Politics

• Wednesday, February 24th 2010 - 02:11 UTC

  Possible mixed Gibraltar/Spain police patrols to avoid marine incidents

  

  A proposal for the creation of mixed police patrols between the RG Police and the Guardia Civil is one of the matters under discussion in the ongoing technical round of talks of the Tripartite Forum, according to reports in the Madrid daily ABC.

• Tuesday, February 23rd 2010 - 03:22 UTC

  Falklands: full support for Argentina from Latinamerican and Caribbean leaders

  

  Argentine President Cristina Kirchner said on Monday Latin American and Caribbean leaders backed her objections to oil exploration in the disputed Falkland Islands as drilling of the first well began on Monday.

• Monday, February 22nd 2010 - 23:56 UTC

  NZ joins Australia in pressing Japan to end annual whale hunt in Antarctica

  

  New Zealand said Monday it may join Australia in seeking international legal action against Japan over its annual whale hunt in the Antarctic if negotiations fail to produce a diplomatic solution.

• Monday, February 22nd 2010 - 19:58 UTC

  Falklands’ veteran emotional return to the Islands in support of traumatised soldiers

  

  The campaign by millionaire Scots businessman and ex-Para Tony Banks to raise funds for British soldiers traumatised by their wartime experiences will receive a shot in the arm, with the screening in April of a documentary charting his emotional return to the Falkland Islands.

• Monday, February 22nd 2010 - 19:12 UTC

  Argentine former president Duhalde confirms his bid for the presidency in 2011

  

  Argentine former caretaker President Eduardo Luis Duhalde assured Monday that he will run for president in the 2011 elections even if Senator Carlos Reutemann, tipped as one of the favourites, decides to do the same.

• Monday, February 22nd 2010 - 05:56 UTC

  US/Cuba dialogue to continue in spite of incident with “dissidents”

  

  Cuba criticized US diplomats Saturday for meeting with political opponents after bilateral talks on immigration in Havana, accusing the diplomats of “promoting subversion.”

• Monday, February 22nd 2010 - 05:48 UTC

  Latinamerica agrees on new regional organization without US and Canada

  

  The new Latinamerican and Caribbean organization that would not include the United States, Canada and Spain could formally be launched on 5 July 2011, during a summit in Venezuela once the statute is drafted and approved, according to the ministerial meeting previous to the Rio Group two-day summit scheduled to begin Monday.

• Monday, February 22nd 2010 - 01:21 UTC

  Falklands suffer the first Argentine attack of the 2010 cyber war

  

  The Falkland Islands suffered a first cyber-war attack from Argentine hackers who hijacked the website of the Falkland Islands' weekly, Penguin New, posting reasons why the disputed Islands should belong to Argentina rather than Britain.

• Monday, February 22nd 2010 - 01:01 UTC

  Ecuador strongly defends relations with Iran, in spite of black list

  

  Ecuador's inclusion on an international list of nations accused of lagging in the fight against money laundering is a hypocritical punishment for its relations with Iran, Ecuador's president said during his weekly television address.

• Monday, February 22nd 2010 - 00:56 UTC

  An Iron Lady could become Brazil’s next president

  

  An iron lady in Brazil’s future? Could be, if economist Dilma Rousseff, former guerrilla and known for her strong character and work capacity, nominated by the ruling Workers Party, PT, to succeed the charismatic Lula da Silva is victorious in Brazil’s 3 October presidential election.