Politics

• Friday, December 11th 2015 - 07:47 UTC

  Ban Ki-moon message on Human Rights Day

  

  Amid large-scale atrocities and widespread abuses across the world, Human Rights Day should rally more concerted global action to promote the timeless principles that we have collectively pledged to uphold.

• Friday, December 11th 2015 - 07:24 UTC

  Welcome Mauricio! But what exactly are your plans?

  

  By Graham Bound, London - Mauricio Macri: I roll the syllables of that rather pleasantly alliterative name over my tongue as I draw him into one of my columns for the first time.

• Thursday, December 10th 2015 - 12:01 UTC

  Brazilian congress joins FIFA investigation; CBF former head will give evidence next week

  

  A former head of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) who was indicted in the United States last week in an investigation into corruption in FIFA and the business of soccer, has agreed to give evidence to Brazil's Congress, Senator Romario said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, December 10th 2015 - 08:36 UTC

  Message from the OAS Secretary General on International Anti-Corruption Day

  

  OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro called on countries of the region to redouble their efforts in strengthening transparency, accountability and integrity in the Americas, putting into practice the mandates of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption.

• Thursday, December 10th 2015 - 08:32 UTC

  Pressed by unions Macri confirms promise to exempt end of the year bonus from income tax

  

  Half-year bonuses paid out this month will be exempt from income tax, Argentine president-elect Mauricio Macri announced, backtracking from statements he made on Sunday, when he said there was not enough money to do just that.

• Thursday, December 10th 2015 - 08:22 UTC

  Macri's candidate will head the Central bank from the first day; Vanoli resigns

  

  Argentina Central Bank President Alejandro Vanoli resigned Wednesday under pressure from President-elect Mauricio Macri, who plans to remove currency controls with reserves standing at a nine-year low.

• Thursday, December 10th 2015 - 08:18 UTC

  Pollack confirms Macri´s administration intention of negotiating with hedge funds

  

  The court-appointed mediator in a long-running debt dispute pitting Argentina against holdout hedge funds said Wednesday that President-elect Mauricio Macri's incoming administration intended to negotiate a settlement.

• Thursday, December 10th 2015 - 07:56 UTC

  At Wednesday midnight Cristina Fernandez 'turned into a pumpkin', after eight years in office

  

  Tens of thousands of supporters packed Argentina's most famous square, Plaza de Mayo on Wednesday night to say goodbye to President Cristina Fernandez, who lauded her government's achievements while blasting the incoming administration in the same tones she aimed at opponents throughout her eight years in office.

• Wednesday, December 9th 2015 - 21:17 UTC

  Argentina with an acting president for 12 hours until Macri takes the oath

  

  An Argentine federal judge ruled Wednesday that the mandate of President-elect Mauricio Macri is to begin at midnight, though he will not officially be head of state until he takes the oath of office 12 hours later.

• Wednesday, December 9th 2015 - 21:03 UTC

  Brazil highest court freezes special impeachment committee; gives Rousseff a week's break

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was granted breathing space by the Supreme Court in her fight against impeachment, when late Tuesday it imposed a week-long freeze on the special commission formed to recommend Congress whether Rousseff should be removed from office.