Politics

Thursday, September 18th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands celebrates 21 years at UK party conferences

The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) celebrates this month its twenty first consecutive year of attendance at the Labour and Conservative Party Conferences. It is one of the longest standing exhibitors at the Conferences.
Thursday, September 18th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Vazquez presents his presidential candidate to business leaders

Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez launched this week before the international business community the presidential candidacy of his outgoing Economy minister during the opening of a trade and investment forum sponsored among others by The Economist Intelligence Unit.
Wednesday, September 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Morales and Bolivian opposition scheduled talks for this week

Bolivian President Evo Morales and the governors who led a violent rebellion against his administration's reforms agreed on Tuesday on a road map to end the confrontation. Once all governors sign the round of negotiations is scheduled to begin Thursday.
Wednesday, September 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Norway pledges one billion USD to protect Amazon rainforest

Norway has pledged one billion US dollars by 2015 to preserve the Brazilian Amazon rain forest, as long as South America's largest nation keeps trying to stop deforestation, visiting Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg announced in Brasilia.
Wednesday, September 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
China/USA agree on trade, food security and intellectual rights

Chinese and US delegations at the 19th meeting of China-US Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) reached this week several agreements on boosting trade ties at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library near Los Angeles, reports Xinhua the official Chinese news agency.
Wednesday, September 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
“Civil war risk persists” if Morales remains intransigent

Bolivian president Evo Morales should accept a credible international mediation to avoid a more serious confrontation with the opposition, or he runs the risk of triggering a civil war in the country, warns Eduardo Gamara, a Bolivian political scientist and professor at the International University of Florida in Miami.
Wednesday, September 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Paraguay's Lugo in Brazil to demand “electricity fair deal”

Paraguay's new President Fernando Lugo visited Brazil Wednesday with the purpose of launching talks on a deal to give the landlocked country a fairer share of the revenue for the electricity generated by a huge dam built across the two countries border.
Tuesday, September 16th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
South America full support for Morales; advisory committee

South American leaders ratified their full support for the constitutional government of Bolivia and elected President Evo Morales following an emergency meeting Monday in Santiago de Chile.
Tuesday, September 16th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
British citizenship for Chilean family in Falklands

A young Chilean family who are among a number choosing to adopt the Falkland Islands as their home, received British citizenship at a ceremony conducted at Government House, Stanley on Monday evening.
Monday, September 15th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Cash scandal main witness guest at Casa Rosada reception

The Miami federal court cash scandal case which involves Venezuela and Argentina is becoming increasingly embarrassing for the administration of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.