Stories for 2016

Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 - 11:50 UTC
Macri-Trump families links much closer that believed; Ivanka speaks to Argentine president

Ivanka Trump, daughter of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, briefly joined her father's telephone call with Argentine President Mauricio Macri earlier this month, Macri's spokesperson said on Tuesday.
Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 - 11:41 UTC
Uruguay ratifies OAS convention for human rights protection of the elderly

Uruguay became the first member state of the Organization of American States (OAS) to deposit the instrument of ratification of the Inter-American Convention on the Protection of the Human Rights of Elderly Persons. The Permanent Representative of Uruguay, Hugo Cayrús, recalled that the legislature of his country ratified the Convention in September.
Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 - 10:59 UTC
Partnership with Latin America and the Caribbean strategic for China

Chinese President said that his country's alliance with Latin America and Caribbean countries was of “strategic” importance as he opened the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Media Leaders Summit in Santiago.
Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 - 09:00 UTC
Malcorra confirms Falklands' representation in UK delegation to Red Cross discussions in Geneva

Argentine foreign minister Susana Malcorra confirmed on Tuesday that next month there will be a meeting with representatives from the British government to advance in the agreement to start rolling the humanitarian mission headed by the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, for the identification of former Argentine combatants buried at the Darwin cemetery in Falklands and which remain as unknown soldiers. The minister also said that Falklands will be part of the UK representation.
Tuesday, November 22nd 2016 - 14:10 UTC
Brazil admits Trump policies could cause a flow out of capital from emerging economies

Brazil's Central Bank (BC) President Ilan Goldfajn said on Monday that the outcome of the US presidential election, won by magnate Donald Trump, brought an element of uncertainty to markets, but reiterated that the institution has kept a close watch on the development of international markets and worked to prevent the effects of “external shocks” from threatening macroeconomic stability.
Tuesday, November 22nd 2016 - 13:38 UTC
Fiscal vulnerability of Brazilian economy exposed at a business conference

Brazilian President Michel Temer warned on Monday that the national debt could swell to the size of the country's gross domestic product within eight years should public spending not be brought under control and fiscal reforms not enacted.
Tuesday, November 22nd 2016 - 12:00 UTC
Francis grants Catholic priests the power to forgive abortion

In an apostolic letter published on Monday, the Pope underlined that the Catholic Church needs to bring reconciliation back to “its central place in the Christian life.” The measure is said to be temporary.
Tuesday, November 22nd 2016 - 11:11 UTC
Argentina and Japan, strategic partners, agree on a investment accord to prop economic ties

Argentina and Japan agreed on Monday to speed up negotiations for a bilateral investment accord as part of efforts to strengthen economic ties between “strategic partners”. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Argentina President Mauricio Macri also agreed to launch talks for a tax pact for increased economic exchanges between the two countries, according to a joint statement issued after their meeting in Buenos Aires.
Tuesday, November 22nd 2016 - 10:56 UTC
TPP without the US would be “meaningless” says Japanese PM Shinzo Abe

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal would be “meaningless” without US participation, Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe said as United States President-elect Donald Trump announced he planned to quit the pact. PM Abe’s comment on Monday (Tuesday morning) came shortly before the Mr Trump released a short video about his plans for his administration, including an intention to have the US drop out of the TPP pact.
Tuesday, November 22nd 2016 - 10:50 UTC
Santos: “I have no metastases, no tumor”

The President of Colombia made the announcement Monday following an urgent trip to the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Maryland, US, on his doctors' advice last week due to disturbing test results that would indicate a relapse of his prostate cancer which was removed surgically in 2011.