Politics

Sunday, March 1st 2015 - 23:35 UTC
Argentine technical mission to China to assess the purchase of jet fighters

It's official: in the coming weeks a technical delegation from Argentina's Air Force will be travelling to China to assess the convenience of purchasing Chinese jet fighters to replace the obsolete French made Mirages. Only a month ago president Cristina Fernandez was in Beijing where she sealed an “integral strategic alliance” with China.
Saturday, February 28th 2015 - 08:08 UTC
Jewish organization admits 'great respect' for decision dismissing cover up case against Cristina Fernandez

The head of Argentina's DAIA Jewish community organization Julio Schlosser has said Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas decision to dismiss the AMIA cover-up charges against President Cristina Fernandez and other officials deserve “the greatest respect”.
Saturday, February 28th 2015 - 08:03 UTC
Brazilian Judge has ordered the suspension of the messaging WhatsApp

A Brazilian judge says he has ordered the suspension of the globally popular instant messaging system WhatsApp across the country because it has allegedly failed to help in an investigation.
Saturday, February 28th 2015 - 07:54 UTC
Prosecutor of Argentine military junta in 1985 historic trial has died

Former public prosecutor Julio Cesar Strassera, who accused Argentina’s military leadership that conducted the bloody 1976-1983 dictatorship, died in Buenos Aires at 81 years old of a “severe intestinal infection.”
Saturday, February 28th 2015 - 07:38 UTC
Cameron pledges to use all means to hunt down militants as “Jihadi John”

British Prime Minister David Cameron vowed to use all means at his disposal to hunt down militants such as “Jihadi John” after the killer was identified as a Kuwaiti-born computer programming graduate from London.
Saturday, February 28th 2015 - 07:14 UTC
China has become Latin America's leading banker: 22bn dollars in 2014

Loans by China's state-owned banks to Latin American countries rose by 71% to 22bn dollars in 2014, according to estimates published by the China-Latin America Finance Database. The figure is the second largest on record for Chinese lending in Latin America, according to the report.
Saturday, February 28th 2015 - 06:48 UTC
Falklands historic link to Antarctica exploration unveiled in unique memorial

The Falkland Islands historic link as the gateway for British Antarctic exploration was acknowledged this week with the dedication in Stanley's Dockyard Point of the southern component of a unique memorial to the 28 men and one woman of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), and before that the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) who have perished in the Antarctic since the establishment by the British Government of the first permanent research base there in 1944.
Friday, February 27th 2015 - 08:29 UTC
Trelew in Patagonia and Caernarfon in Wales to be linked as 'sister-cities'

Trelew in Argentine Patagonia and Caernarfon in Wales will be linked as 'sister-cities' during a ceremony scheduled for next Saturday, attended by Lord Dafydd Wigley and a Welsh delegation visiting the country in anticipation of this year's 150th anniversary of the first Cymru settlement in southern Argentina.
Friday, February 27th 2015 - 08:22 UTC
Brazilian hard line unions win conflict and beat moderates in elections

Workers at a General Motors Co car factory in Brazil ended a six-day strike on Thursday after the company dropped plans to lay off 800 employees, the union said, ending the latest labor standoff in the troubled Brazilian auto industry.
Friday, February 27th 2015 - 08:14 UTC
Striking Brazilian truckers will be fined for roadblocks, warns government

The Brazilian government will start fining truckers as a strike in its ninth day threatens Latin America’s largest economy with food and fuel shortages. According to a report from Folha de Sao Paulo, the police will fine drivers who block highways as much as 10,000 Reais (3,470 dollars) per hour, Justice Minister Jose Eduardo Cardozo told reporters in Brasilia.