Politics

Friday, September 19th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina's Army commander relieved on corruption charges

Argentina's Army Commander General Roberto Bendini has lost his job for alleged corruption actions which took place between 2003 and 2004. When the judicial probe and indictment were announced on Thursday, the General presented his request for early retirement to Defence Secretary Nilda Garré.
Friday, September 19th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Falkland Islands: Weekly 'Penguin News' Update

Headlines: Yomping and rocking for life; Accounting blunder leaves Landholdings short of cash; Happy birthday Clyde.
Friday, September 19th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
The revival of famous football club in Holland

Two years ago the Dutch football club, SC Cambuur Leeuwarden was on the verge of closure. The club had lost its prize position in the Premier Division, attendances had fallen to below 2,000, the team was constantly bottom of the Jupiler League (1st division) and the main sponsors had withdrawn their financial support.
Thursday, September 18th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands celebrates 21 years at UK party conferences

The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) celebrates this month its twenty first consecutive year of attendance at the Labour and Conservative Party Conferences. It is one of the longest standing exhibitors at the Conferences.
Thursday, September 18th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Vazquez presents his presidential candidate to business leaders

Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez launched this week before the international business community the presidential candidacy of his outgoing Economy minister during the opening of a trade and investment forum sponsored among others by The Economist Intelligence Unit.
Wednesday, September 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Morales and Bolivian opposition scheduled talks for this week

Bolivian President Evo Morales and the governors who led a violent rebellion against his administration's reforms agreed on Tuesday on a road map to end the confrontation. Once all governors sign the round of negotiations is scheduled to begin Thursday.
Wednesday, September 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Norway pledges one billion USD to protect Amazon rainforest

Norway has pledged one billion US dollars by 2015 to preserve the Brazilian Amazon rain forest, as long as South America's largest nation keeps trying to stop deforestation, visiting Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg announced in Brasilia.
Wednesday, September 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
China/USA agree on trade, food security and intellectual rights

Chinese and US delegations at the 19th meeting of China-US Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) reached this week several agreements on boosting trade ties at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library near Los Angeles, reports Xinhua the official Chinese news agency.
Wednesday, September 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
“Civil war risk persists” if Morales remains intransigent

Bolivian president Evo Morales should accept a credible international mediation to avoid a more serious confrontation with the opposition, or he runs the risk of triggering a civil war in the country, warns Eduardo Gamara, a Bolivian political scientist and professor at the International University of Florida in Miami.
Wednesday, September 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Paraguay's Lugo in Brazil to demand “electricity fair deal”

Paraguay's new President Fernando Lugo visited Brazil Wednesday with the purpose of launching talks on a deal to give the landlocked country a fairer share of the revenue for the electricity generated by a huge dam built across the two countries border.