MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for April 21st 2015
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Tuesday, April 21st 2015 - 08:09 UTC
Jewish association denies any link with hedge funds demanding Argentina, as claimed by Cristina Fernandez
Top Argentine Jewish association, DAIA, on Monday denied that there was any relationship linking the Argentine Jewish community with deceased prosecutor Alberto Nisman and hedge funds involved in a U.S. court case in response to accusations made on the weekend by President Cristina Fernandez.
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Tuesday, April 21st 2015 - 08:00 UTC
Appeals court dismisses Nisman's case against President Cristina Fernandez
A Court of Cassations (Appeals) prosecutor on Monday refused to take on the criminal complaint formulated by late AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman, in which he accused Argentine President Cristina Fernández and other government officials of covering up the identities of those responsible for the deadly bombing at the Jewish community centre.
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Tuesday, April 21st 2015 - 07:36 UTC
Falklands' public consultation period on oil industry impact extended until Friday
The Falkland Islands government (FIG) announced it has extended the public consultation period for the Oil & Gas Social Effects Monitoring Program, which was originally intended to end this week. The new deadline is Friday 24 April.
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Tuesday, April 21st 2015 - 07:22 UTC
Significant blow to toothfish poaching in Antarctica and Patagonian waters
Operation Icefish, Sea Shepherd's first campaign to target Illegal, Unregulated, Unreported (IUU) fishing of toothfish in the waters of Antarctica, and the organization's longest, continuous at-sea campaign to date has concluded with unexpected success.
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Tuesday, April 21st 2015 - 07:12 UTC
New York governor and a large business delegation land in Havana
Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo arrived in the Cuban capital on Monday heading a large delegation of business people interested in learning firsthand the Cuban reality and making contacts for future business endeavors. Cuomo was welcomed at the José Martí International Airport by Josefina Vidal, head of the USA desk at the Cuban Foreign Ministry.
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Tuesday, April 21st 2015 - 06:59 UTC
Argentine opposition gets most votes in primaries of two main electoral districts
Argentine opposition parties came ahead in the regional primaries for governors held on Sunday in two important electoral districts, Santa Fe and Mendoza. Argentina is holding general elections next October but the law makes mandatory the open, simultaneous and mandatory primaries, PASO, which also help to give an idea of the electoral map and political feeling of public opinion.
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Tuesday, April 21st 2015 - 01:16 UTC
World Bank warns Latin America about permanent slowdown in the absence of structural reform
In its latest semiannual report, “Latin America Treads a Narrow Path to Growth: The Slowdown and its Macroeconomic Challenges,” the World Bank´s Office of the Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean forecasts a fourth year of slow growth for the region.
