Politics

Wednesday, February 18th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Cristina confirms attendance to London summit April 2

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner confirmed on Tuesday she received the official invitation from British Prime Minister Gordon Brown for the G-20 summit to be held in London at the beginning of April.
Tuesday, February 17th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
“Civic spirit” of Venezuela's vote praised by US

The United States cautiously welcomed Venezuela's Sunday referendum vote to scrap limits on how often politicians, including President Hugo Chavez, can run for office.
Tuesday, February 17th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Falklands chairs UK Overseas Territories Association

FALKLAND Islands Government Representative in London, Sukey Cameron, was this week elected to chair the UK Overseas Territories Association (UKOTA) for the coming year.
Monday, February 16th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Venezuela's Chavez wins unlimited re-election vote

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has won the Sunday referendum to eliminate term limits, paving the way for a new re-election in 2012 - and beyond - and push through his vision of a Socialist nation
Monday, February 16th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Chilean opposition presidential candidate ahead in polls

The Chilean Concertación ruling coalition official presidential candidate Eduardo Frei would stand eight points behind conservative presidential hopeful Sebastián Piñera in the event of a run off next January, (following December's first round) according to TNS-Time public opinion poll taken between January 12 and 31st.
Monday, February 16th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Bolivarian leader Chavez day-after financial challenges

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's overwhelming victory in Sunday's referendum which enables him to run again in 2012, and successively to ensure the mounting of the Bolivarian Socialist revolution, is bound to experience the day-after hang over given the country's economy dependence on oil.
Monday, February 16th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
UK-Argentina relation “quite good” but for the Falklands

Relations between Britain and Argentina are “quite good” with the sole exception of the issue that is always on the table, the Falkland Islands, said Lord Mark Malloch-Brown who last week visited Buenos Aires for a few hours to coordinate the coming G-20 summit to be held in London, early April, hosted by PM Gordon Brown.
Sunday, February 15th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Argentine torture centre turned into human rights bastion

The grounds of the largest clandestine detention and torture centre in Buenos Aires during Argentina's “dirty war” crackdown on dissent are now a United Nations human rights centre.
Saturday, February 14th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Argentina trying to arrange Obama-CFK meeting

Argentine diplomacy is looking forward to arrange a meeting between US President Barack Obama and Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, CFK, and there are “good open chances” for such an event according to Deputy Foreign Affairs minister Victorio Tachcetti who next week begins a round of talks in Washington.
Saturday, February 14th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Brazilian family “shocked” with UK prosecutors' attitude

The family of Brazilian citizen Jean Charles de Menezes dropped their legal battle for justice after British prosecutors refused to bring charges over his death. They said almost four years of relentless campaigning brought them little closer to holding any individual to account for the innocent Brazilian's death.