Politics

• Monday, November 23rd 2015 - 07:58 UTC

  Falklands' welcome message to Macri: “be smart, work with us, not against”

  

  Falkland Islanders also participated in Sunday's elections in Argentina by sending congratulation messages to president-elect Mauricio Macri while celebrating the fact that president Cristina Fernandez time comes to an end.

• Monday, November 23rd 2015 - 07:40 UTC

  “Change is possible, thanks for believing”, president elect Macri´s first words

  

  “Change is possible, thanks so much for having believed”, were the first words of Argentine president-elect Mauricio Macri when he appeared on stage at his packed headquarters in Buenos Aires, Sunday evening. Visibly emotional and euphoric, Macri said “it is a historic day for Argentina, a change of times. A change that will guide us to the future”.

• Monday, November 23rd 2015 - 07:16 UTC

  Argentine president-elect Macri takes office on 10 December; Tuesday meeting with Cristina Fernandez

  

  Mauricio Macri is Argentina's next president following the results of Sunday's runoff, the first in Argentine history. He will take office on 10 December replacing president Cristina Fernandez and twelve years of uninterrupted Kirchnerism. Although definitive results are yet to be announced by electoral officials, the primary vote counting indicated that Macri was winning with a four percentage points over incumbent Daniel Scioli.

• Saturday, November 21st 2015 - 08:48 UTC

  Macri honors 'Pachamama' and Scioli bewares 'the savage capitalism demon' on closing election rallies

  

  Argentine presidential opposition candidate Mauricio Macri closed his campaign ahead of Sunday 22 November runoff calling for change and unity while the incumbent hopeful Daniel Scioli said the option was between 'a development inclusive project' or the “savage capitalism demon”.

• Saturday, November 21st 2015 - 08:30 UTC

  UN Security Council authorizes “all necessary measures” to fight ISIS

  

  The UN Security Council on Friday (Nov 20) authorized countries to “take all necessary measures” to fight the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group in a resolution that won unanimous backing a week after the Paris attacks.

• Saturday, November 21st 2015 - 08:20 UTC

  EU and Mercosur will propose WTO an accord to end agriculture export subsidies

  

  The European Union and Brazil representing Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay), are proposing the World Trade Organization agree to end agricultural export subsidies at a meeting next month. The proposal backers also include New Zealand.

• Saturday, November 21st 2015 - 08:09 UTC

  High expectations in Argentina of a record soybean sowing in 2015/16

  

  Argentina's much-watched soybean sowings will set a record this season, but the country is heading for a weaker wheat harvest, despite ideas of “very good” yields, the country's farm ministry said. In its first estimate the ministry said soybean sowings for 2015-16, pegged area at 20.6m hectares, a rise of 800,000 hectares year on year.

• Friday, November 20th 2015 - 10:16 UTC

  BHP Billiton and Vale face civil lawsuit of US$ 3.69bn over dam collapse in Brazil

  

  A BHP Billiton and Vale joint venture in Brazil is facing its first civil lawsuit over the dam collapse at its iron ore mine on November 5 that buried a town and contaminated the region's main river.

• Friday, November 20th 2015 - 07:36 UTC

  Brazil considering plan to bolster Petrobras capital with 'hybrid securities'

  

  Brazil’s government is considering a debt plan to bolster the capital of heavily indebted state-controlled oil Petrobras, Agencia Estado news agency reported on Thursday. Under the plan, the Brazilian Treasury would transfer so-called hybrid securities to Petrobras, which would then book the securities as equity until it sold new stock, Estado reported.

• Friday, November 20th 2015 - 07:10 UTC

  Chile's football association chief turns in to US authorities as part of the ongoing FIFA probe

  

  The president of Chile's ANFP national football association Sergio Jadue has gone to the United States to talk to the FBI as part of its ongoing probe into corruption at soccer governing body FIFA, Santiago media reported.