Politics

Thursday, February 22nd 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Menchu to run for president in Guatemala

Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu on Wednesday announced that she will run for the presidency of Guatemala in the country's September elections, a move likely fuel talk about an Indian resurgence in Latin American politics.
Thursday, February 22nd 2007 - 20:00 UTC
The Iron Lady has her bronze statue in Parliament

Despite protests that previous prime ministers had to be dead to have a statue in Britain's Houses of Parliament Margaret Thatcher (1979/1990) unveiled her bronze statue at a ceremony Wednesday.
Thursday, February 22nd 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Brazil admits possible “causalities” in Mercosur membership

“Differences within Mercosur are an inevitable result of deepening relations among its five members”, said Brazil's Foreign Affairs minister Celso Amorim interviewed by the Financial Times but admits there might be “casualties” among junior members dissatisfied with the functioning of the trade block launched in 1991.
Wednesday, February 21st 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Lamy warns of “costs of failure” if no trade accord is reached

World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy warned Wednesday of serious “consequences” if nations failed to reach agreement on a new global trade pact.
Wednesday, February 21st 2007 - 20:00 UTC
British MoD surplus equipment bargains on line

Buying surplus equipment couldn't get any easier with the arrival of the Disposal Service Agency's on-line auction capability. A secure bidding and buying process that's unique within the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence is now available.
Tuesday, February 20th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
New Editor for Falkland Islands Association Newsletter

The Falkland Islands Association announced the appointment of a new editor for their newsletter. She is Mrs Lisa Johnston, a Falkland Islander who was editor of Penguin News, the Islands' weekly newspaper from 1994 until 2002.
Tuesday, February 20th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Colombia names former hostage Foreign Affairs minister

Colombian president Alvaro Uribe appointed Fernando Araújo Perdomo as Foreign Affairs minister, a former cabinet member who on December 31 escaped from six year guerrilla captivity.
Sunday, February 18th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
US/Colombia free trade agreement seems ever more distant

The free trade agreement which the George Bush administration signed with Colombia is stalled in the US Congress and could face further delays because of the alleged links of the Colombian President Alvaro Uribe administration with para military forces.
Friday, February 16th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Penguin News Weekly Update

Headlines: A right old knees-up; Port facilities back on the agenda: consultants enlisted; Census figures stalled; New environmental boss; Four cruisers visit this week; Scholars learn of Island life.
Friday, February 16th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Chirac caustic about Spanish legacy in the Americas

French president Jacques Chirac considers the discovery of America as “not a great moment of history”, and thus not susceptible to be celebrated, and he is inclined to attribute the discovery of the new world to Vikings and not to Christopher Columbus.