Politics

Thursday, February 4th 2016 - 07:59 UTC
Santos at the White House will ask for help to implement Colombia's peace accord

Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos has said he will ask President Obama to help implement a peace accord that his government expects to sign with the Farc rebel group next month. The two presidents will meet at the White House on Thursday.
Thursday, February 4th 2016 - 07:45 UTC
Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal signed by 12 member nations in New Zealand

The Trans Pacific Partnership, one of the biggest multinational trade deals ever, has been signed by ministers from its 12 member nations in New Zealand. The ceremony in Auckland brings the huge trade pact, which has been five years in the making, another step towards to becoming a reality. But the TPP continues to face opposition.
Thursday, February 4th 2016 - 07:29 UTC
“Attacks on Islam are attacks on all religions” says Obama at Maryland mosque

President Barack Obama visited an American mosque on Wednesday and declared that attacks on Islam were an attack on all religions, in an effort to counter rhetoric from Donald Trump and other Republican presidential candidates that has alienated Muslims.
Thursday, February 4th 2016 - 07:21 UTC
Kirchnerite opposition splits; Macri now has the main block in the Lower House

Argentina's main opposition party suffered a split on Wednesday after an estimated fifteen of its lawmakers quit, party leaders admitted, handing a boost to newly-elected President Mauricio Macri's hopes of pushing his legislative agenda through Congress. In effect, Macri's political alliance in the Lower House becomes the majority grouping.
Wednesday, February 3rd 2016 - 07:23 UTC
Argentina agrees to pay Italian bond holders including “a reasonable interest”

Argentina announced Tuesday that it reached a $900 million preliminary accord to settle its pending debt with 50,000 Italian holders of defaulted Argentine government bonds. Finance minister Alfonso Prat-Gay said that the agreement with Italian bondholders includes the Argentine government's acknowledgement of the debt “and reasonable interest”.
Wednesday, February 3rd 2016 - 07:10 UTC
Chilean football fans vandalize Malvinas memorial in Rosario: 46 arrests

Two of the 46 Chileans arrested on Monday for vandalism against a Malvinas Fallen Monument in Argentina's second largest city, Rosario, were still waiting on Tuesday for the prosecutors' charges before going before a federal judge. During the first hearing, advised by a government supplied lawyer, the Chileans abstained from making any statement while demanding to be set free.
Wednesday, February 3rd 2016 - 07:04 UTC
Harsh time for Rousseff in Congress: booing and threats of more difficulties

Brazilian Congress gave on Tuesday a harsh welcome to President Dilma Rousseff at its yearly inaugural session, booing her and threatening new “difficulties” added to the turbulent relations that prevail between the executive and legislative branches.
Wednesday, February 3rd 2016 - 06:15 UTC
Brazil airline shares soar as regulator admits opening to foreign capital

Brazilian airline shares soared nearly 30% on Monday after a newspaper report said the government may scrap limits on foreign ownership of domestic airlines to attract investment to the struggling sector. President Dilma Rousseff may propose legislation giving her discretion to let foreign groups own as much as 100% of local airlines, up from 20%, Valor Econômico reported.
Wednesday, February 3rd 2016 - 05:14 UTC
Four MPs expected in the Falklands next week: two Tories and two Labour

A group of four Members of Parliament from Britain will be visiting the Falkland Islands as guests of FIG from February 11-16, accompanied by Sukey Cameron MBE, from the Falkland Islands Government Office in London.
Tuesday, February 2nd 2016 - 12:07 UTC
Havana Club rum war: Bacardi appeals US decision to let Cuba have the trademark

Bacardi filed suit on Monday against the United States demanding an explanation of its decision to let Cuba sell Havana Club rum in the United States once the U.S. trade embargo against the Castro brothers' island is lifted.