Stories for April 4th 2017

Tuesday, April 4th 2017 - 20:09 UTC
Brazil's Temer strategy to fend off electoral trial on campaign funding is working

Brazil's top electoral court on Tuesday delayed proceedings in a landmark trial about illegal campaign funding that could lead to the removal of President Michel Temer less than a year after he took over from impeached leftist Dilma Rousseff, and 18 months before the 2018 presidential election.
Tuesday, April 4th 2017 - 19:42 UTC
Kirchner family prosecuted charged with money laundering; court seizes US$ 8.5m in assets

An Argentine court on Tuesday prosecuted ex president Cristina Fernandez and her children, Maximo and Florencia, as alleged heads of an illicit organization to launder money in association with public works contractors. The ruling includes the seizure of family assets equivalent to US$ 8.5 million and handing over their passports.
Tuesday, April 4th 2017 - 10:27 UTC
International observers didn't find evidence of fraud in Ecuador´s presidential runoff

International election observers didn’t find evidence of fraud in Ecuador’s presidential vote, the Organization of American States said on Monday, despite claims from the opposition that it was cheated after the ruling party’s candidate declared victory in a narrow race.
Tuesday, April 4th 2017 - 10:18 UTC
Morales vocal cords surgery in Cuba, a success says Bolivian government

Doctors in Cuba removed a benign node from the vocal cords of Bolivia's President Evo Morales, the Bolivian government said.
Tuesday, April 4th 2017 - 10:10 UTC
FIH independent directors still view Dolphin takeover approach as “unwelcome”

FIH Group PLC said on Monday it still views a potential takeover approach from Dolphin Fund Ltd as “unwelcome” and recommends an existing bid from Staunton Holdings Ltd.
Tuesday, April 4th 2017 - 09:55 UTC
Maduro gained his true objective: sweeping authority to cut oil deals on behalf of PDVSA

Venezuelan Supreme Court reversal decision to take over the opposition-led congress seems to have yielded to domestic and international pressure, but it still gives embattled populist President Nicolas Maduro broad new powers over the country´s vast oil wealth, which now appears to have been his true target.
Tuesday, April 4th 2017 - 09:50 UTC
Torrential rains and mudslides destroy “80% of Comodoro Rivadavia”

Comodoro Rivadavia, in Argentine Patagonia, also known as the “Oil capital” of the country is estimated to have experienced an “80% destruction” of the city, according to a first report from an Army engineers' battalion sent to set up bridges and repair highways. The city suffered a week of historic torrential rains (330mm) and strong winds with flooding, mudslides which swept away with bridges and tracts of roads and major highways.
Tuesday, April 4th 2017 - 07:56 UTC
Aerolineas Argentinas opens “Atlantic Corridor” linking Buenos Aires, Comodoro and Ushuaia

Aerolineas Argentinas inaugurated on Monday the “Atlantic Corridor” which will have daily flights between Buenos Aires, Mar del Plata, Bahía Blanca, Trelew, Comodoro Rivadavia and Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego.
Tuesday, April 4th 2017 - 07:39 UTC
MPs question UK government's claim that a Brexit “no deal is better than a bad deal”

MPs have warned about the UK and the EU failing to reach a Brexit agreement, urging the government to work out how much “no deal” would cost. The Brexit committee said ministers' claim that “no deal is better than a bad deal” was “unsubstantiated” until an economic assessment was published. But the report divided the cross-party committee, with some members saying it was too pessimistic about Brexit.
Tuesday, April 4th 2017 - 07:32 UTC
Trump administration begins to cut UN funding: UNFPA first target

United States has withdrawn funding for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), an agency that promotes family planning in more than 150 countries. The state department said the UNFPA “supports or participates in the management of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization”.