Politics

• Wednesday, July 4th 2012 - 22:30 UTC

  Mexican election vote recount confirms winner Peña Nieto several points over runner-up

  

  Mexico's election officials on Wednesday recounted votes from more than half the polling booths in Sunday's presidential and congressional elections, responding to claims of fraud and requests for recounts in areas where the race was tight

• Wednesday, July 4th 2012 - 22:26 UTC

  Spanish court opens fraud case against Banka former executives

  

  A Spanish court opened a fraud case against former executives of lender Bankia on Wednesday amid mounting public anger against the state-rescued bank.

• Wednesday, July 4th 2012 - 19:00 UTC

  HMS Dragon joins P&O cruise fleet parade on the company’s 175th anniversary

  

  She is normally known as quite a large warship, but HMS Dragon was dwarfed by seven liners in the Solent. The Type 45 destroyer’s crew stood in ceremonial uniform as the full P&O cruise fleet passed them as they marked the company’s 175th anniversary.

• Wednesday, July 4th 2012 - 18:37 UTC

  Argentine high court ruling delays mining in glacier and peri-glacier areas

  

  Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold Corp. suffered a legal setback on Tuesday as Argentina's Supreme Court reversed preliminary injunctions that have blocked key parts of a glacier protection law.

• Wednesday, July 4th 2012 - 18:29 UTC

  Cameron prepared to restrict immigration from Euro zone countries

  

  Britain could restrict the immigration of Greeks and other citizens of Euro zone countries affected by Europe's sovereign debt crisis in the event of “extraordinary stresses and strains”, Prime Minister David Cameron said.

• Wednesday, July 4th 2012 - 18:15 UTC

  Deadly conflict challenges Peruvian president Humala fragile mining policy

  

  Peru declared a state of emergency in an area of the northern Andes after three people died in clashes between police and opponents of Newmont Mining Corp. 4.8 billion dollars Minas Conga project.

• Wednesday, July 4th 2012 - 06:19 UTC

  Brazil’s bungled diplomacy infuriates President Rousseff

  

  The crisis triggered by the removal of Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo has spilt over the borders of the country and has turned into a regional controversy that threatens to become a huge headache for Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff according to the weekly magazine Istoé, one of the two with largest circulation in Brazil.

• Wednesday, July 4th 2012 - 05:58 UTC

  Barclays CEO resigns as the Libor rate fixing scandal widens

  

  UK Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond suddenly quit on Tuesday over an interest rate-rigging scandal that threatens to drag in a dozen more major lenders but suggested the Bank of England had encouraged his bank to manipulate the figures

• Wednesday, July 4th 2012 - 02:53 UTC

  Partly Canadian owned South American airline on the verge of bankruptcy

  

  Uruguay’s bankrupt flagship carrier Pluna decided on Tuesday to cancel all flights during 48 hours following an announcement from the union of a two-day strike to protest working conditions and rumours of 200 redundancies.

• Wednesday, July 4th 2012 - 00:37 UTC

  Mujica confirms full support for Minister Almagro and Ambassador Pomi

  

  Even when Uruguayan president Jose Mujica assumed full responsibility for the controversial support suspending Paraguay and embracing Venezuela during the Mercosur summit, other details of events have emerged with Uruguayan ambassador Guillermo Pomi in Argentina, allegedly playing a crucial role.