International

• Tuesday, December 18th 2012 - 03:39 UTC

  IMF adopts a more flexible position regarding global capital flows management

  

  The International Monetary Fund has developed a comprehensive, flexible, and balanced view on the management of global capital flows to help give countries clear and consistent policy advice.

• Tuesday, December 18th 2012 - 03:32 UTC

  EU and OAS agree to support peace project in Guatemala/Belize conflict

  

  The Organization of American States (OAS) and the European Union signed an agreement to support the Peace Fund project, Implementation of Confidence Building Measures in the Adjacency Zone between Commonwealth member Belize and Guatemala, managed by the hemispheric organization.

• Monday, December 17th 2012 - 21:00 UTC

  WWF blasts EU fishing quotas ahead of ministerial meeting

  

  European ministers have approved the catching of millions more tons of fish than scientists have advised over the past nine years, a report has shown. Fisheries ministers, who meet annually to decide quotas for stocks across Europe, have only strictly followed scientific advice on fisheries in 13% of their decisions, the report by World Wildlife Fund, found.

• Monday, December 17th 2012 - 06:45 UTC

  Argentine frigate expected back in Buenos Aires early January

  

  “Once more we fulfill our promise, the Frigate is coming back,” was the first statement given by President Cristina Fernández over the ruling of the UN's International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea to release the ARA Libertad frigate.

• Monday, December 17th 2012 - 06:39 UTC

  Ghana government to review ruling on immediate release of Argentine vessel

  

  The Ghanaian government indicated on Sunday that it will review the recent ruling by the International Court for the Law of the Sea ordering the African nation to release the Argentine Navy Libertad frigate, which remains impounded there since October 2.

• Monday, December 17th 2012 - 06:23 UTC

  HSBC Argentina also fined for failing to report suspicious transactions

  

  Argentina slapped a 30 million Peso (6 million dollars) fine on a local subsidiary of global banking giant HSBC for failing to report suspicious transactions, authorities here said Sunday.

• Monday, December 17th 2012 - 06:20 UTC

  China quarantines Argentine corn because of unapproved genetically modified strains

  

  Chinese authorities quarantined two containers holding corn from Argentina, after detecting genetically modified strains that had not been approved beforehand, alleged the Chinese buyer.

• Monday, December 17th 2012 - 05:53 UTC

  Blatter warns Brazil about security in football fields and the coming World Cup

  

  The abandonment of last Wednesday's South American Cup final following shocking accusations police had pulled guns on players should serve as a warning for Brazil's World Cup organizers, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said this weekend.

• Saturday, December 15th 2012 - 16:57 UTC

  Law of the Sea court orders ‘immediate’ release of ARA Libertad

  

  The UN International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea ordered on Saturday the release of ARA Libertad, the Argentine naval training ship which has been detained in Ghana since October at the request of holders of defaulted Argentine state bonds.

• Saturday, December 15th 2012 - 06:15 UTC

  “Support linked to competitiveness” Merkel tells the EU members

  

  European leaders agreed on Friday to press on with further steps to tackle their debt crisis but German Chancellor Angela Merkel threw out a proposal to boost risk-sharing with a fund to help Euro zone states in trouble.