Politics

Thursday, November 6th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
A New Constitution for the Falkland Islands

Foreign Office Minister, Gillian Merron, today welcomed the new Falkland Islands Constitution Order 2008. The Minister said:
Wednesday, November 5th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Obama's historic win promises new dawn of US leadership

Barack Obama promised “a new dawn of American leadership” as he delivered his victory address in front of 100,000 people in Chicago's Grant Park after being elected as America's first black president.
Wednesday, November 5th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Ex Paraguay leader accused of public funds squander

Former Paraguayan president Nicanor Duarte authorized payments equivalent to 13 million US dollars to media and journalists during the last twenty months of his term in a desperate effort to boost the campaign of the incumbent presidential candidate and his own candidacy to a Senate seat.
Wednesday, November 5th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Killings of civilians, forces Colombia's top general to resign

Colombia's top army commander resigned following allegations that soldiers killed civilians in an effort to inflate military successes in a war against rebel groups.
Wednesday, November 5th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Pascal Lamy wants a second term as head of WTO

The World Trade Organization's French director-general Pascal Lamy will seek another four-year term heading the body that sets rules for global commerce.
Wednesday, November 5th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Suitcase scandal moves from Miami back to Buenos Aires

US-Venezuelan citizen Guido Alejandro Antonini Wilson was paid to testify that a cash-stuffed suitcase he smuggled into Argentina from Venezuela was for the successful presidential campaign of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, alleged a top Argentine Cabinet minister.
Wednesday, November 5th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
UN Uruguayan forces instructed to open fire in Goma defence

Uruguayan peace keeping forces are under instructions from United Nations to protect the Congolese city of Goma, which is threatened by advancing rebels led by Laurent Nkunda, according to statements from Alain Le Roy, head of UN peace keeping operations.
Wednesday, November 5th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Uruguay's president re-election campaign divides coalition

The campaign for the re-election of Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez has triggered a controversy inside the ruling coalition with, for the first time, a serious public exchange between the leader and a member of Congress.
Wednesday, November 5th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Uruguay investigates local ramifications of suitcase scandal

Ramifications of the suitcase scandal involving Venezuela, Argentina and a Miami federal court have reached Uruguay, where a local judge has requested information from the Central Bank on accounts from some of the characters named in the trial.
Wednesday, November 5th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Mexican president closest advisors killed in jet crash

Mexico's Home Secretary and other top officials have been killed after the small jet they travelling in went down in the centre of Mexico City. The first reports from the Mexican government currently in a full war against the drug barons, said there were no indications, so far, of a terrorist attack.