Politics

• Monday, February 18th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Former bishop leads in tight Paraguayan presidential bid

  

  A former bishop is leading in what promises to be a very tight presidential election next April in Paraguay. The latest polls published this Sunday in the capital Asunción media shows ex bishop Fernando Lugo with 31.2% of vote intention followed by a former Army general Lino Oviedo with 25.3% and the outgoing administration candidate and ex Education minister Blanca Olevar with 24.3%

• Saturday, February 16th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Identity theft, main US consumer fraud for 7 years running

  

  Identity theft for the seventh year in a row topped in 2007 the list of consumer fraud complaints recorded by the United States Federal Trade Commission, FTC. The list contained in the publication “Consumer Fraud and Identity Theft Complaint Data January-December 2007,” showed that of 813,899 total complaints received in 2007, 258,427, or 32% were related to identity theft.

• Friday, February 15th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Mrs. Kirchner can't convince protestors to end pickets

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and Gualeguaychu pickets kept on Thursday to their positions in the controversy over the construction of a pulp mill in neighboring Uruguay which environmentalists and protestors claim is/will be highly contaminating.

• Friday, February 15th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly 'Penguin News” update

  

  Headlines: Dorada under new ownership; New Constitution by mid-2008?; Kirchner to London; ASSI inspectors reveal findings; MPs on week-long visit; Drugs man jailed; Coming up this week.

• Thursday, February 14th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Commonwealth support for Maldives maritime boundaries

  

  The Commonwealth Secretariat said this week it will work alongside the Government of Maldives to establish maritime boundaries that are consistent with international law

• Thursday, February 14th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands Governors powers to be reduced

  

  THE historically 'all-powerful' position of the Governor has been reduced considerably in the current review of the Falklands Constitution according to Councillor Mike Summers, following the latest talks with the visiting Foreign Office Constitutional Review Team.

• Thursday, February 14th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Cristina K travels to London and will press Malvinas issue

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner confirmed Thursday morning that she will be visiting London on April 4/5 to participate in a Progressive leaders meeting, while government officials and the Buenos Aires press underline that the “unflagging” Malvinas sovereignty claim will be “put on the table”.

• Wednesday, February 13th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  France to help Brazil build fighter planes and submarines

  

  Brazil and France announced the strengthening of their growing strategic alliance in defense and other fields during a presidential summit Tuesday in French Guyana. Nicolas Sarkozy hosted Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the Amazonia border city of Saint Georges-de-l'Oiapock.

• Tuesday, February 12th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Spain summons UK ambassador over Gibraltar oil spill

  Spain summoned British ambassador to Madrid Denise Holt to protest an oil spill off Gibraltar that has polluted Spanish beaches, Environment Minister Cristina Narbona said Monday in the southern city of Seville.

• Tuesday, February 12th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Guessing game: how much presidents really make?

  

  United States president George W. Bush ranks as the highest paid leader in the Americas and Fidel Castro the most modest, according to officially disclosed figures, which are not always entirely reliable, following on a report from the Spanish media.