Stories for May 2014

Monday, May 19th 2014 - 08:45 UTC
Argentine Vice-president under criminal investigation; calls for Boudou to step down

Argentine Vice-president Amado Boudou said he was not planning “an absence of leave” from office because that is not the style of President Cristina Fernandez' administration following a federal court confirmation of a criminal investigation into his alleged involvement in the sale of a minting company.
Monday, May 19th 2014 - 07:58 UTC
Calls for Colombian opposition presidential candidate to quit over spying

A candidate in Colombia's presidential elections next Sunday has called on the leading opposition candidate, Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, to quit the race after new video evidence of spying by his campaign consultant on peace talks with leftist rebels.
Saturday, May 17th 2014 - 09:03 UTC
Brazilian police tells tourists that if attacked “don't fight, scream or argue”

If attacked in Brazil: “Don't fight, scream or argue”. That's the advice being offered to tourists by São Paulo Civil Police ahead of this year's World Cup games which authorities have revealed will be enforced by armored, “RoboCop”-styled riot police.
Saturday, May 17th 2014 - 08:55 UTC
Another chapter of Colombia peace talks closed; FARC admits links with the drug trade

Colombia's government and FARC rebels announced on Friday an agreement to jointly combat illicit drug trade in the country as part of a six-point peace plan. The deal comes ahead of May 25 elections in the country and is an implicit admission of the guerrillas' links with the drug trade.
Saturday, May 17th 2014 - 07:11 UTC
Venezuela's protests should be over by July when the summer holidays, says top security official

Venezuela’s three-month protest movement has dwindled to a hard core of a few hundred violent troublemakers and the unrest should be over by July, when schools and universities break up for the summer holidays, a top security official said.
Saturday, May 17th 2014 - 06:58 UTC
Rousseff 'fed up' with Blatter; hopes Brazil win the Cup playing Argentina in the final match

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff confessed on Thursday evening during dinner with journalists that she is fed up with FIFA chief Joseph Blatter and said the last chapter of protests in the Brazilian cities that will host the World Cup next month were a failure.
Saturday, May 17th 2014 - 06:52 UTC
Falkland Islands establish record catch of Illex squid: 268.223 tons

Falkland Islands catches of Illex squid surpassed this week the previous record annual catch by 2,022 tons. That record was 266,201 tons in 1999 and Director of Natural Resources John Barton reported midmorning on Thursday that the 2014 catch had just has just overtaken that at 268,223 tons.
Saturday, May 17th 2014 - 06:45 UTC
Obama lists assets worth 7.15 million; presidential salary 400.000 dollars

President Barack Obama lists assets worth between 1.95 million and 7.15 million dollars, of which 1 million to 5 million dollars were in Treasury notes, according to financial disclosure forms released today.
Saturday, May 17th 2014 - 06:39 UTC
Blatter admits that awarding Qatar the 2022 World Cup was a 'mistake'

Awarding the 2022 soccer World Cup to Qatar was a 'mistake' and the tournament will probably have to be held in the winter because of the heat, FIFA president Sepp Blatter has said.“Of course, it was a mistake. You know, one comes across a lot of mistakes in life,” he told Swiss television station RTS in an interview.
Saturday, May 17th 2014 - 06:27 UTC
Opposition party wins landslide in India trouncing the ruling Nehru-Gandhi dynasty

Opposition candidate Narendra Modi thundered to victory on Friday in India's election, with partial results showing that the pro-business Hindu nationalist and his party trounced the ruling Nehru-Gandhi dynasty in a seismic political shift.