Stories for April 1st 2015

Wednesday, April 1st 2015 - 20:31 UTC
Falklands and South Atlantic Islands have a new defense commander

Commodore Darren Bone MA has been appointed as the next Commander British Forces South Atlantic Islands (CBFSAI), with headquarters in the Falkland Islands, and in April will replace Air Commodore Russ LaForte who has held the post since August 2013.
Wednesday, April 1st 2015 - 08:26 UTC
Driverless cars poised to transform automotive industry

The newest Mercedes autonomous car looks like a car on the outside but like a lounge on the inside, with four swivel seats facing each other in a multimedia bubble of padded leather and walnut veneer.
Wednesday, April 1st 2015 - 08:14 UTC
Latam countries the happiest, according to Gallup's Positive Experience Index

People in Latin America are the most likely in the world to experience a lot of positive emotions on a daily basis, according to Gallup's Positive Experience Index. In fact, for the first time in Gallup's 10-year history of global tracking, all of the top 10 countries with the highest Positive Experience Index scores are in Latin America.
Wednesday, April 1st 2015 - 08:05 UTC
Public-private partnership to rehabilitate Uruguay's most transited highways

Spanish construction company Sacyr joined Uruguay's Grinor in a consortium bidding for a contract to recover and maintain highways in the Mercosur member country.
Wednesday, April 1st 2015 - 07:45 UTC
Cristina Fernandez lashes out at unions for the 24-hour strike that brought Argentina to a halt

President Cristina Fernandez fiercely criticized the trade union leaders behind Tuesday's 24-hour general strike, which brought Argentina to a halt, arguing that adhesion to the measure would have been far lower if public transport had functioned as normal.
Wednesday, April 1st 2015 - 07:25 UTC
Clearstream stops settlement on all Argentine bonds; asks clarification from government

Following the CNV securities regulator’s decision to suspend Citibank Argentina from its custody business in the country, Clearstream said in a press release it stopped settlement on all Argentine bonds, and will re-open for non-exchange bonds if it gets clarification.
Wednesday, April 1st 2015 - 07:05 UTC
Prosecution appeals court ruling dismissing Cristina Fernandez from the Iran coverup case

Argentine prosecutor German Moldes has appealed a second court ruling rejecting the report by Alberto Nisman who, a week before he was found dead in his BA City apartment under mysterious circumstances in January, accused President Cristina Fernández and top government officials of seeking to cover up Iran’s alleged involvement in the bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center back in 1994.
Wednesday, April 1st 2015 - 06:44 UTC
Argentine president main speaker at Falklands war ceremony and enshrinement of “Our Lady of Malvinas”

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez will be the main speaker at the commemoration of the 33rd anniversary of the start of the Falklands/Malvinas war, to be held April second in the city of Ushuaia and which will also include a political-religious ceremony.
Wednesday, April 1st 2015 - 06:35 UTC
Peruvian president after new prime minister: seven in less than four years

Peru's prime minister was ousted by Congress in a vote of no confidence late on Monday following allegations of spying on her opponents, delivering a blow to President Ollanta Humala who will now have to form another new government. The new PM will be Humala's seventh in less than four years.
Wednesday, April 1st 2015 - 06:21 UTC
Fiscal imbalances and higher financial risks ahead for Latin America warns IDB

Most Latin American and Caribbean countries need to make budget adjustments in the face of rising fiscal imbalances and higher financial risks, according to the Inter-American Development Bank’s annual macroeconomic report issued this week.