Politics

Saturday, February 27th 2016 - 04:27 UTC
Cristina Fernandez to court to explain her government's handling of the futures dollar market

An Argentine court on Friday ordered former President Cristina Fernandez to face questions about her government's handling of the futures dollar market, marking the first time she has been legally summoned for any of the handful of investigations against her.
Saturday, February 27th 2016 - 03:47 UTC
Uruguay reaffirms Argentina's Malvinas claim and its commitment to Falkland Islanders 'interests'

Uruguay's foreign ministry expressed on Friday its “most firm support” for the 'legitimate rights' of Argentina's sovereignty claim over the Malvinas Islands, other insular territories in the South Atlantic and surrounding maritime spaces, currently administered by the United Kingdom.
Saturday, February 27th 2016 - 03:37 UTC
Malvinas' conscripts demanding war veteran certificates, complete eight years of encampment in Plaza de Mayo

Eight Argentine former conscript soldiers have completed eight years running in a tent camp in Plaza Mayo, the heart of Buenos Aires City, demanding they be recognized as Malvinas war veterans since they argue, they were involved in defense and logistics duties along the Patagonia coast during the 1982 conflict with the United Kingdom.
Saturday, February 27th 2016 - 01:15 UTC
Argentina and Chile after friendly settlement over extradition of former guerrilla

Argentina will seek a friendly settlement with Chile regarding the long-standing bilateral conflict over the extradition of Galvarino Apablaza before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). Apablaza is accused of involvement in the murder of a conservative Senator and kidnapping of a newspaper executive.
Friday, February 26th 2016 - 18:04 UTC
Infantino elected president of FIFA, after a surprise win in two rounds

FIFA elected on Friday Gianni Infantino to replace disgraced president Sepp Blatter in an unexpected turn of events. UEFA secretary general Gianni Infantino defeated expected frontrunner Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa of Bahrain, former FIFA vice president Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan and former FIFA executive Jerome Champagne.
Friday, February 26th 2016 - 07:49 UTC
IMF warns global economy has weakened and is highly vulnerable to adverse shocks

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said the global economy has weakened further and warned it was “highly vulnerable to adverse shocks” and the weakening has come “amid increasing financial turbulence and falling asset prices”.
Friday, February 26th 2016 - 07:19 UTC
Australian icebreaker stranded in Antarctica next to Mawson Station

Freezing winds are continuing to hamper the rescue of 68 people from an Australian icebreaker ship stranded in Antarctica. Aurora Australis was on a supply mission to Mawson Station when it broke its mooring and ran aground in Horseshoe Harbour on Wednesday.
Friday, February 26th 2016 - 07:05 UTC
Britain protests 'provocative' incursion in Gibraltar waters by Spanish corvette

Britain has protested to Spain after a Spanish warship “manoeuvred dangerously” during an incursion into British Gibraltar territorial waters, risking collision with a Royal Navy patrol boat.
Friday, February 26th 2016 - 06:55 UTC
Petrobras scandal becomes a mincing machine for the political system

Petrobras corruption investigation keeps gobbling Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff former cabinet members, but also political figures from other leading political parties. On Wednesday the Supreme Court authorized formal investigations into Rousseff’s former chief-of-staff, as well as the mayor of the country’s largest city and an opposition senator, for potential corruption.
Friday, February 26th 2016 - 06:08 UTC
Macri and opposition governors will meet Pope Francis on Saturday

Argentine President Mauricio Macri flew after midday to Rome ahead of Saturday’s meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican. Macri flew in an Alitalia commercial flight accompanied by his wife Juliana Awada, their small daughter Antonia and a small delegation of close aides and three provincial governors specially invited for the occasion.