Stories for June 24th 2015

Wednesday, June 24th 2015 - 08:38 UTC
Petrobras scandal ramifications getting closer to Lula da Silva

One of Brazil's leading weekly magazines, Epoca, has revealed that former president Lula da Silva could be investigated over corruption allegations following on the imprisonment of the Odebrecht Group CEO, (Marcelo Odebrecht) which is one of the country's largest private corporations and employers, and for which Lula did much lobbying and sponsoring for public works projects in Dominican Republic, Cuba, Venezuela and Ghana.
Wednesday, June 24th 2015 - 08:29 UTC
Workers Party is old and out of touch, “an internal revolution is needed”, blasts Lula da Silva

Former President Lula da Silva again blasted Brazil's governing Workers Party, an organization he founded, as old and out of touch. “We have to define whether we want to save our skins and our jobs or if we want to save our project,” Lula da Silva said in Sao Paulo during a seminar on democracy, which he attended along with former Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez.
Wednesday, June 24th 2015 - 08:17 UTC
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands launch crown coin with the humpback whale

The Treasury of South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands have launched a crown coin which features some the most amazing wildlife found in and around the South Atlantic Ocean. Following the tradition of depicting indigenous local wildlife, this latest crown issued by South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands features the amazing Humpback Whale.
Wednesday, June 24th 2015 - 08:06 UTC
Falklands delegate attending annual Red Ensign Group conference in Bermuda

The Falkland Islands is represented at the 25th Annual Red Ensign Group, REG, conference which is taking place in the town of St George's, Bermuda. Minister of Tourism Development and Transport Shawn Crockwell, delivered the opening remarks and welcomed the overseas delegates attending the conference that the Bermuda Department of Maritime Administration is hosting.
Wednesday, June 24th 2015 - 07:48 UTC
World Medical Association welcomes report on climate change and health

The World Medical Association welcomed the Lancet Commission's latest report on climate change, which it says reiterates the serious concerns of physicians that climate change poses an unacceptably high threat to health.
Wednesday, June 24th 2015 - 07:35 UTC
Conmebol with no access to funds to pay for prizes and teams' lodgings

The current edition of the Americas Cup, the main football competition of South America organized every four years by the South American Football Confederation, Conmebol, and which this year is being hosted by Chile, apparently does not have the funds to pay for prizes and for the lodging of the twelve national teams involved.
Wednesday, June 24th 2015 - 07:15 UTC
Driest June in Santiago in fifty years worsens pollution in the midst of Copa America match

Chile's capital Santiago has experienced the driest June in half a century, leading to unexpected headache-inducing levels of contamination and Andean ski slopes bereft of snow, with no rain clouds on the horizon. There has been zero precipitation in the month to date in Santiago, the first time that has happened in fifty years, according to meteorology records.
Wednesday, June 24th 2015 - 07:09 UTC
Spain to question Gibraltar’s exclusion from EU tax havens blacklist

Spain will call on the European Commission to include Gibraltar on the EU blacklist of tax havens published last week, it emerged over the weekend. The list names the 30 top tax havens as identified by EU countries, but Gibraltar is not on it. Only nine of the EU’s 28 members - among them Spain - view the Rock as a harmful jurisdiction for taxation.
Wednesday, June 24th 2015 - 06:58 UTC
Malvinas-veteran new Army chief; former head resigns amid claims of human rights violations

The head of Argentina's army, Major General Cesar Milani long accused of human rights violations, has resigned and will be replaced by General Ricardo Luis Cundom, a Malvinas conflict veteran.