MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for March 20th 2014
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Thursday, March 20th 2014 - 07:11 UTC
Argentina secures French support for its ongoing litigations with hedge funds
President Cristina Fernández praised the decision by France to file an 'amicus curiae' brief before the US Supreme Court, in a show of support to Argentina in its long-standing battle against speculative fund creditors, and also secured the backing of the French government to settle a 9.5bn dollars dispute with the Paris Club.
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Thursday, March 20th 2014 - 07:02 UTC
Argentina blasts double-standard in addressing Crimea and Malvinas
The Ukraine question must be settled through political negotiations and peace, President Cristina Fernández said at a press conference in Paris where she arrived this week to meet with her French counterpart Francois Hollande.
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Thursday, March 20th 2014 - 06:57 UTC
Dilma Rousseff questioned on “flawed” report that cost Petrobras 1.2bn
A scandal surrounding the costly acquisition of a Texas oil refinery by Brazilian state-run energy company Petrobras years ago resurfaced Wednesday after new questions arose about President Dilma Rousseff’s handling of the deal, which involved a sum of 1.2bn dollars.
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Thursday, March 20th 2014 - 06:46 UTC
Pope Francis meets Malvinas war veterans and next of kin
Pope Francis met on Wednesday with a group of Malvinas veterans and next of kin of fallen in the Malvinas war, two weeks before the 32nd anniversary of the Argentine military invasion of the conflict.
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Thursday, March 20th 2014 - 03:28 UTC
Malvinas: Argentina understands UK's insistence on tripartite talks, “but UN resolutions prevent it”
The Telegraph published a long interview with Daniel Filmus recently appointed to head the Argentine government newly created Malvinas Islands Related Issues Secretariat in which he repeats many of the arguments of the Cristina Fernandez administration campaign referred to the Falklands sovereignty claim, using such words as 'colonialism' and 'militarization', and attacking UK's refusal to sit and dialogue as indicated by UN resolutions.
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Thursday, March 20th 2014 - 03:26 UTC
US Fed hints interest rates could start to rise in early 2015 as jobs picture improves
The US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen hinted on Wednesday that interest rates in the US could start to rise in early 2015, that is six months after it halts its monthly bond-buying program. Ms Yellen made the remarks after the Fed said it will scale back bond purchases by a further 10bn dollars per month.
