Stories for April 2014

Thursday, April 3rd 2014 - 07:21 UTC
Brazil central bank raises benchmark Selic rate to 11%

Brazil's central bank raised its benchmark Selic rate to 11% from 10.75% on Wednesday, prolonging its tightening cycle after a surge in food prices that has stoked already high inflation in an election year. The bank's decision was unanimous and left the door open for possible further rate hikes.
Thursday, April 3rd 2014 - 07:16 UTC
Controversy in Argentina over a spate of street lynching of suspected criminals

Argentina's security secretary said on Wednesday that those who take justice into their own hands are “murderers,” referring to recent cases of lynching of suspected criminals, and which has caused a serious controversy among politicians and members of the Judiciary branch.
Thursday, April 3rd 2014 - 07:03 UTC
Maduro takes his case to a New York Times column: “a call for peace”

Venezuela: A Call for Peace - By Nicolás Maduro, President of Venezuela - The recent protests in Venezuela have made international headlines. Much of the foreign media coverage has distorted the reality of my country and the facts surrounding the events.
Thursday, April 3rd 2014 - 06:58 UTC
Powerful 7.8 magnitude aftershock hits Chile's far north and south Peru

A powerful 7.8-magnitude aftershock hit Chile's far-northern coast on Wednwsday, shaking the same area where a magnitude-8.2 earthquake hit just a day before causing some damage and six deaths.
Wednesday, April 2nd 2014 - 22:22 UTC
'Malvinas Islands'/'Gaucho Rivero' 50-Peso bill to honor Argentine fallen soldiers

As part of the commemorations of the “Day of the Veterans and Fallen in the Falklands War”, or the 32nd anniversary of the start of the South Atlantic conflict with the UK, Argentine president Cristina Fernandez unveiled a new 50-Peso bill that will carry a map of the Malvinas Islands and is to be soon issued.
Wednesday, April 2nd 2014 - 21:25 UTC
Cristina Fernández blasts UK and NATO on Malvinas invasion anniversary

Argentine President Cristina Fernández on the 32nd anniversary of the Malvinas Islands invasion by Argentine forces which triggered war (and defeat) with the UK, questioned the British government for not abiding by UN resolutions calling for Falklands sovereignty talks and suggested UK should be less involved in wars and more in looking after its own people.
Wednesday, April 2nd 2014 - 20:06 UTC
Ambassador Castro calls for dialogue; but ignores Falkland Islanders rights and wishes

On the 32nd anniversary of the Argentine military invasion of the Falkland Islands, 2 April 1982, the Argentine embassy in London made public a release saying that the UK and Argentina have the opportunity to set an example to the world, and future generations by resolving the Malvinas question through peaceful and diplomatic means.
Wednesday, April 2nd 2014 - 20:03 UTC
Apostle Matthew and the Falklands/Malvinas controversy

A Falkland Islands supporter has sent the following caricature referred to the alleged “double standards” to which Argentine president Cristina Fernández and former Senator Daniel Filmus, head of the Foreign Ministry Malvinas Affairs office, repeatedly invoke when discussing the Falklands/Malvinas dispute and the policy of ignoring the Islands population and their rights.
Wednesday, April 2nd 2014 - 19:48 UTC
Falklands' MLA Short to Cristina Fernandez: “how low can you get”

An exchange of tweets between Falkland Islands elected member of the Legislative Assembly Gavin Short and Argentine official Daniel Filmus has caused uproar in Argentina because the MLA describes as “rather sick” the “celebration of a brutal invasion of innocent civilians”.
Wednesday, April 2nd 2014 - 08:29 UTC
World Bank will increase lending capacity by 100bn to 300bn in the next ten years

The World Bank announced on Tuesday a series of measures to strengthen the bank resources including a 100 billion dollars increase in the lending capacity for middle-income countries over the next decade, new innovations in financial management, and a boost in the institution’s ability to provide private sector support.