Politics

• Thursday, December 29th 2016 - 05:22 UTC

  Milagro Sala gets 3-year suspended sentence but remains in preventive custody on other charges

  

  Tupac Amaru group leader Milagro Sala was handed Wednesday a 3-year jail sentence by a Federal court in Jujuy for aggravated damage during an “escrache” protest against then national Senator Gerardo Morales in 2009 at the Professional Council of Economic Sciences in the provincial capital San Salvador de Jujuy. Sala also benefitted from a statute of limitations which rendered the threat charges void. Morales is now Governor of Jujuy.

• Wednesday, December 28th 2016 - 21:16 UTC

  “Real opportunities” from Brexit forecasts ex Bank of England governor

  

  Lord King, the former governor of the Bank of England, has said that the UK should be “self-confident” about leaving the European Union since there were “real opportunities” for economic reform and new trade deals which meant Brexit could be a success. He highlighted agricultural reform and a developing relationship with the Republic of Ireland as areas where the UK could be positive.

• Wednesday, December 28th 2016 - 19:26 UTC

  “Queen backs Brexit”, no longer a controversy according to BBC political editor

  

  The BBC’s political editor has said she was told that the Queen supported EU withdrawal, but did not report it as she could not find a second source. Laura Kuenssberg said she was told about the alleged comment months before the eventual appearance of The Sun’s “Queen backs Brexit” headline in March.

• Wednesday, December 28th 2016 - 18:41 UTC

  UK ambassador to Uruguay, Ian Duddy presents his diplomatic credentials

  

  British ambassador in Uruguay Ian Duddy, on Monday, made the official presentation of his diplomatic credentials to President Tabaré Vázquez, thus completing the formalities of his post.

• Wednesday, December 28th 2016 - 06:54 UTC

  Air link to Falklands requested by an Argentine charter airline from Neuquén

  

  A private charter airline planning to operate as a low cost option, based in Neuquén and San Fernando, Buenos Aires has requested the Argentine government for domestic and regional routes including one to the Falkland Islands.

• Wednesday, December 28th 2016 - 06:51 UTC

  Argentine congress opens Malvinas Observatory; Malcorra will not be attending

  

  Argentine foreign minister Susana Malcorra will not be going this Wednesday to the Lower House where she was first summoned, and later invited for the formal constitution and opening of the Malvinas Observatory. Lawmaker Elisa Carrió, a close ally of president Mauricio Macri, and chair of the Lower House Foreign Affairs committee originally summoned the minister.

• Wednesday, December 28th 2016 - 06:28 UTC

  False alarm leads to evacuation of NY's Trump Tower - child left a bag of toys behind

  

  The notorious Trump Tower building in New York was evacuated at around 4.30 pm Tuesday due to fears caused by a strange package which turned out to be a backpack full of toys a little kid left behind, authorities said.

• Wednesday, December 28th 2016 - 05:53 UTC

  Argentine Supreme Court Chief Justice's car crash victim dies

  

  Alejandro Buffet, one of the two bikers involved in November 13's crash with the car driven by Supreme Court Chief Justice Ricardo Lorenzetti in Rafaela, in the province of Santa Fe, died Tuesday, it was informed. Buffett had suffered severe head trauma and was on life support at a Rafaela clinic following brain surgery.

• Wednesday, December 28th 2016 - 05:14 UTC

  CFK indicted for illicit association and fraudulent administration until last day in office

  

  Former Argentine President Cristina Kirchner was charged in a corruption case Tuesday for illicit association and fraudulent administration with regards to the alleged granting of public construction contracts to specific companies. Fernandez' assets, estimated at more than 10 billion pesos (US$ 643 million) were frozen as a result of the judge's order.

• Wednesday, December 28th 2016 - 04:00 UTC

  Iran wants stronger maritime capabilities, including an aircraft carrier

  

  Iran's Deputy Navy Commander for Coordination, Admiral Peiman Jafari Tehrani, admitted his country needs better military equipment, including but not limited to the bulding of a new aircraft carrier, as cited by semi-official Fars news agency. Iran's fleet regularly escorts from the threat of modern age pirates ships, particularly oil tankers, from the Persian Gulf all the way down to South Africa and the Atlantic Ocean.