkland Islands de-mining project.