Politics

Friday, October 26th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update

Headlines:
Three's a crowd; Preservation vs progress? Heritage concerns grow as Deans' smithy is demolished; Treasury behind in financial reporting to councillors; Police investigation - officer disciplined.
Friday, October 26th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
UK ratifies no Gib sovereignty talks without people's consent

Britain will not enter into a process of sovereignty negotiations with which the people of Gibraltar are not themselves first content. That was the message from Jim Murphy the new British Minister for Europe at the Foreign Office to over 1,200 people gathered at the Guildhall in London for Gibraltar Day last Monday October 22.
Friday, October 26th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Chilean sovereignty from “Arica to the Southern Pole”

The Chilean Congress Lower House Defence Committee arrived Thursday in Antarctica to strong gusts and freezing temperatures and with the purpose of exercising “Chilean sovereignty” in the midst of a growing controversy over off Antarctica sea bed claims.
Friday, October 26th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Chavez blames US foreign policy for soaring oil prices

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said U.S. foreign policy is in part responsible for soaring oil prices and predicted that crude will continue its upward spiral rapidly closing in on the 100 US dollars per barrel benchmark.
Friday, October 26th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Polls unanimous: four more years of Kirchner dynasty

Argentina's First Lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is set to win Sunday's presidential election according to all the public opinion polls published in the Buenos Aires media a few hours before the two days ban on political campaigning becomes effective.
Friday, October 26th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Court drops charges against Pinochet's family

Chilean appellate court has dropped corruption charges against the widow and children of the late former dictator Augusto Pinochet. The general's family was alleged to have assisted him hide more than 30 million US dollars in offshore accounts during his 1973 to 1990 rule.
Friday, October 26th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Cristina Kirchner and the fine art of eluding questions

Cristina Kirchner the leading candidate for Argentina Sunday's presidential election, during these last four years, as well as her husband President Nestor Kirchner has avoided contact with the Argentine press but this last week she has been particularly loquacious.
Thursday, October 25th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Cristina K talks about inflation and calls for investment

With only a few hours left for Sunday's Argentine presidential election First Lady and incumbent candidate Cristina Kirchner talked about one of the controversial issues of the campaign which is also a daily challenge for Argentines pockets: the consumer price index and inflation.
Thursday, October 25th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
With copper money Chile plans fully professional army

Chile's president Michelle Bachelet announced this week that the country's armed forces plan to expand to 5,000 professional solders by 2010, and, ultimately, depend fully on professional and voluntary troops. This new initiative will include all three branches of the military: the army, the navy and the air force.
Thursday, October 25th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
How the UK press sees the Falklands exhibit at Standard Chartered Bank

An exhibition of a selection of UK media coverage of the Falkland Islands, the 25th anniversary of the war and the success story of the Islands since then, will be on display at the Standard Chartered Bank in Stanley between November 5 and 16.