Politics

• Friday, March 27th 2009 - 16:23 UTC

  Paraguay: not much to celebrate on 18th anniversary of Mercosur

  

  Mercosur “has not advanced sufficiently to promote symmetries” said Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo on Thursday during a ceremony at the Executive palace to commemorate the 18th anniversary of the signing of the South American customs union made up of Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay.

• Friday, March 27th 2009 - 16:12 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update

  

  Headlines: Princess Royal visits on her way South; Assistance for FLH, but only until the end of the year

• Friday, March 27th 2009 - 11:06 UTC

  Kirchner wins: mid term elections advanced to June 28

  

  Argentina’s ruling couple succeed in obtaining the necessary majority in Senate to advance mid term elections from October to June, arguing that in the current global downturn the government needs to focus on fighting economic problems and less on politics.

• Friday, March 27th 2009 - 07:58 UTC

  Justice for Ghurkhas: new policy would allow them to settle in UK

  

  Britain’s Home Secretary has agreed to announce a new policy on the right of Ghurkhas to settle in Britain within three weeks, the High Court was told. The news came as the Ghurkhas returned to court to enforce a legal victory they won at the Royal Courts of Justice in London last September.

• Friday, March 27th 2009 - 07:47 UTC

  UK and Brazil call for 100 billion USD trade-credit stimuli

  

  British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Brazilian President Lula da Silva agreed to call on G-20 to provide 100 billion US dollars in trade credit, a quick completion of global trade talks and for countries breaking free-trade agreement to be named.

• Friday, March 27th 2009 - 04:37 UTC

  UK sponsors “Strategic Vision for Antarctic Tourism” on Treaty 50th anniversary

  

  Britain reaffirmed its commitment to preserve Antarctica for peaceful, scientific purposes and anticipated it would be presenting a “Strategic Vision for Antarctic Tourism” to help with conservation of its unique beauty.

• Thursday, March 26th 2009 - 17:54 UTC

  Obama defends dollar and “extraordinary strong” US economy

  

  Calls from China and other emerging economies for the creation of a new global currency to replace the US dollar are unnecessary because confidence in the dollar is “extraordinarily strong” said US president Barack Obama.

• Thursday, March 26th 2009 - 17:50 UTC

  PM Brown and Vice-president Biden at governance conference in Chile

  

  United States Vice-President Joseph Biden will be among the international leaders and economic experts gathering this weekend in Chile for the annual Progressive Governance Conference.

• Thursday, March 26th 2009 - 17:46 UTC

  Chilean Navy clearing mine fields in Cape Horn area

  

  The Chilean Navy has been working for over a month and a half in the clearing of a mine field in Cape Horn, extreme south of Chile, “the first to be addressed in compliance with the Ottawa Treaty of which Chile is a signatory”, reports La Prensa Austral from Punta Arenas.

• Thursday, March 26th 2009 - 10:35 UTC

  Corruption forces resignation of Turks and Caicos PM

  The prime minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands has resigned after an investigation that found “clear signs” of corruption in the territory’s Government.