Stories for March 2013

Wednesday, March 20th 2013 - 07:31 UTC
Pope Francis can do without Cristina Fernandez

By Jimmy Burns (*) - This is the same President that has viewed Jorge Bergoglio as an opponent when he served as Cardinal Archbishop of Buenos Aires and has allowed her allies in the Argentine media to try and wreck his reputation by claiming, unjustly, he was complicit in the military regime’s dirty war.
Wednesday, March 20th 2013 - 07:23 UTC
Falklands: OAS sceptical about possible mediation from the Pope: he’s Argentine

The Organization of American States Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza is sceptical about a possible mediation from Pope Francis between Argentina and the UK over the Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty dispute as was requested by President Cristina Fernandez.
Tuesday, March 19th 2013 - 13:22 UTC
South Georgia completes first phase of reindeer eradication: 1.900 animals

The Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (GSCSSI) has announced the completion of the first phase of the eradication of reindeer from the island of South Georgia.
Tuesday, March 19th 2013 - 06:38 UTC
Tehran insists accord with Argentina includes Interpol lifting red notices against Iranian suspects

Iranian Foreign Affairs minister Ali Akbar Salehi criticized Interpol for having stated that the existing red notices (international arrest warrants) on six Iranians suspected of involvement in the terrorist attack on a Buenos Aires Jewish organization remain active.
Tuesday, March 19th 2013 - 06:35 UTC
Muslim and Western nations agree on UN landmark code to combat violence against women and girls

Muslim and Western nations late Friday overcame deep divisions to agree a landmark United Nations declaration setting out a code of conduct for combating violence against women and girls. Iran, Libya, Sudan and other Muslim nations ended threats to block the declaration and agreed to language stating that violence against women could not be justified by “any custom, tradition or religious consideration.”
Tuesday, March 19th 2013 - 06:30 UTC
Cyprus closes banks to give time for Parliament to vote on bail-out package

Finance ministers from the Euro-zone have asked Cyprus to reduce the burden on small investors from a proposed levy on savings, linked to a bailout. Plans for a one-off tax of 6.75% on savings up to 100,000 Euros have outraged Cypriots.
Tuesday, March 19th 2013 - 06:26 UTC
Opposition candidate leads vote intention for Paraguay’s presidential election in April

With just over a month for Paraguay’s presidential election the opposition candidate from the Colorado Party, Horacio Cartes is ahead with 37.3% vote intention followed by Efrain Alegre who represents the ruling Alianza with 30.3%, according to a public opinion poll contracted by the Asunción newspaper ABC Color and released on Monday.
Tuesday, March 19th 2013 - 06:22 UTC
Corruption reports on several OAS country members and private sector involvement

The Committee of Experts of the Mechanism to Follow Up on Implementation of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption, MESICIC of the Organization of American States began its 21st Meeting with an agenda that includes the approval of reports on Peru, Costa Rica, Argentina, Trinidad and Tobago and Honduras, and a discussion on the responsibility of the private sector in the fight against corruption.
Tuesday, March 19th 2013 - 06:19 UTC
HSBC accused by Argentina of tax evasion and money laundering

Argentina’s tax agency formally accused the local unit of British banking giant HSBC Holdings Plc. of conspiracy to hide bank accounts, thereby helping private companies evade tax payments and launder money.
Tuesday, March 19th 2013 - 02:27 UTC
Falklands: UK recalls that Vatican policy is they have no role to play in the dispute

The United Kingdom played down the request made by Argentine President Cristina Fernández to Pope Francis to intervene in the Falklands/Malvinas Islands sovereignty dispute and recalled the recent referendum with an overwhelming support from Islanders to remain a British overseas territory.