Stories for April 2016

Sunday, April 3rd 2016 - 07:35 UTC
Argentina promulgates bill which allows for payment of accord with bondholders

The Argentine government made official the accord reached with the holdout funds sponsored by a New York federal court, to pay for defaulted bonds in a fifteen year litigation, following the approval of the bill by the Senate. This means Argentina can now look for funds in the international monetary market.
Sunday, April 3rd 2016 - 07:33 UTC
Uruguay reaffirms allegiance to Mercosur but admits serious challenges

Mercosur is a fundamental legal milestone in regional integration, and a turning point in the history of member countries, said Uruguay's foreign minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa during a conference celebrating the 25th anniversary, (March 1991), of the founding of the South American group, who nevertheless admitted serious challenges.
Sunday, April 3rd 2016 - 06:56 UTC
“Falklands remains well protected” says MoD brushing aside London media claims

The United Kingdom Ministry of Defense (MoD) has rubbished claims that the Falkland Islands have been left without protection, due to the absence of a British warship (frigate or destroyer) permanently based in the south Atlantic. The MoD defended itself following reports that the Falkland Islands were “without the protection of a British frigate or destroyer for the first time since the conflict in 1982”.
Sunday, April 3rd 2016 - 06:50 UTC
Malvinas remain “inexorably Argentine” says Macri on invasion anniversary

The Malvinas Islands remain “inexorably Argentine” said president Mauricio Macri in a message in the social networks aired following the tribute to the Malvinas war veterans at the cenotaph in central Buenos Aires and later meeting with officers and veterans at the Olivos residence.
Sunday, April 3rd 2016 - 06:43 UTC
Cameron open to talk about “Malvinas question” with Macri, says Malcorra

British PM David Cameron told Argentine president Mauricio Macri that the “Malvinas question will be included” as part of the bilateral talks with Argentina, according to Argentine foreign secretary Susana Malcorra. Apparently before Macri returned to Argentina Friday night from the nuclear security summit in Washington, he held a 'brief encounter' on request from PM Cameron.
Sunday, April 3rd 2016 - 06:32 UTC
Falklands hospitality praised by stranded Argentine runners

Falkland Islands provided twenty five Argentine nationals with humanitarian aid (food, warmth and shelter) following the announcement of a week long delay to their return flight to Chile. The group was made up of marathon runners and associates who came to the Islands on March 19 and participated in the Sunday Standard Chartered bank Stanley Marathon. The competition was won by Argentine athlete Rafael Lencina in record time.
Saturday, April 2nd 2016 - 09:17 UTC
Another 'money-sin' in the Vatican: this time involves a former cardinal's penthouse

The Vatican said it is investigating two former officials over claims money meant for a children’s hospital was used to refurbish a cardinal’s luxury apartment. Costly work at former Vatican secretary of state Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone’s flat, (seeming to clash with Pope Francis’s recommendations that church officials live as modestly as he), caused a scandal when allegations emerged that the Bambino Gesu Hospital foundation had helped foot the bill.
Saturday, April 2nd 2016 - 08:47 UTC
Peru presidential election next 10 April with no clear winner

Veronika Mendoza, a 35-year-old leftist presidential contender in Peru who is promising a new constitution to weaken the country's business elite jumped 5 percentage points in a poll and was seen as statistically tied at second with investor-favourite Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.
Saturday, April 2nd 2016 - 08:07 UTC
Argentina and China reaffirm strategic relation and agree to review contracts

China has agreed to review contracts signed with Argentina, which need modifications, for the sake of transparency, according to Buenos Aires sources, but the overall strategic relation between the two countries and a raft of accords in different fields stands and is expected to continue to grow.
Saturday, April 2nd 2016 - 07:36 UTC
Fallon celebrates the Defense budget increase, 'for the first time in six years'

United Kingdom Defense Secretary Michael Fallon said that April first marks the beginning of a new financial year, but above all a remarkable turnaround: “a major milestone for Defense with our budget increasing for the first time in six years in real terms”.