Stories for March 2015

Sunday, March 15th 2015 - 02:19 UTC
The non humble fellow Argentines according to Pope Francis

Pope Francis during one of the several interviews motivated by his two years in the Vatican, also referred to his fellow citizens in Argentina, which he described as non humble and on the contrary rather vain and arrogant.
Sunday, March 15th 2015 - 01:10 UTC
US ambassador in Argentina received by cabinet chief Anibal Fernandez

Argentina’s Cabinet Chief Anibal Fernández received United States ambassador to Argentina Noah Mamet in his Casa Rosada office. Apparently the meeting was strictly protocol, and no details of the agenda were supplies to the media.
Sunday, March 15th 2015 - 01:02 UTC
Argentina declassifies all files connected to the 1994 AMIA attack

The administration of President Cristina Fernandez has ordered the declassification of all files connected with the attack against the AMIA Jewish community center that took place in 1994 in Buenos Aires City. Some of the documents were already in the hands of the special prosecutor in charge of investigating the bombing, now late Alberto Nisman.
Sunday, March 15th 2015 - 00:54 UTC
Argentina blasts Judge Griesa ruling blocking Citigroup from paying bonds issued under local law

A release from the Argentine Economy Ministry considered US Judge Thomas Griesa's ruling issued on Thursday “a shameful excess of jurisdiction”. Judge Griesa blocked Citigroup Inc from processing interest payments by Argentina on some bonds issued under the country's law.
Saturday, March 14th 2015 - 10:30 UTC
Cruise season in Ushuaia with 71.000 visitors and 251 calls

Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego and considered the most southern city of the world, received over 70.000 cruise visitors and 251 vessel calls during this cruise season, which took off last September and was computed until the end of February, which also proved to be the most active month of austral summer.
Friday, March 13th 2015 - 14:35 UTC
Iceland drops EU membership request; it had suspended the bid in 2013

The government of Iceland has announced it is no longer seeking EU membership for the North Atlantic state. Foreign Minister Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson said he had already informed current EU president Latvia and the European Commission about the cabinet's move.
Friday, March 13th 2015 - 13:24 UTC
Brazil's meats giant JBS plans no further acquisitions; about 80% of debts in dollars

Brazilian meats giant JBS SA plans to focus on Australia, U.S. pork operations and its processed foods division under a 2015 strategy focused on “organic expansion” rather than acquisitions, CEO Wesley Batista said on Thursday, and estimated that between 2.5 billion to 3 billion reais (806 million/967 million dollars) in capital investment will be needed this year to support the strategy.
Friday, March 13th 2015 - 13:15 UTC
Scientists in China announce genetically engineered cows resistant to bovine TB

Scientists in China have said they produced a herd of genetically engineered cows that are better able to ward off bovine TB infection. The long-term goal of the research is to avoid the need to cull livestock by breeding disease resistant cattle.
Friday, March 13th 2015 - 13:06 UTC
Santander and Deutsche banks fail a US Fed Reserve “stress test”

Spain's Santander and Deutsche Bank have failed a US “stress test” designed to assess whether lenders can withstand another financial crisis. The review, carried out by the Federal Reserve, gauges whether the biggest banks operating in the US have the “ability to lend to households and businesses even in times of stress”.
Friday, March 13th 2015 - 12:03 UTC
Brazil's Levy says austerity measures are more important than a weak currency

Brazil's economic growth depends more on the approval of austerity measures needed to rebuild investor confidence than on a weaker currency, Finance Minister Joaquim Levy told O Globo newspaper.