Politics

• Tuesday, April 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Twenty-six years on: Malvinas landings to be remembered

  The main memorial ceremony marking the 26th anniversary of the Argentine landings on the Malvinas is to be held today at 12.30 at Plaza San Martín in downtown Buenos Aires. Expected to speak is retired Admiral Carlos Busser, who led the landings.

• Tuesday, April 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands' MPA updates defenses on “Hesko” Iraq design

  

  Four hundred personnel at the Falkland Islands Mount Pleasant (MPA) spent last week out on the ground laying barbed wire and building defensive positions around the airfield.

• Tuesday, April 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Ministry of Defence praises RAF on its 90th anniversary

  

  Britain's Under Secretary of State for Defence and Minister for Veterans at the Ministry of Defence Derek Twigg paid tribute to the Royal Air Force on its 90th anniversary praising the “professionalism and bravery” of all the men and women who have served in the RAF since April first 1918.

• Monday, March 31st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Confusion and threats in Argentine farmers' conflict

  

  Argentine farmers and government representatives are set to meet again this Monday for another round of talks in spite of a resumption of road blocks and threats of use of public force to clear the way for trucks loaded with perishable goods.

• Monday, March 31st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands Draft Constitution by end of April?

  

  AN updated Falklands Constitution should be ready in draft form by then end of April providing islands councillors and the British Minister for Overseas Territories, Meg Munn, can agree on a number of outstanding issues.

• Monday, March 31st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Young Combatants Day in Chile leaves one dead, 232 arrests

  

  A young man was killed early Sunday morning during the violent protest commemorating Young Combatants Day. The victim, identified as 24 year old René Palma, was shot and killed by a group of hooded protestors who, according to local news, thought he was a police infiltrator.

• Monday, March 31st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Growing fears for the life of FARC hostage Betancourt

  

  Former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt hostage of the FARC guerrilla group since 2002 is again chained following an aborted attempt to escape. The French-Colombian national also desperately needs a blood transfusion because of the several ills she's suffering report the Bogotá and Caracas press.

• Sunday, March 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  No end in sight to Andean conflict

  President Rafael Correa's outrage over Colombia's cross-border raid on a rebel camp in Ecuador has improved his popularity, strengthening his chances of gaining approval for constitutional reforms later this year.

• Sunday, March 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  IMF Board supports overhaul and shift in voting power

  

  The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recommended on Friday an overhaul of the institution's governance structure that will realign quota and voting shares of member countries with their relative weight and role in the global economy thus enhancing the participation and voice of emerging market and low-income countries in the 185-member IMF.

• Sunday, March 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  First time Uruguay's coalition looses lead to opposition

  

  The latest public opinion poll to be released in Uruguay shows that if national elections were to be held this Sunday, the sum of votes from opposition parties would be just enough to defeat the Socialist oriented ruling coalition.