Politics

Saturday, June 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Buenos Aires set for mayoral poll

Buenos Aires goes to the polls Sunday to elect its mayor in a runoff election, which the Argentine right- wing appears set to win and which could take wind out of the sails of the government ahead of the October 28 presidential election.
Saturday, June 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
CIA to release 1970s documents on agency's crimes

The US Central Intelligence Agency is preparing to release a set of documents compiled more than 30 years ago detailing the agency's involvement over the previous quarter century in crimes both at home and abroad.
Friday, June 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

Headlines:
Prince &quotbowled over&quot by Islands; Birthday honour for former AG; Islanders at C24; More Liberation PNs on the way; Coming up next week in Penguin News.
Thursday, June 21st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands proposes Argentina relation based on “tolerance and respect”

Falkland Islands elected Councillor Dr. Richard Davies addressing on Thursday the United Nations Decolonization Committee in New York invited Argentina “to build a better relationship between our countries, based on tolerance and respect, so that the sacrifice of all those who suffered and died in 1982 will not have been in vain”.
Thursday, June 21st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina accuses UK of “taking possession” of Malvinas

Argentina's Foreign Affairs minister Jorge Taiana reiterated on Thursday Argentina's sovereignty claim over the Falkland Islands and said the United Kingdom was involved in a “trespassing and abusive” behaviour and “has taken possession of what belongs to somebody else”.
Wednesday, June 20th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Taiana in New York ready for UN G24 Falklands' debate

Argentina's Foreign Affairs minister Jorge Taiana arrived Wednesday morning in New York where tomorrow he will be addressing the United Nations Decolonisation Committee claiming sovereignty over the disputed Falkland Islands and other South Atlantic islands.
Wednesday, June 20th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Venezuela interested in a “new Mercosur”, if not forget it

Venezuela is interested in becoming a member of a “new Mercosur” but if there's no clear change willingness “we're not interested in the old Mercosur”, said President Hugo Chavez in an interview with the Spanish government agency EFE.
Tuesday, June 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
“We want the freedom to develop and govern as we wish”

TWENTY-FIVE years after British troops liberated the Islands Argentina continues to view the Falklands with an acquisitive eye.
Recent Argentine governments have denied plans for further military action, but they pursue an aggressive diplomatic and public relations campaign to annex the Falkland Islands.
The Argentines use every opportunity to promote their case. International organizations such as the United Nations and the Organisation of American States (OAS) are lobbied hard. Opportunities such as the Ibero American summit as well as scientific and conservation meetings are shamelessly used. Serious debate on issues like the conservation of fish stocks or wildlife are often hijacked or held up by Argentina's objections and statements about sovereignty.
Tuesday, June 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Paraguay: more support for former bishop presidential hopeful

Paraguay's leading presidential pre-candidate and former bishop Fernando Lugo received this week the formal support from one of the country's main opposition parties the Authentic Liberal Radicals, PLRA.
Tuesday, June 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Episkopi base in Cyprus marked Falklands' anniversary

The 25th anniversary of the liberation of the Falkland Islands was commemorated in a service at Happy Valley in the Western Sovereign Base Area of Episkopi, Cyprus last Sunday.