Stories for July 9th 2013

Tuesday, July 9th 2013 - 06:39 UTC
Main organized labour leader calls on workers not to vote for CFK next October

The powerful organized labour leader and former ally of the government Hugo Moyano, called on workers to vote against the administration of President Cristina Fernandez (CFK) and her candidates in the coming mid term elections of next October, during a political rally in the iconic Plaza de Mayo, downtown Buenos Aires
Tuesday, July 9th 2013 - 06:34 UTC
Strong letter to Cristina Fernandez for blocking AMIA case prosecutor from testifying before US congress

The United States Congress sent a strong letter to Argentine president Cristina Fernandez expressing ‘disappointment’ and ‘deep concern’ over the government’s decision to deny General Prosecutor of the AMIA Case, Alberto Nisman, the opportunity to testify before the House Committee on Homeland Security’.
Tuesday, July 9th 2013 - 06:30 UTC
Venezuela confirms Snowden asylum application: he has to decide when

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said his government has received an asylum application from US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden and the fugitive must now decide if he wants to fly to Caracas.
Tuesday, July 9th 2013 - 06:26 UTC
Bolivia wants EU ambassadors to reveal who said Snowden was aboard Morales plane

Bolivia demanded France, Portugal, Spain and Italy reveal who told them that former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden was aboard President Evo Morales' flight from Moscow last week.
Tuesday, July 9th 2013 - 06:23 UTC
State Department confirms dialogue with Brazil on the alleged intelligence activity

The US State Department spokesperson during the daily briefing declined to comment on the alleged intelligence activity in Brazil but admitted dialogue with the Brazilians through normal diplomatic channels, but those conversations ‘of course we would keep private’.
Tuesday, July 9th 2013 - 06:17 UTC
Brazil investigating if telecom companies cooperated with the US spying program

Brazil began an investigation Monday into whether telecommunications firms operating in the country cooperated with the U.S. as part of a spying program that has collected data on billions of telephone and email conversations. Anatel, the government agency that regulates the telecom sector in Brazil, said in a note that it's working with federal police and other government agencies on the investigation.
Tuesday, July 9th 2013 - 06:08 UTC
Francis pays tribute to deceased migrants and slams “globalization of indifference”

Pope Francis has visited Lampedusa in the extreme south of Italy to pay tribute to the thousands of migrants who have lost their lives trying to reach the European Union and criticized what he called the “globalization of indifference.”
Tuesday, July 9th 2013 - 05:58 UTC
UK announces new feasibility study into resettlement of the British Indian Ocean Territory

The British government announced to Parliament that it will commission a new feasibility study into the resettlement of the British Indian Ocean Territory, BIOT, whose indigenous population the Chagossian was removed in the sixties and early seventies for defense reasons and is an issue that remains highly controversial and sensitive.
Tuesday, July 9th 2013 - 01:50 UTC
Paraguay not interested in Mercosur if Venezuela holds the chair, says top official

Paraguay called for practical sense from its Mercosur partners Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay to try and overcome the current impasse which could lead to a rift if Venezuela occupies the chair of the group at this week’s summit in Montevideo. Paraguay does not recognize Venezuela’s full membership because it was decided in its absence.
Tuesday, July 9th 2013 - 00:09 UTC
Brazil drops the idea of Cuban doctors and will hire physicians from Spain and Portugal

The Brazilian government, under pressure to improve public health services, has dropped plans to import a contingent of Cuban doctors and is instead looking to hire physicians in Spain and Portugal, the Health Ministry said on Monday.