International

• Wednesday, June 10th 2015 - 06:39 UTC

  Argentine businessman indicted by US in FIFA corruption case, turns in Italy

  

  Of the 14 people indicted by the United States in the FIFA corruption case, five members are businessmen that worked for various sports marketing and consulting companies that dealt extensively with the world's football organization.

• Wednesday, June 10th 2015 - 06:28 UTC

  FIFA admits 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosts could change because of the ongoing investigation

  

  Head of FIFA’s audit and compliance committee says World Cup hosts could change as a result of ongoing investigation. Domenico Scala says if any evidence of wrongdoing is found by the ongoing criminal investigations into the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, the rights to host the tournament could be stripped.

• Wednesday, June 10th 2015 - 05:32 UTC

  Argentina commemorates creation of 'Malvinas political and military command' in June 1829

  

  British dominance of the Malvinas Islands is a colonial 'situation', which is 'unacceptable' and 'anachronic': Argentina reiterates its sovereignty claims over the South Atlantic Islands and surrounding maritime spaces, said a release from the foreign ministry in Buenos Aires on occasion of the day the country commemorates the creation, on 10 June 1829, of the political and military command of the Malvinas Islands and adjacent Cape Horn spaces.

• Tuesday, June 9th 2015 - 08:20 UTC

  Brazil determined to advance Mercosur/EU trade talks in this week's meeting

  

  A top Brazilian minister said that Mercosur must allow member countries to sign trade agreements with third parties and called for the end to the rule which prevents such initiative. Development, Industry and Trade minister Armando Monteiro Neto made the statement during a competitiveness seminar in Rio do Janeiro a couple of days ahead of a crucial meeting in Brussels between Mercosur representatives and the European Union to address an encompassing free trade agreement.

• Tuesday, June 9th 2015 - 08:06 UTC

  Paraguay believes in a 'single speed' approach to Mercosur/EU trade talks

  

  Paraguay believes in a 'single speed' approach to negotiations for a trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union, but discussions must be more dynamic and wide ranging, said the country's president Horacio Cartes, currently visiting Spain.

• Tuesday, June 9th 2015 - 07:12 UTC

  IOM: more Europeans migrate to Latin America than the other way around

  

  The International Organization for Migration, IOM released a study on Monday revealing a trend of increased migration flows from the European Union (EU) to Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region, and a marked decrease in the movement of people in the other direction.

• Tuesday, June 9th 2015 - 06:33 UTC

  “Healthy oceans, healthy planet”, an essential component of the Earth's ecosystem

  

  Although the world’s oceans are vast, their capacity to withstand damage caused by human activity is limited, compromising their critical contribution to the future of sustainable development, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon declared on Monday as the United Nations kicked-off its celebrations for the 2015 edition of World Oceans Day.

• Monday, June 8th 2015 - 13:00 UTC

  China imports dropped 17.6% during May, and exports 2.5%

  

  Exports in the world's second largest economy, China, fell for a third consecutive month in May, highlighting slowing demand in the country. Sales abroad fell 2.5% from a year ago in dollar denominated terms, and 2.8% in Yuan denominated figures.

• Monday, June 8th 2015 - 09:11 UTC

  Uruguay's vice-president travels to Brussels to advance Mercosur/EU trade talks

  

  Uruguay's vice-president Raúl Sendic and Foreign minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa will be attending this week's summit of EU and Celac leaders scheduled in Brussels, which will also address in the sidelines, current EU/Mercosur negotiations for a wide ranging trade agreement.

• Monday, June 8th 2015 - 08:51 UTC

  Obama presses Cameron on defense expenditure and remaining in the EU

  

  Barack Obama has pressed David Cameron to maintain Britain's commitment to meeting the NATO target of spending 2% of GDP on defense. In talks at the G7 summit in Germany, the US President also said he was “looking forward” to Britain remaining in the European Union.