International

Wednesday, April 4th 2018 - 09:04 UTC
Minister Faurie in France addresses bilateral relations and Mercosur/EU talks

Argentine foreign minister Jorge Faurie met on Tuesday in Paris with his French peer Jean-Yves Le Drian to address current political and economic bilateral relations, as well as the latest advances in the Mercosur/European Union negotiations.
Wednesday, April 4th 2018 - 08:31 UTC
Commonwealth Games program: England listed as part of Africa

England have been listed as an African nation with capital Banjul in the official program for the Commonwealth Games’ opening ceremony, leaving Gold Coast organizers red-faced. The program, being sold at newsagents and merchandise tents around the Queensland resort, has England’s population listed at just over two million and their first Commonwealth Games appearance in 1970.
Wednesday, April 4th 2018 - 08:04 UTC
Falkland Islanders react to Argentine Next of Kin Visit

As Mercopress have covered, families of 90 unidentified soldiers visited the Falkland Islands from Argentina last week. They spent the day at the Argentine military cemetery at Darwin and paid respects to their sons, brothers and partners whose remains were recently identified after a lengthy DNA process administered by the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Tuesday, April 3rd 2018 - 19:06 UTC
Argentine Jewish community honors first woman submariner, who remains missing in the Atlantic

The first female submarine officer in Argentina, who remains missing in the Atlantic Ocean, was honored by the country’s Jewish community on International Women’s Month. Eliana María Krawczyk, 35, who is Jewish, is one of 44 crew members of the Argentine submarine ARA San Juan, which remains missing in the Atlantic four months after it fell off the radar with a one week supply of oxygen on board.
Tuesday, April 3rd 2018 - 18:56 UTC
The Kirchners' most trusted official caught in the Odebrecht corruption web

An Argentine judge has charged ex president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner former planning minister in a case involving Brazilian company Odebrecht. Argentina's official Judicial Information Center says that Julio De Vido was charged Tuesday with carrying out incompatible deals while in public office.
Tuesday, April 3rd 2018 - 08:58 UTC
Anti Iran coalition: Saudi crown prince touring the US moves closer to Israel

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said Israelis are entitled to live peacefully on their own land in an interview published on Monday in U.S. magazine The Atlantic, another public sign of ties between Riyadh and Tel Aviv appearing to grow closer. Asked if he believes the Jewish people have a right to a nation-state in at least part of their ancestral homeland, Mohammed bin Salman was quoted as saying:
Tuesday, April 3rd 2018 - 08:08 UTC
Moscow and Falklands' war: “ironically the Soviet Union came on the side of anti communist Argentina”

Sputnik, the official Russian news agency has recalled the 1982 South Atlantic conflict on the 36th anniversary, and offers an interesting interpretation of events previous to the war, the fighting itself and prospects for the future, making emphasis on the overall world scenario at the time.
Monday, April 2nd 2018 - 09:12 UTC
Maduro and cronies “grey listed” as suspects of money laundering and terrorism financing

Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro along with more than 50 Venezuelan nationals are considered “high risk” for laundering money and financing terrorism, according to an advisory issued by Panama's economy and finance ministry.
Monday, April 2nd 2018 - 09:08 UTC
Japan admits catching 333 minke whales with no interference from protestors

Japan’s whaling fleet returned on Saturday after catching more than 300 of the mammals in the Antarctic Ocean without interference from anti-whaling protests, officials said.
Monday, April 2nd 2018 - 09:03 UTC
Venezuela rejects having Guyana's Essequibo dispute taken to the International Court of Justice

Venezuela is seeking a “practical and satisfying” solution to its border dispute with Guyana even as the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country has already filed its application to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague on the matter.