Politics

Wednesday, February 8th 2023 - 19:55 UTC
British business sizes up global trade wins as Malaysia and Chile join Indo-Pacific bloc

Malaysia and Chile have officially joined the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), meaning British businesses will get better access and lower tariffs in the Malaysian and Chilean markets when the UK joins the dynamic trade bloc.
Wednesday, February 8th 2023 - 17:25 UTC
Brazilian minister denies single currency: no death sentence for the Real

Argentina and Brazil are looking at ways to stimulate bilateral trade and investments but not eliminate their own currencies, according to Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad, who played down the idea of a single shared currency between the two Mercosur partners.
Wednesday, February 8th 2023 - 15:57 UTC
The Falkland Islands take over Presidency of the UK Overseas Territories Association

Today, at the AGM of UK Overseas Territories Association (UKOTA), the Falkland Islands were elected to the Presidency of UKOTA, replacing the Turks and Caicos Islands who held the Presidency for the last year.
Wednesday, February 8th 2023 - 09:49 UTC
Montevideo safer for cruise passengers

Around 100,000 passengers have been reported to have visited Montevideo so far this season on some 60 cruise ships, according to local authorities. Montevideo Police Chief Mario D'Elia said that the so-called “Blue Summer” operation in the Uruguayan capital's Old City has been going as planned.
Wednesday, February 8th 2023 - 09:45 UTC
UN warns 4.3 million girls at risk of genital mutilation

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres Tuesday warned that some 4.3 million girls worldwide were at risk of being subjected to a Female Genital Mutilation procedure and insisted that eliminating such a practice should be likened to other goals mankind needs to attain by 2030.
Wednesday, February 8th 2023 - 08:20 UTC
Argentina: Manzur resigning as Cabinet Chief next week

Argentine's Cabinet Chief Juan Manzur is to leave his post sometime next week, President Alberto Fernàndez announced during an event in Tafí Viejo, in the province of Tucumán, where Manzur is Governor, albeit on unpaid leave.
Wednesday, February 8th 2023 - 08:06 UTC
Online child porn more sophisticated, researchers at Brazilian NGO warn

A Brazilian non-government organization (NGO) Tuesday said it had documented over 111,000 cybercrimes against children in 2022, Agencia Brasil reported. The announcement was made on the occasion of the Feb. 7 Safe Internet Day, which was celebrated for the 15th time in the South American country and 20th globally.
Tuesday, February 7th 2023 - 18:01 UTC
Falkland Islanders Honour Veteran BBC Journalist

By Graham Bound, London - HAROLD Briley, a BBC World Service journalist who reported from Buenos Aires throughout the 1982 Falklands War, has received a special and rare honour from the government of the Islands.
Tuesday, February 7th 2023 - 10:59 UTC
Lula pledges to boost shipyard and oil and gas industries

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced Monday his intention to boost the shipbuilding and oil and gas industries with the state-owned Petrobras and the Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES) as vectors for public investments, Xinhua reported from Rio de Janeiro.
Tuesday, February 7th 2023 - 10:44 UTC
Top Argentine official makes the round of talks and contacts in Spain to complain about Falklands fishing industry

Guillermo Carmona, secretary of the Malvinas, Antarctica and Southern Atlantic Islands held a round of political talks in Spain in the framework of the bi-national cooperation understandings contemplated in the Buenos Aires Declaration from 2021. The document was signed by Argentine president Alberto Fernandez and his Spanish peer Pedro Sánchez and addressed the Argentina/Spain joint strategic action plan 2021/2023 referred to the Falklands/Malvinas and Gibraltar Questions as well as Antarctic and oceans cooperation.