Politics

• Thursday, January 30th 2014 - 06:35 UTC

  Celac ratifies full support for Argentina's Malvinas “legitimate sovereignty” claim

  

  The Celac summit in Cuba underlined in its final declaration its determination to strengthen the regional space among Latin American and Caribbean countries and at the same time ratified its full support for Argentina's claim over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands.

• Thursday, January 30th 2014 - 06:17 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez again visits hospital: this time to address lumbago symptoms

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez underwent tests for an incident of lumbago or back pain at a Buenos Aires hospital on Wednesday afternoon, according to an official release from the hospital and the Government House Public Communication Office. Early morning the president arrived from Cuba where she attended the Celac summit.

• Thursday, January 30th 2014 - 06:01 UTC

  Malvinas claim support from Celac, underlined by Argentine president

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez celebrated the advances in integration achieved by Latin America and the Caribbean, and thanked country members for their support in Argentina's claim over the Malvinas and other South Atlantic Islands sovereignty.

• Thursday, January 30th 2014 - 05:53 UTC

  Malvinas Affairs official meets with Decolonization Committee Bureau

  

  Following on an initiative from the standing Bureau of the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization, Argentina's Secretary Related to Malvinas and other South Atlantic Islands Affairs, Daniel Filmus held a meeting with its members on Tuesday at UN headquarters in New York.

• Wednesday, January 29th 2014 - 22:38 UTC

  Brazil can't be hostage of Argentina or Venezuela in Mercosur/EU trade negotiations

  

  The Brazilian government is determined to advance with negotiations for a trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union even if it means leaving Argentina for a second phase of the process, according to sources from Itamaraty, the country's foreign ministry, reported in the Rio do Janeiro media.

• Wednesday, January 29th 2014 - 21:36 UTC

  Hedge fund boss Singer rejects as 'bizarre' Argentine bondholders offer

  

  Paul Singer, head of Elliot Management Corp., defined as “bizarre”, the bondholders’ offer to resolve judicially the dispute with Argentina over the debt in default from 2001, during in a letter sent to investors and published by Bloomberg News.

• Wednesday, January 29th 2014 - 21:20 UTC

  Obama pledges support for the middle class and is prepared to bypass Congress

  

  US President Barack Obama displayed his strategy for getting around a divided Congress starting with a wage hike for federal contract workers in a State of the Union speech on Tuesday that reflected scaled-back legislative ambitions after a tough year.

• Wednesday, January 29th 2014 - 21:07 UTC

  Fed shaves another 10bn from stimulus; Turkey and South Africa raise rates

  

  The US Federal Reserve announced a $10bn reduction in its monthly bond purchases from 75bn to 65bn in the second straight month of winding down stimulus efforts. The central bank had been buying bonds in an effort to keep interest rates low and stimulate growth.

• Wednesday, January 29th 2014 - 21:00 UTC

  New York Times blasts Cristina Fernández: “Argentina on the brink”

  

  The New York Times published on Wednesday a very strong editorial criticizing the misguided policies of the government of President Cristina Fernandez, arguing that once again 'Argentina is on the brink”.

• Wednesday, January 29th 2014 - 20:37 UTC

  Ecuador readies witch hunt against certain journalists, claims NGO Fundamedios

  

  Ecuadorean non-governmental organization Fundamedios claimed that President Rafael Correa is trying to stop it from operating normally after the government announced that the “administrative control” of the NGO would be transferred to the national Communications Secretariat.