Politics

Tuesday, November 27th 2018 - 20:11 UTC
Air link from Cordoba to the Falklands confirmed by UK and Argentina

The governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom reached an understanding to establish a second commercial air link to the islands, the Falkland Islands Government (FIG) confirmed on Tuesday followed by an official statement of the embassy of Argentina in the United Kingdom.
Tuesday, November 27th 2018 - 14:41 UTC
HRW wants Saudi Crown Prince tried in Argentina over Khashoggi, Yemen crimes

As Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is about to arrive in Argentina for the upcoming G-20 Summit, a US-based human rights NGO Monday filed a request before Buenos Aires Federal Judge Ariel Lijo that the Universal Justice criteria be applied to him as intellectual author of the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey, October 2 last, and for crimes against humanity in Yemen.
Tuesday, November 27th 2018 - 10:02 UTC
Buenos Aires Security Minister takes the fall for Saturday's incidents

Buenos Aires City Security Minister Martín Ocampo Monday resigned his post, thus taking the blame for Saturday's sloppy operation which failed to prevent the bus carrying the Boca Juniors players to River Plate's Monumental stadium from being attacked by hooligans of the home team.
Tuesday, November 27th 2018 - 09:51 UTC
Bad start for Bolsonaro: Temer signs 16% pay raise for Justices, which is a benchmark for other public sector

Brazil’s exiting President Michel Temer signed into law a 16% pay raise for Supreme Court justices on Monday, disregarding a request from his President-elect Jair Bolsonaro that he veto the bill to avoid increasing next year’s budget deficit.
Tuesday, November 27th 2018 - 09:14 UTC
China's richest man with a US$ 35.8bn fortune is member of the Communist Party

Jack Ma, the head of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and China's best-known capitalist, is a Communist Party member, the official Party newspaper said on Monday, debunking a public assumption the billionaire was politically unattached.
Tuesday, November 27th 2018 - 08:51 UTC
Trump downplays a trade deal with China ahead of Saturday's meeting with Xi in Buenos Aires

United States president Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will meet on Saturday in Argentina on the sidelines of a Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires, a U.S. media outlet reported on Monday. The two leaders will meet a day after the United States, Mexico and Canada sign a new trilateral trade agreement, the online edition of Inside U.S. Trade said.
Tuesday, November 27th 2018 - 08:47 UTC
Trump not happy with GM's decision to cut 14.000 jobs and close several plants

President Donald Trump does not like the news that General Motors would close several plants and cut more some 14,000 jobs. Speaking to reporters on the White House lawn on Monday afternoon, Trump said he spoke with CEO Mary Barra and told her he wasn't happy with the decision. “I told her I'm not happy about it,” Trump told reporters.
Tuesday, November 27th 2018 - 08:44 UTC
Italy confirms its high spending budget to “end poverty” and defies EU rules

Italy's government says it will stick to its high-spending budget plans, setting up a potential stand-off with the European Union over its deficit. PM Giuseppe Conte, who held talks with deputies Matteo Salvini and Luigi Di Maio on Monday, said the objectives for 2019 had already been fixed.
Tuesday, November 27th 2018 - 08:15 UTC
Lula accused of money laundering in dealings with Equatorial Guinea

Brazil's jailed ex-president Lula da Silva's legal troubles mounted on Monday as he was accused by the Sao Paulo public prosecutor's office of money laundering in his dealings with Equatorial Guinea.
Monday, November 26th 2018 - 16:38 UTC
Hard times ahead for Argentina's Banco Nación president

Argentina's state-run Banco Nación President Javier González Fraga admitted borrowing from abroad is a possibility to face the current liquidity shortage, it was reported.