International

• Monday, March 25th 2013 - 02:33 UTC

  Francis confirms visit to Brazil; neighbouring countries expect he extends his tour

  

  Pope Francis confirmed that he will go to Rio de Janeiro at the end of the July to take part in the Church's World Day of Youth, a gathering of Catholic young people that takes place in a different city every two years. Taking advantage of his presence in Brazil several neighbouring countries, Argentina, Uruguay and Chile have already extended invitations to the Pope.

• Monday, March 25th 2013 - 01:26 UTC

  Falklands: 'Yes' vote means 'we don’t want to be colonized by Argentina'

  

  A delegation from the Falkland Islands recently visited Jamaica as part of a tour of North America, Central American and Caribbean countries to inform about the referendum earlier this month which resulted in a resounding 'yes' with only three 'no' votes, leaving no doubt as to their wish to remain a British Overseas Territory.

• Monday, March 25th 2013 - 00:57 UTC

  Falklands’ dispute: Vatican sources confirm non involvement, it is a matter for sovereign states

  

  The Vatican’s policy of non intervention in the Falklands/Malvinas Islands dispute between Argentina and Britain was confirmed by official sources in the Vatican, the UK ambassador to the Holy See Nigel Baker revealed to The Telegraph Sunday edition.

• Saturday, March 23rd 2013 - 10:55 UTC

  Timerman denies any Argentine government plot to discredit election of Francis

  

  Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman rejected allegations about an alleged “discrediting operation” by Argentina’s ambassador to the Vatican Juan Pablo Cafiero to stop the election of former Buenos Aires city archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio as the new pope and denied that the government has changed its opinion about now Francis.

• Saturday, March 23rd 2013 - 10:22 UTC

  Argentina supports UN investigation on human rights violations in Iran

  

  Amid tensions surrounding the Argentina/Iran Memorandum of Understanding over the AMIA case, Argentina has voted against the Tehran regime at the United Nations Human Rights Council that will keep investigating reports of human rights violations in the Islamic Republic. Venezuela on the other hand supported the Iran position.

• Saturday, March 23rd 2013 - 10:17 UTC

  As Cyprus collapses, it's a race to the Mediterranean gas finish line

  

  By Jen Alic of Oilprice.com - Cyprus is preparing for total financial collapse as the European Central Bank turns its back on the island after its parliament rejected a scheme to make Cypriot citizens pay a levy on savings deposits in return for a share in potential gas futures to fund a bailout.

• Friday, March 22nd 2013 - 07:14 UTC

  Falkland Islands’ referendum an act of value, say Uruguayan Parliamentarians

  

  “I was surprised that such a small community with so few human resources to organise an electoral act did things so well, so properly, in conformity with international standards. This was a demonstration of a desire that this should be an act of value, not only in terms of its effects in the Falklands themselves, but also for the international image of a legitimate process.”

• Friday, March 22nd 2013 - 06:59 UTC

  Falklands’ invasion: documents show Conservatives were divided on how to react

  

  Senior Tories were initially sceptical about going to war over the Falkland Islands, newly released papers from Margaret Thatcher's personal archive show. A note from the whips' office following Argentina's 1982 invasion reported solid support for military action from some Conservative MPs, but others were privately hostile.

• Friday, March 22nd 2013 - 06:55 UTC

  Brazil/China closer to promote trade in national currencies; announcement at BRICS summit

  

  Brazil hopes to sign a bilateral accord with China to promote trade in their national currencies at next week's BRICS summit of the world's five emerging powers, Trade and Industry Minister Fernando Pimentel said on Thursday.

• Friday, March 22nd 2013 - 06:36 UTC

  Pescanova planning to sell assets in Chile to reorganize finances

  

  The main creditor banks of the Galician multinational firm Pescanova, (which is under a probe from the Spanish stock market regulator), argue that the only way the firm can reorganize its financial situation is through the total or partial sale of its subsidiary in Chile by means of a Preventive Judicial Agreement.