Politics

• Thursday, May 14th 2015 - 07:38 UTC

  Argentine Supreme Court confirms Chief Justice and challenges Cristina Fernandez

  

  Argentina's Supreme Court has signed an “extraordinary accord” confirming the re-election of Chief Justice Ricardo Lorenzetti to the chair until 2019, in a meeting attended by Justice Carlos Fayt who has been the target of an ongoing attack from the administration of president Cristina Fernandez, which wants the 97 year judge impeached.

• Thursday, May 14th 2015 - 07:30 UTC

  Brazil's austerity measures to balance the budget start moving in Congress

  

  Brazil's Congress Lower House passed a bill on Wednesday toughening access to social security pensions, the second measure approved in a week to cut benefits in a drive to reduce a growing fiscal deficit.

• Thursday, May 14th 2015 - 01:45 UTC

  Partial recount of Guyana's May 11 general elections votes delays results

  

  The release of official results from Guyana’s May 11 general elections has been delayed for at least another 48 hours to allow for a partial recount, the Guyana Elections Commission, known as GECOM, said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, May 14th 2015 - 00:56 UTC

  Falklands debates bringing contract workers for maintenance of roads system

  

  Bringing contract workers in to ensure enough staff to maintain the Falkland Islands' roads ready for the start of the season in the spring, if not earlier is MLA Gavin Short’s wish.

• Wednesday, May 13th 2015 - 08:29 UTC

  Petrobras still Latam's top company but fell to second-worst performer because of corruption losses

  

  Brazil's state oil giant Petrobras remains Latin America's top company in revenues, but has lost its position as the profit leader after posting record losses last year due to a growing corruption scandal and administrative inefficiencies, according to a new ranking of the region's 500 largest companies from digital publication Latinvex.

• Wednesday, May 13th 2015 - 08:21 UTC

  Latam to debate controversial issue: 'post Washington Consensus' industrial policies

  

  The Inter American Development Bank, IDB, has organized a seminar to discuss industrial policies in Latin America and the Caribbean in a post Washington-Consensus framework. Anemic economic growth in the region is in need of policy shot in the arm.

• Wednesday, May 13th 2015 - 08:05 UTC

  Bolivia closer to Mercosur full membership; coming summit in Brasilia decisive

  

  Bolivia is closer to becoming a full member of Mercosur following on Argentina's ratification of the Adhesion Protocol.

• Wednesday, May 13th 2015 - 07:46 UTC

  Asian countries in top five spots of OECD global schooling performance

  

  The biggest global school rankings have been published, with Asian countries in the top five spots and African countries at the bottom. Singapore heads the table, followed by Hong Kong, with Ghana at the bottom. The UK is in 20th place, among higher achieving European countries, with the US in 28th.

• Wednesday, May 13th 2015 - 07:37 UTC

  Nisman's criminal case against President Cristina Fernandez was buried on Tuesday

  

  The criminal case against President Cristina Fernandez was closed Tuesday when federal judges from Cassation Court accepted a prosecutor’s decision not to pursue accusations that she had conspired to shield Iranians suspected of planning the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires.

• Wednesday, May 13th 2015 - 07:21 UTC

  Argentina's congress to begin evaluation of Justice Fayt's health condition

  

  Argentina's Lower House Impeachment Committee has approved a motion to begin evaluations on the health of Supreme Court Justice Carlos Fayt, in order to determine whether the judge has the physical and mental capacity to continue in his post.