Stories for May 2014

Tuesday, May 27th 2014 - 08:48 UTC
UK physics professor fired from US university for conviction in Argentina on drugs

University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill has fired the 70-year-old physics professor who was arrested in 2012 after flying to Argentina to meet the woman who he thought was a former Miss Bikini World and instead was arrested by drug agents after getting entangled in a scheme to smuggle two kilos of cocaine.
Tuesday, May 27th 2014 - 08:42 UTC
Argentina promises no gas shortage this winter, but industry has already suffered the first cuts

Argentina's Planning minister Julio De Vido guaranteed publicly on Monday that there will be no gas cuts next winter (21 June), while Energy Secretary Daniel Cameron described the “situation as the best in the last four years”.
Tuesday, May 27th 2014 - 08:34 UTC
Argentina in another negotiating round with the Paris Club of creditors

Argentina's Economy Minister Axel Kicillof has assured that progress has been made with creditors in the Paris Club as the politician left Monday evening for France in preparation for talks with the financial institution over restructuring Argentina's debt, estimated in 9.5bn dollars.
Tuesday, May 27th 2014 - 08:23 UTC
Malvinas and Bolivia's ocean outlet, the 'two open wounds' of Latin America

Latin America has two open wounds, the Malvinas Islands and Bolivia's sovereign outlet to the Pacific, said Bolivian vice-president Alvaro Garcia Linera in Mendoza, Argentina where he was awarded an 'Honoris Causa” for his commitment to regional integration and inclusion.
Tuesday, May 27th 2014 - 08:16 UTC
UK company reaches compensation agreement with Bolivian government

Bolivia has agreed to pay 31.7 million dollars to British electric utility Rurelec as compensation for the 2010 nationalization of its controlling stake in power producer Empresa Electrica Guaracachi, 10 million less than the amount determined by an arbitration tribunal, the Attorney General's Office said.
Tuesday, May 27th 2014 - 08:14 UTC
UKIP makes history: breaks traditional British bipartisanship

The victory of Britain’s euro-skeptic UK Independent Party in European elections broke the traditional British bipartisanship for the first time in over a century. UKIP party swept to victory riding a tide of Euro-skepticism and anxiety about immigration to beat Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives and the opposition Labor party.
Monday, May 26th 2014 - 21:55 UTC
Uruguay and Denmark top the list of ITUC Global Rights Index

A global leader-board in the race to protect workers’ rights was released at the ITUC World Congress in Berlin. The ITUC Global Rights Index ranks 139 countries against 97 internationally recognized indicators to assess where workers’ rights are best protected, in law and in practice.
Monday, May 26th 2014 - 21:15 UTC
Shrimp saves the day for Argentine seafood exports in first four months

Argentina seafood exports totaled 116,738 tons during the first four months of the year, which shows an increase of 2.9% over the same 2013 period in 2013, when 113,419 tons were shipped abroad. Strong shrimp exports helped offset lower volumes of fish.
Monday, May 26th 2014 - 13:23 UTC
Thousands march across the world to protest against Monsanto and GMO foods

Hundreds of thousands people have united across the world to voice concern over the spread of GMO foods and crops and to raise awareness over the biotech giant Monsanto’s growing grip on the global food supply chain.
Monday, May 26th 2014 - 13:14 UTC
Spain supports EC proposal for an absolute ban on driftnets

Spain's Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment (MAGRAMA) publicly announced its satisfaction with the proposed Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council presented by the European Commission (EC) for the banning of driftnet fishing.