Politics

• Tuesday, January 29th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Bush admits US economy slowdown and “uncertainty”

  

  United States President George W Bush urged his fellow citizens on Monday to have confidence in their economy in the long-term as he gave his seventh and final State of the Union address in Capitol Hill.

• Tuesday, January 29th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Group of British politicians to visit Falklands next month

  

  Four members of the British Parliament are to visit the Falkland Islands in February within their role as Commonwealth Parliamentary United Kingdom (CPA UK) Branch Members.

• Tuesday, January 29th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Falklands mines-free: “challenging but technically possible”

  

  The British government is considering ways of clearing about 20,000 mines left on the Falklands Islands after the war with Argentina in 1982 Baroness Crawley told the House of Lords.

• Tuesday, January 29th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Senate divided over Bush & Lower House stimulus package

  

  The United States House of Representatives approved on Tuesday a 146 billion US dollars economic stimulus package proposed by President George W Bush, but the package has an uncertain future in the Senate.

• Monday, January 28th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  First time ever Chile Senate deputy chair goes for Magallanes

  

  Political turmoil in the Chilean ruling coalition which has left President Michelle Bachelet without a majority in the Senate has meant that for the first time Magallanes region, in the extreme south of the country, will have a deputy speaker in the upper house beginning March 2009.

• Monday, January 28th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  In 4 years Kirchner contracted 37.000 new employees

  The Argentine government contracted 37.000 civil servants under the administration of president Nestor Kirchner, (2003/2007) which works out at an average of 35 new employees every day, according to reports from the Ministry of Economy published Monday in the Buenos Aires press.

• Sunday, January 27th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Chavez claims US and Colombia planning war provocation

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez claimed that United States and Colombia were plotting an incident that would spark a war with Venezuela. The charges, supported by alleged troop movements in the border area caused fear among the civilian population of the neighboring countries.

• Friday, January 25th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update

  

  Headlines: Bad weather = £184k loss; An end to Tamar's delay?; Dockyard project moves on; Dorada's future unclear; Mini Sports this weekend.

• Thursday, January 24th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Uribe with 80% popularity fights for US Congress support

  Colombian president Alvaro Uribe has an 80% support, the highest since taking office back in 2002, according to the latest public opinion polls released this week. The previous poll in November showed Uribe with a 74% support and 14% negative response.

• Friday, January 18th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

  

  Headlines; Surf's up!; Tamar FI breakdown: meat export concerns; New boss at FIGAS has Islands link; FGML closes Falklands operation; ASSI team to assess under-threat airstrips.