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  • Wednesday, July 15th 2015 - 07:51 UTC

    US female will take the helm of 91.000-ton Celebrity Summit in August

    Kate McCue, 37, has been elevated to the position of Captain based on her 15 years of experience and leadership in the maritime industry.

    For the first time in the cruise industry, an American female will take the helm of a mega-ton cruise ship. At 37 years of age, San Francisco native Kate McCue will command Celebrity Summit, a 91,000-ton, 965-foot ship in the Celebrity Cruises fleet, sailing between the eastern United States and Bermuda. As Captain, she will be responsible for the navigation of the ship and the onboard experience of its 2,158 guests and 952 crew members.

  • Wednesday, July 15th 2015 - 06:53 UTC

    Exposed C24 chairman agrees to receive Gibraltar's Picardo to match a meeting with Spanish minister

    Lasso Mendoza admitted having met a Spanish minister to address Gibraltar and when exposed agreed to meet Picardo 'if the Chief Minister requested it'.

    Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo is in New York for a meeting with the Chairman of the UN’s Decolonization Committee of 24, ambassador Xavier Lasso Mendoza. The meeting arose from the Chief Minister’s intervention before the C24 last month, during which the Ecuadorian diplomat confirmed he had met with a Spanish government minister to discuss Gibraltar, according or a report from the Gibraltar Chronicle.

  • Wednesday, July 15th 2015 - 06:40 UTC

    Greek parliament must vote on Wednesday Euro zone bailout conditions

    Tsipras: “I assume responsibility for a text I do not believe in, but which I signed to avoid disaster for the country, the collapse of the banks.”

    Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras says he does not believe in a bailout offered by Euro zone leaders, but is willing to implement it. Tsipras described the deal as “harsh”, but said it was the only way for Greece to remain in the Euro.

  • Wednesday, July 15th 2015 - 06:33 UTC

    Relief from China as economy expands 7% in second quarter from a year ago

    The central bank cut interest rates for the fourth time since November last month to boost economic activity.

    Growth in the world's second largest economy, China, beat expectations in the second quarter, but it was still the weakest showing since the global financial crisis. The economy grew 7% from a year ago - matching growth in the first three months of the year, which was the lowest since 2009 when it fell to 6.6%.

  • Tuesday, July 14th 2015 - 06:52 UTC

    China's exports in June rise, but imports fall for the eighth month running

    Imports were down 6.7%, taking the trade surplus 45% higher to 284.2bn Yuan.

    Exports in the world's second largest economy, China, have risen, ending three months of decline in June. Exports rose 2.1% in Yuan-denominated terms compared with a year ago, up to 1.17tn Yuan ($187bn).

  • Monday, July 13th 2015 - 09:03 UTC

    The Peronist pope: Francis’s balancing act in Latin America, according to The Economist

    The pope’s criticisms of free-market capitalism chime both with traditional Catholic social doctrine and with Peronism

    Under the heading of “The Peronist pope”, The Economist has a piece on “Francis's balancing act in Latin America” dedicated to the eight day tour of three of the continent's poorest countries, but with the largest percentages of Catholics. But for Francis it is also a delicate balancing act since several current leaders in the region tend to blend the Church's 'option for the poor' with Marxist ideology.

  • Monday, July 13th 2015 - 08:58 UTC

    “A faith without solidarity, is a dead faith”, Francis tells a mass of over a million people

    The altar's backdrop was made of corn cobs, coconuts, squashes, beans, seeds and other local produce to create huge murals of St. Francis of Assisi

    Pope Francis, wrapping up on Sunday his three-country tour of South America, urged people living in a flood-prone shantytown in Paraguay to stay united in their struggle for better living and working conditions.

  • Saturday, July 11th 2015 - 07:53 UTC

    Falklands/Malvinas UN resolution 2065 remembered in Ushuaia

    Filmus proclaimed that “if we remain united, each of Latin America's causes will have a happy ending”

    A group of lawmakers from six Latin American countries and Argentine officials met in Ushuaia in support of Argentine 'legitimate sovereignty rights over Malvinas, Georgia and South Sandwich Islands', in the framework of UN General Assembly Resolution 2065 fiftieth anniversary celebration, which called on the United Kingdom and Argentina to reach a peaceful negotiated solution over the Falklands/Malvinas dispute through bilateral discussions.

  • Saturday, July 11th 2015 - 07:22 UTC

    Falklands and Welsh anniversary in Argentina: chronicle of a foretold debate

    Minister Carwyn Jones will be the first top level British official in years to visit Argentina, and there is a diplomatic protocol to be respected by both sides

    Next 28 July Wales First Minister Carwyn Jones will be attending celebrations in the province of Chubut in the framework of the 150th anniversary of the first Welsh settlement in Patagonia, 28 July 1865. An event which in an electoral year in Argentina could become a good opportunity for president Cristina Fernandez to press on the Falkland Islands dispute, according to speculation in the Buenos Aires media.

  • Saturday, July 11th 2015 - 07:14 UTC

    Falklands: Ambassador Castro hopes for UK/Argentina friendly and meaningful dialogue

    Ambassador Castro with Lord Wigley, a Welsh political figure and chairman of the organizing committee for 150th anniversary celebrations

    The Embassy of Argentina in the UK celebrated Independence Day on Thursday, highlighting the importance of national sovereignty and Latin American unity. Before a packed audience of over four hundred people, the Argentine Ambassador Alicia Castro delivered a speech in which she recalled that the aim of the struggle for independence was to unite all the peoples of Latin America.