Stories for April 11th 2015

Saturday, April 11th 2015 - 14:27 UTC
Seizure of YPF faces litigation from two Spanish companies demanding compensation

Argentina has been sued in a US district court in New York in connection with its nationalization of oil giant YPF in 2012, according to court documents. The plaintiffs are two Spanish firms, and they are represented by a US law firm Burford Capital.
Saturday, April 11th 2015 - 13:12 UTC
Colombia's FARC reject submission to judicial processes as “common criminals”

Colombia's FARC rebels cannot be submitted to the same judicial processes as “common criminals” under a possible peace deal, the Marxist group said on Friday. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) made the comments after President Juan Manuel Santos said in an interview that the biggest hurdle to signing peace would be getting the group to agree to face justice after 50 years of war.
Saturday, April 11th 2015 - 13:05 UTC
Brazil's anti-corruption drive nets three former lawmakers

Brazilian police arrested on Friday three former congressmen broadening their corruption investigation beyond state-run oil giant Petrobras to state lender Caixa Economica Federal and the federal health ministry.
Saturday, April 11th 2015 - 07:16 UTC
Falklands Tourist Board presented the 2015 Tourism Awards, and the winners are...

Tony Mason, Chief Executive Officer of the Falkland Islands Tourist and H.E. The Governor of the Falkland Islands, Mr. Colin Roberts, presented the 2015 tourism awards on 1st April 2015. It was also a successful finale for CEO Mason who now has an even more ambitious task with the Falkland Islands Tourist Board in the United Kingdom.
Saturday, April 11th 2015 - 06:45 UTC
Falklands: Ambassador Castro refers ironically to Foreign Office summons

Argentine ambassador in London, Alicia Castro complained about being summoned to the Foreign Office over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands dispute revealing she asked the British official if it was “an expression of British humor or a political paradox”, since the UK has failed to comply with international law for the last five decades.
Saturday, April 11th 2015 - 06:25 UTC
Obama and Raul Castro shook hands at opening of the Americas summit in Panama

US President Barack Obama and Cuba's Raul Castro on Friday shook hands and sat near each other at the historic Panama Summit of the Americas, a new milestone in efforts to shed decades of animosity. Obama and Castro greeted each other as UN chief Ban Ki-moon looked on, before taking their seats with other regional leaders at a Panama City convention center.
Saturday, April 11th 2015 - 05:45 UTC
'Malvinas', center piece of Cristina Fernandez speech at Panama summit

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez is attending the VII Summit of the Americas in Panama City where she is expected on Saturday to strongly criticize the United Kingdom over the 'militarization' of the Falklands/Malvinas and revelations of massive espionage of Argentina by London.
Saturday, April 11th 2015 - 05:38 UTC
Uruguayan president meets Obama; UNHCR will provide Guantanamo detainees with homes

The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, will provide homes to six former detainees of the US military prison in Guantanamo who have struggled to resettle in Uruguay, the country`s President said on Friday.