Stories for 13th 2015

Tuesday, May 26th 2015 - 20:07 UTC
Argentine Church calls for responsible leadership and end to political bickering

The long influential shadow of Buenos Aires born Pope Francis was again present on Monday 25 May at two significant religious and official ceremonies, calling for responsible leadership and an end to political bickering.
Tuesday, May 26th 2015 - 07:04 UTC
CFK anticipates to huge rally that Kirchnerism will continue after December

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez (CFK) demanded that the “current twelve year transformation process of Argentina” and Peronism continue in office and underlined that this objective does not depend on one person, but on the people's voting and defending all that was conquered in the last twelve years.
Tuesday, May 26th 2015 - 06:52 UTC
PM Cameron and EC Juncker begin talks to renegotiate UK EU membership

David Cameron has told European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker that “British people are not happy with the status quo” in Europe. The prime minister hosted Mr. Juncker at Chequers at the start of a week of efforts to renegotiate Britain's EU membership.
Tuesday, May 26th 2015 - 06:44 UTC
Argentina invokes unity and rejects proposal for a more 'flexible' Mercosur

Brazil and Uruguay's plan for a more 'flexible' Mercosur to speed negotiations for an encompassing long delayed trade agreement with the European Union have stumbled with the first official reaction from Argentina, which does not agree with the tariffs' proposals policy or individual trade initiatives from member countries.
Tuesday, May 26th 2015 - 06:38 UTC
YPF strikes oil in south Patagonia; resources estimated in 40m oil barrels

Argentina's oil and gas government managed corporation YPF announced the discovery of a new oil field in Los Caldenes, in Patagonia Rio Negro province, with resources estimated in 40 million oil barrels. Manzano Grande x-1 is the second “discoverer well” in this block of 115 square kilometers located north of the Cinco Saltos town.
Tuesday, May 26th 2015 - 06:25 UTC
Blatter expected to retain FIFA's presidential chair in next Friday's election

Unless something dramatic happens, Sepp Blatter will on Friday emerge victorious from his latest FIFA presidential battle. Despite the challenge from Jordanian Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, the 79-year-old Swiss is widely expected to secure the majority of votes of the 209 member federations in the secret ballot, reports World Football Insider.
Tuesday, May 26th 2015 - 06:03 UTC
Belize and Guatemala en route to solve territorial dispute sponsored by OAS

Belize and Guatemala signed on Monday the Protocol to the Special Agreement which will allow the governments of both nations to separately hold public consultations with a view to submitting their territorial dispute to the International Court of Justice.
Tuesday, May 26th 2015 - 05:57 UTC
Three 'Queens' sail along Liverpool's Mersey to mark Cunard's 175th anniversary

Three famous ocean liners have sailed together in Liverpool for the first time to mark Cunard's 175th anniversary. The Queen Mary 2, the Queen Victoria and the Queen Elizabeth saluted the city where Samuel Cunard began his transatlantic line in 1840.
Monday, May 25th 2015 - 08:00 UTC
Brazil/Uruguay expect Paraguay to join in speeding Mercosur/EU negotiations

Uruguay will be hosting Paraguayan president Horacio Cartes in early June when he is expected to confirm' his country's support to Uruguay and Brazil in their renewed approach to accelerate negotiations for the signing of a full cooperation and free trade agreement with the European Union, which were started fifteen years ago.
Monday, May 25th 2015 - 07:47 UTC
Spaniards are furious and 'traditional parties' get beaten in regional elections

Spain's ruling People's Party (PP) took a battering on Sunday's regional and local elections after voters punished Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy for four years of severe spending cuts and a string of corruption scandals. In a test of the national mood ahead of general elections expected in November, the PP suffered its worst result in more than 20 years to herald an uncertain era of coalition as new parties rose to fragment the vote.