Politics

• Wednesday, April 13th 2016 - 04:58 UTC

  Another FIFA top official enters a guilty plea to four counts of corruption

  

  Alfredo Hawit entered a guilty plea to four counts of corruption including racketeering, wire fraud and obstructing justice. The former vice president of FIFA and former interim CONCACAF president could face a maximum of 20 years in prison on each count of corruption. The 64-year-old Hawit must also forfeit US$ 950,000 to United States Department of Justice when he is sentenced.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2016 - 22:38 UTC

  Bundesliga matches live television rights can't have a single buyer, rules Germany's anti-trust office

  

  Germany’s federal anti-trust office has approved plans to stop any single buyer from winning all the live television rights for Bundesliga soccer matches for the four seasons starting in 2017.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2016 - 22:07 UTC

  EU farmers claim trade deal with Mercosur represents an “unacceptable risk”

  

  The first reactions to the announced Mercosur-European trade deal and exchange of proposals next week have surfaced. The Ulster Farmers’ Union president, Ian Marshall, says the European Union trade deal on offer to Mercosur countries is an ‘unacceptable risk’ to the livelihoods of farmers in Northern Ireland.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2016 - 21:56 UTC

  Career diplomat Kralikas named head of Malvinas Islands Under Secretary

  

  Career diplomat Maria Teresa Kralikas has been nominated head of the Malvinas Islands Under Secretary in the Argentine Foreign Ministry. Ms Kralikas is a lawyer and until now was one of the ministry's Under Secretariats.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2016 - 09:00 UTC

  Don’t Blame Panama. Tax Evasion Is a Global Problem.

  

  By Juan Carlos Varela (*) - The following was published by The New York Times in The Opinion Pages. DESPITE their name, the Panama Papers are not mainly about Panama. They are not even primarily concerned with Panamanian companies. The more than 11 million documents, illegally hacked and released last week relating to previously undisclosed “offshore” corporations, is roiling the world with revelations of the vulnerability for rampant abuse of legal financial structures by the wealthy.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2016 - 08:52 UTC

  Temer's national unity message: a blooper or anticipation of pos-Rousseff Brazil

  

  Brazil's vice president called for a government of national unity in a message that was released on Monday apparently by mistake, further complicating the political crisis and impeachment process against President Dilma Rousseff.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2016 - 08:30 UTC

  Hero's welcome for Cristina Fernandez in Buenos Aires, where she faces first court investigation

  

  Supporters of former President Cristina Fernandez gave her a hero's welcome Monday night at a Buenos Aires metropolitan airport before she faces a court over her possible role in an alleged scheme to manipulate Argentina's currency.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2016 - 07:25 UTC

  OAS calls for deep reforms in Peruvian electoral system, following Sundays vote

  

  The OAS Electoral Observation Mission (EOM/OAS) to the general elections in Peru presented on Monday its preliminary technical report on Sunday’s general election, in which it recommends a deep electoral reform, including the system of disqualification of candidates.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2016 - 07:15 UTC

  Brazil's Lower House votes on Rousseff's impeachment next Sunday

  

  A commission considering impeachment charges against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff voted on Monday 38 to 27 in favour of accepting them, which sends the question to the full lower house of Congress for a vote most probably next Sunday. The decision deals a blow to the beleaguered Brazilian president and complicates the country’s political situation.

• Monday, April 11th 2016 - 07:03 UTC

  Brazilians favor early elections if both Rousseff and Temer are impeached

  

  A smaller majority of Brazilians favor the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff compared to last month, while more than half want her immediate successor to be impeached too, according to a survey released on Saturday by polling firm Datafolha.