Politics

Saturday, April 4th 2009 - 10:53 UTC
Chilean conservative presidential hopeful leads opinion poll

Chilean conservative presidential hopeful Sebastián Piñera is ten percentage points ahead over Eduardo Frei the ruling coalition candidate for next November’s election according to the latest public opinion poll released Friday.
Saturday, April 4th 2009 - 10:46 UTC
Falklands’ fan among 350 chosen students to meet leaders at NATO summit

President Barack Obama singled out a Bulgarian university student who published an article on the functioning of democracy in the Falkland Islands, to take part in a youth forum during the NATO summit in Strasbourg reports Sofia news agency, Novinite.com.
Saturday, April 4th 2009 - 09:50 UTC
Guess who the most popular politician on earth is

United States President Barack Obama, wildly popular the world over, said he isn't the globe's most admired politician: the title belongs to Brazil Lula da Silva
Saturday, April 4th 2009 - 07:07 UTC
US unemployment in March reaches 8.5%

Another 663.000 United States workers lost their jobs in March, slightly more than the 658.000 that had been expected. The US unemployment rate has now hit 8.5%, up from 8.1% in February. Earlier this week, the IMF said it expects the unemployment rate in the developed world to nudge above 10% in 2010.
Saturday, April 4th 2009 - 07:01 UTC
Former Chavez ally and now opponent arrested on corruption charges

Former Venezuelan Defence minister General Raúl Baduel accused President Hugo Chavez of ordering his detention to try to intimidate him and insisted he's innocent of corruption charges which are politically motivated.
Saturday, April 4th 2009 - 05:16 UTC
Uruguay de-listed from group of non cooperative tax havens

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, (OECD) welcomed on Thursday the formal endorsement by Uruguay of its tax information exchange standards.
Friday, April 3rd 2009 - 14:35 UTC
Uruguay and Costa Rica figure as non-cooperative tax havens

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD has placed Costa Rica, Malaysia, the Philippines and Uruguay on its blacklist of non-cooperative tax havens, as part of efforts agreed at the G 20 London summit to crack down on tax evasion.
Friday, April 3rd 2009 - 11:23 UTC
Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

Headlines: Royal party return after South Georgia trip; FIG restructure to offer more opportunities for locals; Seaman on trial for cocaine theft.
Friday, April 3rd 2009 - 10:43 UTC
Massive support for Alfonsin seen as warning to political system

Tens of thousands of Argentines lined the streets of Buenos Aires on Thursday to watch the funeral procession of former President Raul Alfonsin in a public display of gratitude for a leader who conducted the country back to the longest period of democracy since 1983.
Friday, April 3rd 2009 - 10:19 UTC
Last minute agreement on tax havens completes G20 agenda

As G20 negotiations on a new regulatory blueprint bogged down, President Barack Obama pulled French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Chinese President Hu Jintao into a corner of a room in London’s Excel Centre, according to press reports from London.