Politics

• Monday, September 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Deforestation rises sharply as farmers push into Amazon

  

  Concerns over the destruction of the Brazilian rainforest resurfaced at the weekend after it emerged that deforestation jumped by 64% over the last 12 months, according to official government data.

• Monday, September 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine farmers resume protest and march on Congress

  After the four-month conflict with the Argentine government over the hike in grains and oilseeds export duties, farmers began protesting again last week in the interior of the country demanding an end to President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner administration's inaction.

• Monday, September 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina to present Antarctic and insular sea bed claims

  

  Argentina will be making a formal presentation before United Nations claiming Antarctic sea bed sometime in early 2009 it was announced this weekend in Buenos Aires. The issue is back in the headlines following the UK's claim presentation involving St Helena and Ascension islands in the mid Atlantic.

• Sunday, August 31st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Thousands of Mexicans protest killings

  

  Thousands of Mexicans marched inthe capital on Saturday to protest against a wave ofkidnappings and gruesome murders, putting pressure on PresidentFelipe Calderon to meet his promises to crack down on crime.

• Sunday, August 31st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands: New RIC get straight to work

  

  THE new Roulement Infantry Company (RIC) in the Falklands is B Company of 3rd Battalion the Rifles, based in Edinburgh and partof 11 Light Brigade. The Commanding Officer, Major James Richardson, has a close personal affiliation with the Falkland Islands.

• Sunday, August 31st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazil: Ancient Amazon Actually Highly Urbanized

  

  Using satellite imagery, scientists have discovered the remains of once densely populated towns in west Brazil, an area that was thought to be virgin forest.

• Sunday, August 31st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine citizen crosses environmentalists'' roadblock

  

  Salvador Rosetti Serra, a 79-year-old retired lawyer, yesterday became the first Argentine citizen in almost two years to cross to Fray Bentos, Uruguay, through the roadblock being held by environmental activists on international Route 136, in Entre Ríos. He presented a ruling issued by Federal Judge María José Sarmiento, ordering the demonstrators to let him pass.

• Saturday, August 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Manchester Hallé Orchestra celebrates 150 years in Mercosur

  

  The Hallé Orchestra from Manchester is celebrating a great landmark in its history – its 150th anniversary and for the commemoration has scheduled a four country visit to South America in September which includes Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. The orchestra was last in South America in 1992.

• Friday, August 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Tragic fire sends P. Arenas landlords to 7 years in prison

  

  The owner and manager (father and son) of a Punta Arenas lodge were sentenced to seven years in prison plus 300.000 US dollars in compensation to the families of ten passengers who died trapped when the building caught fire in February 2007.

• Friday, August 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

  

  Headlines: Flyglobespan' heads south; Immigration survey results announced; Sailors caught out by drugs tests; E Boye trip called off.