Stories for 2013

Wednesday, March 20th 2013 - 07:54 UTC
UK reopens embassy in Paraguay in July and names Latam expert ambassador

The UK has appointed ambassador to Paraguay as part of the current government’s plan to recover lost ground in Latinamerica. The British embassy in Asunción was closed in 2005 and has since had a non resident ambassador based in Buenos Aires.
Wednesday, March 20th 2013 - 07:46 UTC
Venezuelan presidential candidate Capriles pledges “not another drop of oil to Cuba”

Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate on Monday vowed to end the OPEC nation's shipments of subsidized oil to the Castro brothers regime in Cuba, slamming acting President as a puppet of Havana.
Wednesday, March 20th 2013 - 07:41 UTC
South Atlantic patrol HMS Argyll saves the life of a Japanese fisherman in high seas

Sailors onboard the South Atlantic patrol Royal Navy HMS Argyll saved the life of a Japanese fisherman who had suffered a serious head injury off the coast of Africa. Approximately 20 miles off the Cape Verde coast she received news that a fisherman onboard the trawler Wakashio Maru No 82 had been seriously hurt in an accident 24 hours earlier.
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.