Stories for 2013

Wednesday, June 12th 2013 - 07:38 UTC
Federal court strikes major setback for Cristina Fernandez judicial reform

Argentine Federal Judge María Servini de Cubría with competence over electoral affairs ruled that the Counsel of Magistrates reform law recently passed by Congress is unconstitutional. Her decision comes hours away from the deadline to apply for electoral alliances.
Wednesday, June 12th 2013 - 07:35 UTC
Argentina ratifies primary elections August 11, including for the controversial Counsel of Magistrates

The Argentine government ratified that open and simultaneous primary elections, ahead of October’s mid term election, as established by law in the electoral calendar, will be held next August 11, despite the current wave of injunctions against a reform of the Magistrates Counsel (responsible for naming, sanctioning and firing judges) which contemplates the election of its members by universal suffrage on the same dates.
Wednesday, June 12th 2013 - 07:34 UTC
Uruguay central bank “less confident” in ability to bring down inflation to target

Uruguay’s changes in the monetary policy regime as announced last week are unlikely to address the country’s inflation problems points out Capital Economics in its latest report emphasizing that a tighter economy policy and reduction of wage indexation remain the main challenges to keep within the 5% target.
Wednesday, June 12th 2013 - 07:30 UTC
Assange recommends whistleblower Snowden seek refuge in Latinamerica

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, a refugee for almost a year at the Embassy of Ecuador in London, is recommending that Edward Snowden, 29, seek refuge in Latin America.
Wednesday, June 12th 2013 - 07:29 UTC
Argentine health authorities insist influenza cases are normal for the year

Argentina’s influenza death toll has risen to 11 across the country. Three people have been reported dead in the past hours in the province of Córdoba where the number of total H1NI virus casualties has now reached four.
Wednesday, June 12th 2013 - 07:26 UTC
Falklands celebrates March referendum success with a new coin issue

The Treasury of the Falklands Islands Government has issued a new coin whose main focus is that of the March referendum when the population was asked about the status of the Islands and overwhelmingly voted to remain as a British Overseas Territory.
The turnout was 92% and 99% of ballots confirmed British Territory status.
Wednesday, June 12th 2013 - 07:24 UTC
Venezuela’s electoral council ratifies Maduro victory; Capriles appeals to Supreme Court

Venezuela's National Electoral Council said an audit of the results of presidential elections in April confirmed President Nicolas Maduro did win by 1.5 percentage points, despite opposition claims that the vote was fraudulent.
Wednesday, June 12th 2013 - 07:22 UTC
Argentina shale oil reserves rank fourth behind Russia, China and US, says latest energy report

Argentina ranks fourth, behind Russia, the United States and China with technically recoverable shale oil reserves of 27 billion barrels, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in a landmark report that offers a preliminary glimpse of the hydrocarbons that remain untapped across the world.
Wednesday, June 12th 2013 - 07:20 UTC
China set eyes on Latam agriculture to promote cooperation and food security

China is determined to strongly stimulate agriculture cooperation with Latin America to improve bilateral trade in the field, develop farming technology and improve productivity. This was the main conclusion of the recent China/Latinamerica Agriculture Cooperation Forum held in Beijing which convened over twenty Agriculture ministers from the region with host minister Han Changfu.
Wednesday, June 12th 2013 - 07:18 UTC
Germany’s highest court to decide on ECB bond-purchase program

Germany's highest tribunal, the Constitutional Court, began on Tuesday the first of two days of hearings on Tuesday on whether the European Central Bank's program to buy up sovereign debt of struggling Euro zone countries is compatible with Germany's Basic Law.