Stories for 2016

Friday, May 6th 2016 - 08:22 UTC
Brazil's Lower House speaker removed by the Supreme Court on justice obstruction

Brazil's Supreme Court removed the speaker of the lower house of Congress on Thursday on charges of obstructing a corruption investigation, days before an impeachment process that he engineered was expected to oust President Dilma Rousseff.
Friday, May 6th 2016 - 08:07 UTC
Folha exposes Rousseff's 'exit with dignity' next week and plans for a comeback strategy

President Dilma Rousseff laid out the details last Monday for what she calls her “bunker of resistance”: a team of advisors to be installed in the Alvorada Palace next week. It will have a maximum of 15 members, according to a report to one of the main dailies, Folha de Sao Paulo.
Friday, May 6th 2016 - 07:54 UTC
British ambassador celebrates 'the renewed and revitalized' UK/Argentina bilateral relationship

On 28 April, the British Ambassador’s Residence in Buenos Aires welcomed more than 400 people to celebrate the 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II. The last time that Buenos Aires held a celebration like this was in 2009 and it was an opportunity to praise the resumption of bilateral ties.
Friday, May 6th 2016 - 07:27 UTC
First UK trade mission in ten years begins contacts in Argentina

British Trade and Investment Minister, Lord Price, leads the UK’s first trade mission to Argentina in ten years, which arrived in Buenos Aires on Thursday. The mission looks to strengthen trade and investment relations with the third largest economy of Latin America.
Friday, May 6th 2016 - 07:13 UTC
Councils-election: Labour doing better than expected in England; Scotland's Sturgeon wins a third term for the SNP

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has avoided the drubbing some had predicted as the party retained control of key councils in England, but the party had a bad night in the Scottish Parliament elections, where Nicola Sturgeon won an historic third term for the SNP reported BBC late Thursday.
Friday, May 6th 2016 - 07:00 UTC
Republican party orthodoxy waiting for a unifying message from the Trump challenge

United States Speaker of the Lower House and one of the most powerful members of the Republican party, Paul D. Ryan thrust open Thursday the discomfort that many party members are feeling about Donald Trump as their presumed presidential nominee, withholding his support and deepening the fracture between the outsider candidate and the party he hopes to lead.
Friday, May 6th 2016 - 06:38 UTC
Bad news for Macri: Moody's forecasts Argentine economy will shrink 1.5%

Despite the Argentine government’s forecast of a much better economic scenario in the second half of the year, credit rating agency Moody’s disagrees, saying the economy is set to shrink by 1.5%, followed by a growing unemployment and an inflation rate well above 30%.
Thursday, May 5th 2016 - 21:12 UTC
Strong support for the Falkland’s right to self-determination on North American Tour

Falkland Island’s Legislative Assembly member, Mike Summers, recently travelled to North America on a three week trip to gauge support for the Falklands’ right to self-determination from the new Canadian Government. In addition to visiting Canada, MLA Summers also made stops in Miami and the Bahamas.
Thursday, May 5th 2016 - 16:53 UTC
COSCO's “Andronikos” will make the first ceremonial transit of Expanded Panama Canal

China COSCO Shipping has won the draw for its container vessel Andronikos to make the ceremonial first transit through the Expanded Panama Canal during the waterway's inauguration on Sunday, June 26. The vessel, which has a maximum capacity of 9,400 TEUs, is 48.25 meters in beam and 299.98 meters in length.
Thursday, May 5th 2016 - 16:44 UTC
Foreign Office Minister comments on World Press Freedom Day 2016

On World Press Freedom Day 2016, Foreign Office Minister Baroness Anelay said: Promoting freedom of the press and the right to access information is not just the right thing to do; it is also the smart thing to do. Where it is denied, we see a stifling of healthy debate and innovation, harming a country’s long term social and economic prospects, Foreign Office minister Baroness Anelay said on World Press Freedom Day.