International

• Friday, March 25th 2016 - 05:30 UTC

  One of the greatest football players of all time is dead at the age of 68

  

  Johan Cruyff was voted world player of the year three times in four years in the early 1970’s and led the Netherlands to the World Cup final in 1974. He later managed Barcelona for eight years, with the club winning 11 trophies, including its first European Cup title.

• Friday, March 25th 2016 - 05:20 UTC

  US government supports Argentine appeal to lift injunctions in its debt dispute

  

  In another display of support for the Argentine administration of president Mauricio Macri, the government of the United States affirmed it has “significant foreign policy interests” in finding a “rapid” resolution to the long-standing dispute between Argentina and bondholders.

• Thursday, March 24th 2016 - 19:34 UTC

  Obama pays homage to victims of Argentine dictatorship and admits “US was slow to speak out for human rights”

  

  President Barack Obama paid homage on Thursday to victims of Argentina's former US-backed dictatorship, admitting the United States was “slow to speak out for human rights” in those dark days. Obama became the first US president to formally acknowledge the victims of the 1976-1983 military regime, which declassified documents have revealed was supported by top US officials.

• Thursday, March 24th 2016 - 02:03 UTC

  Brazilian Supreme Court emerges with a decisive role in the institutional crisis

  

  The Brazilian government's efforts to have former president Lula da Silva into the cabinet of president Dilma Rousseff will have to wait until next 30 March when the Supreme Court is scheduled to hold its next full meeting. The political upheaval and simultaneous legal back-and forth has reached such a pitch that it inspired a bleakly funny website, lulaeministro.com, or “Is Lula a minister?” The site shows only the former president’s face and the words, “At this moment, No.” (Or yes, depending).

• Thursday, March 24th 2016 - 01:16 UTC

  Time bomb in Brazil: list of 200 names of politicians from 18 parties who received illegal funds for elections

  

  Odebrecht, the engineering firm at the heart of Brazil's biggest ever graft probe, on Tuesday agreed to cooperate with prosecutors, in a move likely to send shockwaves across political parties that for years illegally siphoned money from state contracts. Federal police found an office to pay bribes and it surfaced that since February it has a list of 200 politicians who benefited from siphoned funds for election campaigns.

• Thursday, March 24th 2016 - 01:10 UTC

  Brazil's chief of staff warns about the “dangerous precedent” of ousting an unpopular government

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's chief of staff on Wednesday said ousting her would set a “dangerous” precedent for unpopular governments to be toppled in the future. On Tuesday Rousseff said that ongoing impeachment proceedings against her in Congress constituted a “plot” against Brazil's institutions and the nation's stability.

• Wednesday, March 23rd 2016 - 19:21 UTC

  Falklands' Mare harbor will undergo a £19m upgrade to cater for larger vessels

  

  UK Preston based VolkerStevin has won a £19m deal to improve defense infrastructure on the Falkland Islands. VolkerStevin is a contractor providing a wide range of engineering and construction services across a number of market sectors and in this case will upgrade Mare Harbor as part of a design-and-build deal for the UK Defense Infrastructure Organization.

• Wednesday, March 23rd 2016 - 19:19 UTC

  Doing business between Uruguay and United Kingdom

  

  The Association of Graduates of British Universities (GBUA) together with the Association of Young Entrepreneurs (AJE Uruguay), organized a panel in which young Uruguayan entrepreneurs spoke about their experiences of doing business with the UK.

• Wednesday, March 23rd 2016 - 05:48 UTC

  Panel of experts will name the new UK polar research vessel

  

  The name of a new British polar research vessel will be chosen by a panel of experts, even if the public overwhelmingly votes to call it Boaty McBoatface. Lord West, ex-First Sea Lord, said he was rather proud “silly names” had been suggested but hoped none were chosen.

• Wednesday, March 23rd 2016 - 02:50 UTC

  Cuban dissidents meet for almost two hours with Obama, including some critical of US policy

  

  Leading Cuban dissidents, including some who have been critical of president Barack Obama's policy of engaging with the Cuban government, spent nearly two hours on Tuesday discussing human rights with the president at the US embassy. The frank meeting ended only when Obama’s aides ushered him out to reach the Estadio Latinoamericano in time for the first pitch of the Cuban national baseball team's game against the Tampa Bay Rays.