Politics

• Tuesday, April 15th 2014 - 23:18 UTC

  Manchester University alumni society in Chile; UK number one destination of “Becas Chile”

  

  British Ambassador to Chile, Mrs. Fiona Clouder, held a reception to mark the official launch of the Manchester University alumni society in Chile. Fifty Manchester graduates joined the event in the Ambassador’s residence from many different academic and professional disciplines.

• Tuesday, April 15th 2014 - 06:59 UTC

  Latin American leaders concerned and uneasy with the Venezuelan situation

  

  Most presidents of Latin America and particularly those from Mercosur are concerned with the Venezuelan situation, which generates uneasiness among opposition parties, mass media, corporations and citizens, the International Prospective Institute (IPI) states in a report.

• Tuesday, April 15th 2014 - 06:56 UTC

  Pulitzers for The Guardian and Washington Post coverage of the NSA documents

  

  Britain's The Guardian and The Washington Post have been awarded the most prestigious Pulitzer prize for coverage of secret surveillance by the US National Security Agency that sparked wide debate over government spying.

• Tuesday, April 15th 2014 - 06:51 UTC

  Kicillof downplays Argentina's relation with IMF; Capitanich describes it as 'normal'

  

  Argentina's Economy minister Axel Kicillof tried to downplay his recent to the G20/ IMF annual meetings held in Washington, saying the country is a regular attendant, and insisting that the country has no agreements with the IMF ”because it’s not an Argentine creditor”. Cabinet chief on the other hand described Argentina's relation with the IMF as 'normal'.

• Tuesday, April 15th 2014 - 06:41 UTC

  Mexico and OECD discussing relations with the Pacific Alliance

  

  Mexico's Economy Secretary Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal and the chairman of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD, José Ángel Gurría Treviño have met to address relations between OECD and the Pacific Alliance, and global value chains.

• Tuesday, April 15th 2014 - 06:27 UTC

  Falklands' war: John Paul II feared Argentine defeat could lead to a left-wing pro-Soviet regime

  

  The Daily Express Sunday's edition reveals in an exclusive piece by Marco Giannangeli, based on uncovered documents that Pope John Paul II tried to convince Margaret Thatcher to abandon the Falkland Islands at the height of the 1982 war with Argentina, fearing a collapse of the military regime could lead to a left-sing government, under influence of the Soviet Union.

• Tuesday, April 15th 2014 - 06:22 UTC

  Massa, Scioli and Macri emerge as Argentine presidential hopefuls with most support

  

  Argentine former cabinet chief and now dissident lawmaker Sergio Massa, the governor of Buenos Aires province Daniel Scioli and Mauricio Macri, mayor of Buenos Aires City outstand as the strongest presidential hopefuls for next year's primaries (August) ahead of elections to succeed Cristina Fernandez in October 2015.

• Tuesday, April 15th 2014 - 06:14 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez former Transport minister indicted for unlawful enrichment

  

  Argentine presidential couple Nestor and Cristina Kirchner's former Transport Secretary Ricardo Jaime was indicted last week for unlawful enrichment and impounded for 40 million Argentine Pesos (approx 5 million dollars) He's the first of very close former aides of the powerful couple to face a jail sentence.

• Tuesday, April 15th 2014 - 06:09 UTC

  China's foreign minister on a round of Latin America to prepare president Xi's visit

  

  China's Foreign minister Wang Yi will be travelling to Cuba, Venezuela, Argentina and Brazil from 18 to 27 April. The round comes two months ahead of Chinese president Xi-Jinping visit to Brazil for the BRICS summit next July in the northeastern city of Fortaleza. BRICS stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

• Tuesday, April 15th 2014 - 04:01 UTC

  White House confirms Uruguay's Mujica will meet President Obama on 12 May

  

  The White House confirmed on Monday that President Obama will host his Uruguayan peer Jose Mujica on May 12, highlighting the close partnership with Uruguay and strong leadership of Mujica's administration on human rights, social inclusion and global peace and security.