Stories for January 6th 2014

Monday, January 6th 2014 - 19:51 UTC
Cristina Fernandez “working everyday” returns this week to Buenos Aires

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez “works everyday” and is “complying with her constitutional responsibilities” said cabinet chief Jorge Capitanich on Monday responding to opposition voices that have criticized the leader who remains in the Patagonian city of El Calafate. He also announced that the president would be returning to Buenos Aires this week.
Monday, January 6th 2014 - 19:47 UTC
Merkel fractures her pelvis skiing and calls off foreign visits

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has fractured her pelvis in a cross-country skiing accident and is walking with the help of crutches, forcing her to call off some foreign visits and official appointments, her spokesman has said.
Monday, January 6th 2014 - 19:42 UTC
Uruguayan minister says trade relations with Argentina “will never be the same”

Industry, Energy and Mining Minister, Roberto Kreimerman, said Uruguay would try to settle disputes with Argentina in order to reestablish trade relations, but he also recognized Uruguay’s relationship with Argentina 'will never be the same'. The minister revealed that 32 million dollars of Uruguayan exports are blocked at Argentine Customs.
Monday, January 6th 2014 - 19:37 UTC
Beckham to play for Argentina's River Plate for six months: 'why not?'

The great English player David Beckham could come out of retirement and sign a short term deal for Argentine giants River Plate, reports Argentine website Diario Veloz.
Monday, January 6th 2014 - 19:17 UTC
King of Spain admitted in 1983 advances in Gibraltar would reactivate Moroccan Ceuta claims

As negotiations over Spain’s entry to the European Union grew tense in 1983, King Juan Carlos twice told British officials it was not to Spain’s advantage to recover Gibraltar, according to newly declassified documents released to the UK National Archives.
Monday, January 6th 2014 - 19:13 UTC
Record Spanish incursions into Gibraltar waters in the last twelve months

Spain has made a record number of illegal incursions into Gibraltar waters in the past year, new figures show. The Sunday Telegraph said the figures capped a 12 month period in which relations between the Rock and Madrid “reached their lowest ebb since the rule of General Francisco Franco.”
Monday, January 6th 2014 - 19:07 UTC
RAF Tornado fighter jets fly with parts made using 3D printing technology

Royal Air Force Tornado fighter jets have flown with parts made using 3D printing technology for the first time, defense company BAE Systems has said. The metal components were used in test flights from the firm's airfield at Warton, Lancashire, late last month.
Monday, January 6th 2014 - 06:57 UTC
Ballot test this year in Latam: Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia, Uruguay, Panama, Costa Rica and El Salvador

Seven out of 19 Latin-American countries will be holding elections this year and in four of them, Brazil, Bolivia, El Salvador and Uruguay, left leaning catch-all coalitions will try to hold on to power. Likewise with two conservative governments, Colombia and Panama.
Monday, January 6th 2014 - 06:48 UTC
Brazilian opposition ready to present attractive, balanced presidential ticket

Former Brazilian environment minister Marina Silva has agreed to run for vice president in October elections on the presidential ticket of Eduardo Campos, the governor of Brazil’s Pernambuco state, O'Globo newspaper reported. Silva, who will make her intention publicly known by mid-February, could announce her candidacy at a January 17 meeting of leaders of Campos’ Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB).
Monday, January 6th 2014 - 06:47 UTC
Midwestern US warned of 'life-threatening' temperatures of up to minus 51 Celsius

Residents of the Midwestern United States braced for the coldest weather in two decades, temperatures that forecasters warned would be life-threatening. An estimated one third of the US population has been affected by the extreme weather conditions that also reached neighboring Canada.