Stories for April 15th 2014

Tuesday, April 15th 2014 - 06:14 UTC
Cristina Fernandez former Transport minister indicted for unlawful enrichment

Argentine presidential couple Nestor and Cristina Kirchner's former Transport Secretary Ricardo Jaime was indicted last week for unlawful enrichment and impounded for 40 million Argentine Pesos (approx 5 million dollars) He's the first of very close former aides of the powerful couple to face a jail sentence.
Tuesday, April 15th 2014 - 06:09 UTC
China's foreign minister on a round of Latin America to prepare president Xi's visit

China's Foreign minister Wang Yi will be travelling to Cuba, Venezuela, Argentina and Brazil from 18 to 27 April. The round comes two months ahead of Chinese president Xi-Jinping visit to Brazil for the BRICS summit next July in the northeastern city of Fortaleza. BRICS stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
Tuesday, April 15th 2014 - 04:01 UTC
White House confirms Uruguay's Mujica will meet President Obama on 12 May

The White House confirmed on Monday that President Obama will host his Uruguayan peer Jose Mujica on May 12, highlighting the close partnership with Uruguay and strong leadership of Mujica's administration on human rights, social inclusion and global peace and security.

Cristina Fernandez former Transport minister indicted for unlawful enrichment