International

Thursday, December 13th 2012 - 07:09 UTC
IDB 6bn loan to reduce development disparities in Argentine Northern provinces

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a credit program for Argentina of 6 billion dollars until 2015, destined to works in the region known as Norte Grande, and Greater Buenos Aires, the Economy Ministry stated in a communiqué.
Thursday, December 13th 2012 - 07:04 UTC
US court ruling against Argentina threatens Greek Collective Action Clause

A legal clause that is the key to smoothing future debt restructurings could be undermined by a US court ruling that Argentina must pay creditors holding its defaulted debt.
Wednesday, December 12th 2012 - 21:13 UTC
HSBC fined 1.9bn for money laundering for drug barons and rogue nations

The US said “dangerous practices” at HSBC allowed the bank to pass money to “drug kingpins and rogue nations”, as it fined it 1.9 billion dollars. HSBC agreed the fine, the largest of its kind, earlier on Tuesday.
Wednesday, December 12th 2012 - 08:12 UTC
Latam poised for stronger growth in 2013 pushed by Brazil and Argentina

Latin America and the Caribbean will experience stronger economic growth, despite ongoing uncertainties at international level (particularly difficulties faced by Europe, the United States and China), according to new estimates released Tuesday in Santiago de Chile, by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
Wednesday, December 12th 2012 - 08:05 UTC
Falklands’ dispute triggers concern among Argentine tourism operators after two cruises omit Ushuaia

Ushuaia tourism operators expressed concern and called for common sense to prevail after two major cruises finally decided this week not to call at in Argentine Tierra del Fuego after local authorities could not guarantee that the visiting vessels would not be exposed to the same intimidation tactics and delays experienced recently in Buenos Aires and earlier this year in the extreme south terminal because they include the Falkland Islands in their itineraries.
Wednesday, December 12th 2012 - 07:47 UTC
Young Falkland Islanders take part at the 5th Commonwealth Youth Parliament in London

Falkland Islander Krysteen Ormond (23) has completed the Commonwealth Youth Parliament 2012 with her interest in politics augmented and urges other young people to take advantage of the experience if the chance arises.
Tuesday, December 11th 2012 - 21:27 UTC
Berlusconi begins campaign and challenges: “who cares about the spread?”

Italy's Silvio Berlusconi on Tuesday set the tone for his election campaign saying nobody should care about bond spreads, and accused Mario Monti of being too “German-centric”.
Tuesday, December 11th 2012 - 13:15 UTC
St Helena insists with close business links with the Falkland Islands

Former Managing Director of the Falkland Island Development Corporation, Julian Morris, now Executive Officer of Economic Development on St Helena, has been caught up in a tight schedule of meetings during his visit over the past week, to encourage Falklands’ business investment in St Helena.
Tuesday, December 11th 2012 - 06:01 UTC
Ecuador does not discard asylum for Syrian president Bashsar al Asad

Ecuadorean president Rafael Correa does not discard granting political asylum to Syrian president Bahsar al Asad and confirmed that a diplomatic envoy from that government recently visited Quito, according to an interview with the Brazilian media.
Monday, December 10th 2012 - 23:02 UTC
Jewish community protests for being kept on the dark on Argentina/Iran negotiations

The head of the Argentine-Jewish Community Centre (AMIA), Guillermo Borger, warned the government of President Cristina Fernandez that the organization’s members are concerned by the lack of information regarding ongoing negotiations with Iran over the 1994 terrorist attack on the AMIA headquarters, which killed 85 people.