Politics

• Monday, November 10th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentine Navy receives refurbished Sea King helicopters

  

  The Argentine Navy received two of a lot of six UH-3H Sea King helicopters, four of them refurbished in Maryland and two for spares, following an agreement signed last year by the Argentine Defence Ministry and the US Navy.

• Sunday, November 9th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Obama and Latam: “no major initiatives, change of tone”

  

  No major changes or initiatives, but a change in tone” - that is the commonly-held view of Washington analysts on Barack Obama's likely policies towards Latin America.

• Sunday, November 9th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Kiwis end 9-year Labour and turn sweeping centre right

  

  New Zealand's opposition National Party on Saturday swept to power, ending PM Helen Clark's nine-year Labour government. Ms Clark admitted defeat and said she would step down as leader.

• Sunday, November 9th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Suitcase scandal: key witness confirms Kirchner involvement

  

  In his first interview with the Argentine media the Venezuelan/US citizen Guido Antonini Wilson said former president Nestor Kirchner had promised him “protection” in exchange for “silence” regarding the case of the suitcase stuffed with 800.000 USD.

• Sunday, November 9th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Chief of Defence Staff warns UK forces “overstretched”

  

  The head of the United Kingdom armed forces gave a clear warning to ministers that troops should not be transferred from Iraq to Afghanistan when Britain's military commitment there is scaled down next year.

• Sunday, November 9th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  UK-Argentina row Falklands' constitution in Gib press

  

  Britain has irritated Argentina by announcing a new constitution that shares more powers with the people of the Falkland Islands and enshrines the right to self-determination.

• Saturday, November 8th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Obama pledges to confront crisis “head on”, but no specifics

  US president-elect Barack Obama, vowed on Friday to confront the current economic crisis “head on” in his first news conference since his victory in Tuesday's election.

• Saturday, November 8th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina: private pension funds take over advances

  Argentina's lower house approved President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's controversial plan to nationalize an estimated 30 billion US dollars in private pensions, a proposal that raised concern of a default and has further divided the ruling party.

• Saturday, November 8th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Falklands' people “inalienable right to self determination”

  

  The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) welcomed the new Constitution for the Islands which provides enhanced local democracy and internal self-government and enshrines the right of self-determination.

• Saturday, November 8th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Brazil demands greater role for emerging economies

  Brazil's Lula da Silva on Saturday demanded that major reforms of the international financial system include strong input from large emerging nations and said the collapse of modern banking structures is victimizing the world's poor.