Politics

Friday, November 14th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update

Headlines: '82 veterans bond on Falklands visit; Some difficult choices before the next budget; Former governor fined.
Friday, November 14th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Uruguayan president partially vetoes abortion bill

Uruguay's President Tabare Vazquez vetoed on Thursday a bill decriminalizing abortion passed earlier this week by Congress, said Tourist Minister Hector Lescano. The two Houses lack the three-fifths required vote to override the veto, he added.
Friday, November 14th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
UK postgraduate training for hundreds of Chileans

Foreign Secretary David Miliband and Chilean Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley signed Friday in London a Memorandum of Understanding on Educational Scholarships, the first of its kind and which will help increase the number of Chilean students in the UK.
Thursday, November 13th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Court ruling curtails Argentine unions' powerful status

The Argentine Supreme Court ruled this week as unconstitutional an article of the trade unions law, which says that workers wishing to be elected as shop stewards must be card-carrying members of unions with legal status.
Thursday, November 13th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Chile's public sector 2-day strike for higher wages

Thousands of Chilean public sector employees began a two-day strike on Tuesday to demand higher wages to counter the highest inflation in 14 years.
Thursday, November 13th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Doha round trade deal “within grasp” says EU, US and G20

A deal on the Doha round of trade talks could be reached within weeks and a summit of industrial and emerging countries this weekend must send a clear signal to achieve this, the EU top trade official said.
Thursday, November 13th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Gibraltar hosts Liberal MPs from 22 EU countries

The Bureau of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) began this week a three day meeting in Gibraltar under the theme of “Gibraltar in the EU”.
Thursday, November 13th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Argentina unveils fiscal incentives for new oil production

Argentina launched on Wednesday a tax rebate program aimed at boosting the reserves, production and refinement of crude oil.
Thursday, November 13th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Obama will not be at financial summit; sends two emissaries

President-elect Barack Obama named former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former Republican Representative Jim Leach as his emissaries at the international economic summit hosted by President George Bush in Washington on November 14/15.
Thursday, November 13th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Uruguay votes abortion bill and challenges president

Uruguay's Senate voted this week to decriminalize abortions during the first twelve weeks of pregnancy but President Tabare Vazquez is expected to veto the measure which will be upheld by the opposition.