Stories for 13th 2015

Friday, May 15th 2015 - 07:15 UTC
Cristina Fernandez comes out strongly in defense of minister Kicillof

President Cristina Fernandez has questioned accusations against Economy Minister Axel Kicillof over his alleged YPF monthly salary of 400.000 Argentine Pesos (approx 35.000 dollars).
Friday, May 15th 2015 - 07:06 UTC
Scioli and Randazzo, the two hopefuls competing for Cristina Fernandez legacy

Buenos Aires province governor Daniel Scioli and Interior and Transport Minister Florencio Randazzo will be the only Argentine presidential candidates to compete in the coming August incumbent Victory Front, PASO primaries.
Friday, May 15th 2015 - 07:01 UTC
UN praise for Argentina's maternity and children's social protection schemes

Argentina has substantially improved its social protections for maternity and young children, according to the International Labour Organization (ILO).
Friday, May 15th 2015 - 04:41 UTC
Exxon discovers oil off Guyana coast, in territory claimed by Venezuela

Exxon Mobil Corp has discovered oil off the coast of Guyana, the company and the South American nation's government said on Thursday, potentially inflaming a long-running territorial dispute with neighboring Venezuela.
Thursday, May 14th 2015 - 08:45 UTC
Malvinas war veterans appeal abuses case to Inter American Human Rights Commission

Malvinas war veterans have taken their Human rights abuse case against Argentine officers to the Inter American Human Rights Commission, IHRC, following on Argentina's Supreme Court decision rejecting the case because of time limit.
Thursday, May 14th 2015 - 08:34 UTC
Rousseff expected at the White House next June 30: a long delayed bilateral agenda waits

Next June 30 Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will visit Washington D.C. to meet with President Barack Obama, a highly anticipated event given tensions between the two governments over the past two years.
Thursday, May 14th 2015 - 08:17 UTC
Saudi Arabia continues to turn screws on U.S. Shale

Saudi Arabia continues to ratchet up production, taking market share away from U.S. shale producers. According to OPEC's latest monthly oil report, Saudi Arabia boosted its oil output to 10.31 million barrels per day in April, a slight increase over the previous month's total of 10.29 million barrels.
Thursday, May 14th 2015 - 08:08 UTC
Most immigrants to US now come from China and India displacing Mexico

New data from the U.S. Census Bureau, indicate that China and India have replaced Mexico as the top countries sending immigrants to the United States. Although people from Latin America still dominate the population of legal and undocumented immigrants in the U.S., it is now China and India that send more immigrants to the United States, the data said.
Thursday, May 14th 2015 - 08:02 UTC
Vatican formally recognizes the State of Palestine and signs first treaty

The Vatican concluded its first treaty that formally recognizes the State of Palestine, with an agreement on Catholic Church activities in areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority, the Holy See said on Wednesday.
Thursday, May 14th 2015 - 07:38 UTC
Argentine Supreme Court confirms Chief Justice and challenges Cristina Fernandez

Argentina's Supreme Court has signed an “extraordinary accord” confirming the re-election of Chief Justice Ricardo Lorenzetti to the chair until 2019, in a meeting attended by Justice Carlos Fayt who has been the target of an ongoing attack from the administration of president Cristina Fernandez, which wants the 97 year judge impeached.