Stories for 2014

Monday, March 24th 2014 - 06:55 UTC
Brazil, France and Mexico to file papers before the US Supreme Court in support of Argentina

Brazil, France and Mexico are expected to file papers in the US Supreme Court on Monday backing Argentina in its legal battle with bondholders who refused to take part in debt restructurings from the country's 2002 default, according to a source familiar with the litigation.
Monday, March 24th 2014 - 06:52 UTC
Spain mourns the loss of the man who played a key role in the transition to democracy

Former Prime Minister Adolfo Suarez, who played a key role in Spain's transition to democracy, died in Madrid on Sunday. He was 81. The former premier was hospitalized last Monday with respiratory problems related to Alzheimer's, his family said.
Monday, March 24th 2014 - 06:47 UTC
EU/Mercosur still in the cold but committed to reach an agreement in coming months

The European Union and Mercosur held last Friday in Brussels the technical meeting, as was scheduled to assess the state of negotiations for a long delayed and ambitious association and trade agreement, but concluded with no calendar for the exchange of tariff reduction proposals, which is central to the discussions.
Sunday, March 23rd 2014 - 09:43 UTC
Federal troops to Rio do Janeiro to try and contain attacks against the police

The government in Brazil says it will send federal troops to Rio de Janeiro to help deal with a spate of violent attacks targeting the city's police. The decision came after the governor of Rio de Janeiro state, Sergio Cabral, asked President Dilma Rousseff for government support ahead of the football World Cup in June.
Sunday, March 23rd 2014 - 08:54 UTC
Falklands included in Norwegian and Windstar cruises, announces Sulivan

The Norwegian Cruise Line operating in South America will be returning to the Falkland Islands for the 2015/16 season after a four year absence, announced Sulivan Shipping Service Ltd. Coordinator Sammy Marsh, who together with the Falklands Tourist Board Manager Tony Mason attended the latest edition of the Cruise Shipping Miami conference.
Saturday, March 22nd 2014 - 12:42 UTC
Falklands' operational campaign to be informed by US oil industry leader

The highest paid woman on a list of 500 Houston oil executives (2009) will be in the Falkland Islands next week with Noble Energy. She is scheduled to hold meetings with the local business community and members of the public for an operational update on Noble's Falklands' campaign.
Saturday, March 22nd 2014 - 12:12 UTC
Putin formalizes Russia's takeover of Crimea despite US and EU sanctions

With a display of fireworks in Moscow and Crimea, President Vladimir Putin has signed a law formalizing Russia's takeover of Crimea from Ukraine, despite fresh sanctions from the EU and the US. The European Union's latest measures target twelve people involved in Russia's annexation of the peninsula.
Saturday, March 22nd 2014 - 08:01 UTC
The Falklands/Malvinas: Brazil’s next regional headache?

By Oliver Stuenkel (*) - Brazil, foreign policy observers often point out, is blessed. Contrary to many other emerging powers such as China or India, it is located in a region that rarely experiences interstate tension or war. Not only can Brazil live on a relatively small defense budget, while India is the world's largest arms importer. Brazil can also dedicate considerable time and energy towards extending its global diplomatic reach without constantly being forced to deal with trouble in its neighborhood.
Saturday, March 22nd 2014 - 07:50 UTC
Malvinas Families wish to have a chapel at Darwin cemetery and requested the “Pope's mediation”

The Malvinas war next of kin are trying to have a chapel or a sanctuary built at the Darwin cemetery, in the Falkland Islands where the remains of 237 Argentine combatants are buried. The idea is to convert “this space in dispute in a peregrination place”, according to a report from the Argentine official news agency Telam.
Saturday, March 22nd 2014 - 07:37 UTC
Pope calls on the mafia to change or 'end up in hell, at annual ceremony for the mafiosi victims

Pope Francis, in an annual ceremony held to remember the hundreds of innocent people murdered by the Italian mafia, made a solemn plea for mobsters to change or else “end up in hell”. The mafia continues to plague much of southern Italy: just on Monday, a four-year-old boy was shot dead, along with his mother and her boyfriend, near the southern city of Taranto in a suspected mob hit.