Politics

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.
Monday, February 11th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Venezuelan regime declares Spanish singer “persona non grata”

Spanish singer Alejandro Sanz who this week ends a Latinamerican tour in Costa Rica said he was desolate his concert in Caracas had been again canceled after Venezuelan government officials declared the 14-time Latin Grammy Award winner “persona non-grata”.
Monday, February 11th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Whale Valley in Egypt joins UNESCO World Heritage list

Wadi Al-Hitan, Whale Valley, in the Western Desert of Egypt, which contains invaluable fossil remains of the earliest, and now extinct, suborder of whales, Archaeoceti received the official document which includes it in the UNESCO World heritage list.