Politics

Friday, March 2nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands: Kirchner promises another year of “intense” diplomacy

“Argentina will not yield on its legitimate aspiration of recovering” the Malvinas Islands and as in 2006, in 2007 it will be one of the main issues of the country's foreign policy, promised Thursday President Nestor Kirchner addressing the National Assembly,.
Friday, March 2nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Weekly Penguin News Update

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Thursday, March 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Brazilian press unconvinced about Lula-Vazquez summit

The promises and expectations of improved relations between Uruguay and Brazil and for Mercosur following the presidential summit in Colonia, Uruguay, don't seem to have convinced the Brazilian press.
Thursday, March 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands population, bigger, older & more cosmopolitan

As Bob Dylan once sang, “The times they are a changing” and so, it seems is the typical Falkland Islander.
Thursday, March 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Bush's visit: Brazil proclaims itself South America's speaker

Brazil would like to see the current relation with United States become something positive for South America and expects that Washington's renewed interest in the hemisphere is based on cooperation and not in the old “intervention” style, said Friday Brazilian Foreign Affairs minister Celso Amorim.
Thursday, March 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Lula/Vazquez agenda was previously checked by Argentina

The Brazilian initiatives proposed by President Lula da Silva during his Monday summit in Uruguay with his counterpart Tabare Vazquez were previously considered with Argentina, according to reports in the Buenos Aires press.
Wednesday, February 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Gibraltar has a Parliament, MPs and is “effectively decolonized”

Gibraltar's House of Assembly was consigned to the history books this week as the Gibraltar Parliament convened for its first session under the framework of the new Constitution. The precincts of the former House will from now on be known as Parliament Building reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.
Wednesday, February 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
UN decolonization: “a success story albeit unfinished”

Decolonization, part of the United Nations' founding mission, is a success story, albeit an unfinished one, said United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Asha-Rose Migiro at the opening of this year's annual meeting of the 24-member Special Commission on Decolonization at UN Headquarters in New York.
Wednesday, February 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
New constitution for the British Virgin Islands

The successful conclusion this week of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) constitutional talks was praised by Foreign Office Minister Lord Triestman.
Tuesday, February 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine/UK controversy over Falklands' war commemoration

Britain hopes the Argentine government will reconsider its decision not to participate in joint commemorations of the 25th anniversary of the Falkland Islands conflict as offered by London, said a spokesperson for the British Embassy in Buenos Aires.