Stories for January 30th 2015

Friday, January 30th 2015 - 20:36 UTC
Leading culinary association promotes Argentine food and wine at the embassy in London

The annual dinner of the Chaine des Rotisseurs was held in the Embassy of Argentina in the United Kingdom and for the first time, the association dedicated its major event to Argentine food and wine. Over one hundred special guests enjoyed a menu of dishes and wines representing the best of the country’s regional culinary traditions.
Friday, January 30th 2015 - 19:46 UTC
Another contender for Blatter's FIFA job, Figo: “time for transparency”

Former Portugal star Luis Figo has announced he will stand for the FIFA presidency. The 42-year-old revealed his intentions in an interview with CNN, a day before the FIFA deadline for candidacies.
Friday, January 30th 2015 - 08:25 UTC
Chavez died December 2012 and not March 2013, says former bodyguard

A former bodyguard of Venezuela’s Socialist Party heavyweight Diosdado Cabello Leamsy Salazar, who fled the country earlier this week and was reportedly collaborating with US authorities investigating allegations of Venezuelan officials' involvement in drugs, said late president Hugo Chavez did not die on 5 March 2013 but on 30 December 2012.
Friday, January 30th 2015 - 08:19 UTC
Argentine-born scientist to prison for providing US nuclear information to alleged Venezuelan agents

A U.S. judge sentenced an Argentine-born scientist, now a nationalized American, to five years in prison for providing secret nuclear information to an FBI agent posing as a Venezuelan government official, the Justice Department announced.
Friday, January 30th 2015 - 08:03 UTC
Petrobras former CEO has assets frozen under court investigation

A Brazilian state court froze the assets of former Petrobras Chief Executive Officer Jose Sergio Gabrielli amid an investigation of graft and money-laundering in the government-run oil producer's contracts with construction companies.
Friday, January 30th 2015 - 07:26 UTC
Argentine officials try to discredit prosecutor Fein and engineer Lagomarsino

Argentine cabinet members diligently applied on Thursday President Cristina Fernandez strategy to disqualify facts and events surrounding the death of special prosecutor Alberto Nisman which has turned out to be a formidable blow to her administration's credibility.
Friday, January 30th 2015 - 07:14 UTC
Nisman “was not the maker of his death” underlines former wife at the burial

Argentine special prosecutor Alberto Nisman was buried on Thursday in the same section of the main Jewish cemetery in Buenos Aires as the victims in the 1994 AMIA bombing that he was investigating, but the circumstances surrounding his death have become even more confusing and mysterious.
Friday, January 30th 2015 - 06:46 UTC
Falklands' anti-Argentine flag petition collects 494 names and a lively debate

A lively debate, at times impassioned took place earlier this week in the Falkland Islands during a public meeting at the Chamber of Commerce to discuss bad behavior from Argentine visitors which was described as 'disturbing and distressing” for many Islanders.