Politics

• Saturday, March 28th 2015 - 09:37 UTC

  Germanwings pilot was under medical treatment but hid his condition

  

  The pilot who crashed a plane in the French Alps had received a sick note from doctors showing he suffered a health condition that would have prevented him flying the day of the crash, which he apparently hid from his employer, German prosecutors said.

• Friday, March 27th 2015 - 09:04 UTC

  Argentine appeals court dismisses Iran-case accusation against Cristina Fernandez

  

  Argentina's First Court of the Buenos Aires City Federal Appeals Court dismissed late prosecutor Alberto Nisman’s accusation that claimed President Cristina Fernández and other top officials had tried to negotiate impunity for the alleged Iranian masterminds of the 1994 AMIA Jewish community centre bombing.

• Friday, March 27th 2015 - 08:57 UTC

  Uruguay's economy expanded 3.5% in 2014, completing over a decade of sustained growth

  

  Uruguay's GDP expanded a strong 3.5% during 2014 over the previous year, with positive activity in most sectors of the Mercosur member economy, according to the latest report from the Central bank. The result was in line with government officials expectations of 3% growth last year.

• Friday, March 27th 2015 - 08:36 UTC

  Another major corruption scandal hits Brazil, this time fraud at the tax office

  

  Brazilian authorities on Thursday said they uncovered a tax fraud scheme at the Finance Ministry's tax appeals board that may have cost taxpayers up to 19 billion Reais (5.96 billion dollars).

• Friday, March 27th 2015 - 08:23 UTC

  Brazil's central bank forecasts economy will contract 0.5% and inflation climb to 7.9%

  

  Brazil's economy will contract 0.5% in 2015 and inflation will climb to 7.9%, ending the year far outside the tolerance range, the Central Bank admitted on Thursday in its latest quarterly inflation report.

• Friday, March 27th 2015 - 08:07 UTC

  Petrobras engineering firm contractor files for bankruptcy

  

  Brazilian engineering firm Galvao Engenharia said on Wednesday it filed for bankruptcy protection, as state-run oil company Petrobras cut off payments due to a broad corruption scandal in which it had been implicated.

• Friday, March 27th 2015 - 07:52 UTC

  International summit on oil and gas potential in Uruguay next June

  

  Uruguay's oil and gas Government owned company, ANCAP, will join senior level delegation from international oil and gas operators on 11-12 June 2015 in Montevideo to analyze the potential of a region that has experienced significant advances since 2009.

• Friday, March 27th 2015 - 07:38 UTC

  UK biggest union and Labor affiliate pledges full support for Gibraltar with Ed Miliband

  

  United Kingdom Unite boss Len McCluskey gave ‘the fullest of assurances’ that he would influence a future Labor government in Britain to respect the wishes of the people of Gibraltar in any dealings with Spain.

• Friday, March 27th 2015 - 07:23 UTC

  Argentina denies purchase of Russian aircraft but admits the Chinese option

  

  Argentina 'never had in consideration' the possibility of purchasing fighter aircraft from Russia, such as the Sukhoi Su-24, to replace the aging French Mirages to be decommissioned by the end of the year, said Defense minister Agustín Rossi.

• Friday, March 27th 2015 - 07:15 UTC

  Mercosur is being left out of the main global trade flows, argues Uruguay

  

  Mercosur is being left out of the main global trade flows since it only belongs to 1% of free trade treaties or tariff preference agreements, which actually represent half of world trade, said Uruguay's foreign minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa during a conference on “Education and regional integration”.