International

• Friday, June 27th 2014 - 08:23 UTC

  Falklands reminds C24 it is not charged with determining sovereignty disputes

  

  Addressing the United Nations Decolonization Committee (C24) on Thursday, Falkland Islands representative MLA Mike Summers reminded the C24 not only of its current duty, but also of its inability in the past to fulfill its obligations to the Non Self Governing Territories (NSGT) it should be assisting to reach a post-colonial status acceptable to the people who live there.

• Friday, June 27th 2014 - 08:11 UTC

  Falklands very happy with their current status of British Overseas Territory

  

  Falkland Islands representative Roger Edwards speaking before the UN Special Decolonization Committee recalled the Islands history and highlighted that the Falklands had British sovereignty since 1765, a time when Argentina did not exist as a sovereign nation.

• Friday, June 27th 2014 - 07:53 UTC

  Argentina announced Thursday it had deposited restructured bonds' payments

  

  Argentina announced on Thursday morning it had deposited a billion dollars to honor restructured bonds' 30 June payment and at the same again asked for a new stay from New York Judge Thomas Griesa on the 'pari passu' ruling that forces the country to also pay holdouts 100% of defaulted bonds face value.

• Friday, June 27th 2014 - 07:30 UTC

  Argentina praises international support and confirms payment to Paris Club

  

  Cabinet Chief Jorge Capitanich praised the “clear, categorical and broad” support for Argentina’s stance in its dispute with speculative funds' holdouts from 133 countries from the UN system and specialized international media, and also confirmed that next month it will make the first payment of the agreement reached with the Paris Club.

• Friday, June 27th 2014 - 07:16 UTC

  Significant support to Argentina from British personalities against vulture funds

  

  A large cross-party group of British parliamentarians, renowned economists, intellectuals, journalists, public opinion leaders, trade unionists and activists added their names to a statement of solidarity with Argentina against vulture funds, which they handed on to the Embassy of Argentina in London.

• Friday, June 27th 2014 - 06:56 UTC

  Mujica strongly supports Suárez and blasts FIFA: “they went too far”

  

  Uruguay's president Jose Mujica blasted FIFA's Thursday decision to fine and suspend the country's main scorer Luis Suarez from any football activity for four months arguing the association that rules world football measures things with different rods, and since Uruguay “is a small country, it's cheap for them”.

• Thursday, June 26th 2014 - 05:12 UTC

  US Council of Foreign Affairs supports Argentina, blasts Judge Griesa

  

  The Council on Foreign Relations, one of the most influential private organizations in US Foreign Policy, questioned the US Supreme Court for rejecting Argentina’s appeal in its legal dispute with the so-called vulture funds, saying the ruling will “diminish national sovereignty” and “upend international finance”.

• Thursday, June 26th 2014 - 04:40 UTC

  UN agency warns Argentina debt ruling does not comply with US sovereign immunities act

  

  The United Nations trade and development agency UNCTAD said on Wednesday in a rare release that the recent U.S. court ruling on Argentina's debt erodes sovereign immunity and does not comply with the country's own U.S. Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.

• Wednesday, June 25th 2014 - 06:46 UTC

  Argentina waiting for Judge Griesa's reply on the 'stay' request

  

  The government of President Cristina Fernandez awaits Judge Griesa's decision after the request to issue a stay on the ruling that orders Argentina to pay all the bondholders at the same time, Argentine Cabinet Chief Jorge Capitanich said in his daily press briefing at Government House on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, June 25th 2014 - 06:11 UTC

  Falkland Islands case to be addressed on Thursday at the UN C24

  

  Foreign minister Hector Timerman is heading a multi-party delegation that on Thursday will make the presentation of Argentina's position on the Falklands/Malvinas Islands sovereignty dispute before the UN Decolonization Committee in New York.