Stories for March 2016

Tuesday, March 29th 2016 - 02:45 UTC
Macri praises the 'State policy' and all those who contributed to design “the new map of Argentina”

The new map of Argentina, implemented by the UN resolution that extends the country's continental shelf is an example of “State policy”, since it's a claim that has been elaborated in international forums for over twenty years under different governments, underlined president Mauricio Macri, following the official announcement on Tuesday.
Tuesday, March 29th 2016 - 02:26 UTC
Argentina makes official presentation of new continental shelf outer limit

Argentina on Monday made the official presentation of the outer limit of its continental platform, passed by the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, CLCS, on March 11, during a media conference which included officials from the foreign ministry, officers from the Navy and Coast Guard, scientists and lawmakers.
Monday, March 28th 2016 - 06:16 UTC
Argentina: Month long conflict has Ushuaia paralyzed and under “siege” by pickets

A labor judge from Tierra del Fuego in the extreme south of Argentina was unable to unlock a 25-day conflict between the provincial government and striking public employees since both sides stood by their position and rejected conciliation efforts.
Monday, March 28th 2016 - 05:55 UTC
Japan announces it has harpooned 333 whales in Antarctic waters; conservationists outraged

The Institute for Cetacean Research (ICR), the body behind the Japanese government’s whaling program, announced the return of the Japanese whaling fleet from its Antarctic operations. It is the first time that the Japanese whalers have returned to the Southern Ocean to slaughter whales since the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled its whaling program to be illegal in 2014.
Monday, March 28th 2016 - 05:47 UTC
Macri visit to China in September: the strategic relation with Beijing stands, says Argentine ambassador

Argentine ambassador to Beijing Diego Guelar confirmed a meeting between President Mauricio Macri and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping next April first on the margins of the Nuclear Security Summit that begins next week in Washington and anticipated an official visit to China by Macri in September.
Monday, March 28th 2016 - 05:36 UTC
Argentine Catholic Church slams poverty and supports Obama's visit, “we must reconcile with the world”

The Argentine Catholic Church again exposed poverty asking that those who have should not to be overcome by greed and called for “a new and different Argentina”. There are “too many people” in Argentina living in poverty, Salta’s archbishop and second vice-president of the Argentine Synod Mario Cargnello said on Holy Friday, asking people “not to be overcome by greed.”
Sunday, March 27th 2016 - 12:52 UTC
Argentina, on a UN decision expands continental shelf area by 35% to 350 miles

Foreign minister Susana Malcorra is scheduled to officially announce on Monday the external limit of Argentina's continental shelf based on a unanimous decision from the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, (dependent from the Oceans and Law of the Sea), which adds to Argentina's shelf 1.7 million square kilometers, apparently confirming areas surrounding the Falklands/Malvinas, other South Atlantic islands and the Antarctica Argentine sector.
Sunday, March 27th 2016 - 05:12 UTC
“Times are changing” Rolling Stones play in Cuba to hundreds of thousands

On Friday, the Rolling Stones became the first major international rock band to play in Cuba, drawing hundreds of thousands of people to a free concert at a decrepit sports complex on the road to the airport. For years, following the Cuban revolution, rock music was banned on Cuban state TV and radio. Cubans who wore long hair and beards faced harassment from officials, including Fidel Castro who told them to dress like men.
Sunday, March 27th 2016 - 05:07 UTC
Rousseff “D Day”: on Tuesday main coalition ally decides if it continues support

The government of Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff, her mentor Lula da Silva and their Workers Party fear very much that next Tuesday could become “D Day”, since its main ally the PMDB, and with the largest representation in Congress, will be holding an extraordinary meeting of the national directory to decide whether to continue or step down from the ruling convention.
Saturday, March 26th 2016 - 07:33 UTC
Rousseff blasts the opposition for their “fascist methods” in trying to illegally remove her from office

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff condemned the “fascist methods” of opponents seeking her ouster and said the country's current political crisis would leave a “scar” if not resolved democratically. In an interview with several foreign media groups, Rousseff said she was being pressured to resign because her rivals wanted “to avoid the difficulty of removing -- unduly, illegally and criminally -- a legitimately elected president from power”.