Politics

• Wednesday, May 27th 2009 - 06:20 UTC

  'They told me I don't have the right to make any political comments'

  

  Peruvian journalist Álvaro Vargas Llosa was briefly arrested for a few hours and his passport withheld by the authorities when he arrived this week at the Maiquetía's airport in Venezuela.

• Wednesday, May 27th 2009 - 01:39 UTC

  UK/Argentine agreement on Falklands’ Next of Kin visit

  

  The UK Embassy in Buenos Aires has announced that UK and Argentine Government have decided to facilitate the initiative of the Commission of the Families of the Fallen to inaugurate the Memorial in Darwin Cemetery on the Falklands Islands.

• Tuesday, May 26th 2009 - 18:29 UTC

  Santiago residents have increasing number of firearms for protection

  

  According to the latest study on citizen security, families in the Talagante borough of the Santiago de Chile Metropolitan Region have the highest number of firearms for protection.

• Tuesday, May 26th 2009 - 17:59 UTC

  Last surviving Falkland’s warship bows out

  

  The last surviving operational Royal Navy warship which took part in the Falkland Islands conflict of 1982 retires from service tomorrow (Wednesday May 27).

• Tuesday, May 26th 2009 - 12:25 UTC

  Latinamerican Liberals hold congress in “Bolivarian” Venezuela

  

  Liberal political parties and thinkers from Latinamerica are holding their annual congress this week in the Venezuelan capital Caracas. The event is in the framework of the 25th anniversary of the local branch Cedice-Libertad and will promote debates on liberal policies to address poverty and the current global slowdown.

• Tuesday, May 26th 2009 - 12:18 UTC

  Third consecutive period for Lula da Silva reaches political arena

  

  A third presidential period for Lula da Silva is “a risk” which would distance the country “from the republic and would draw it nearer to a monarchy” said the president of the Brazilian Supreme Electoral Tribunal, TSE, Ayres Brito.

• Tuesday, May 26th 2009 - 12:06 UTC

  Buenos Aires residents’ infatuated cultural self esteem

  

  A majority of Buenos Aires City residents consider themselves more enlightened and educated than the rest of Argentines and of Latinamericans with the movies as their main leisure distraction, according to a public opinion poll published in the Sunday edition of the newspaper Perfil.

• Tuesday, May 26th 2009 - 06:06 UTC

  Gibraltar’s enthusiasm to vote in June 4 Euro-Parliament elections

  

  Gibraltarians enthusiasm to vote and participate in politics will again be confirmed in the coming June Euro-elections. The Rock of Gibraltar lies at the tip of Spain and overlooks the north of Africa and on June 4 will help choose who represents South West England in the European Parliament.

• Tuesday, May 26th 2009 - 05:56 UTC

  British cabinet ministers involved in controversial expenses

  

  British cabinet ministers including Chancellor Alistair Darling paid accountants thousands of pounds of public money to complete their personal tax returns, it has been reported.

• Tuesday, May 26th 2009 - 05:35 UTC

  Chavez, Correa promise to protect their peoples from “unethical” media

  

  Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez and Ecuador’s Rafael Correa announced they intend to create international bodies within the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) to protect both governments and peoples against the unethical behaviour of some news media.