Politics

Thursday, November 26th 2015 - 07:01 UTC
Cristina Fernandez wants to become head of the opposition to Macri

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez made on Wednesday her first public appearance since Sunday's election runoff when opposition candidate Mauricio Macri was confirmed as the new head of state, and clearly anticipated she will continue in politics and pretends to conduct the Justicialista party, the country's hegemonic political force.
Wednesday, November 25th 2015 - 08:41 UTC
A rancher close to Lula da Silva arrested on Petrobras corruption probe

Brazilian authorities working on the country’s huge Petrobras corruption probe arrested Jose Carlos Bumlai, a rancher reportedly close to powerful former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Wednesday, November 25th 2015 - 08:22 UTC
Mercosur ready to begin political negotiations for the trade agreement with the European Union

Mercosur is only waiting for the European Union to begin the political negotiations on the long delayed overall trade agreement, announced Paraguay's foreign minister Eladio Loizaga in Asunción, just back from Brussels where he met with EU and Belgian officials.
Wednesday, November 25th 2015 - 08:09 UTC
An Anti-incumbency Vote Whose Effects Will be Seen Beyond Argentina

By Rengaraj Viswanathan (*) Mauricio Macri’s win will inspire the centre-right opposition parties that hope to replace leftist governments in Brazil and Venezuela but it is too early to declare, as some observers are doing, that the result marks the end of the Left in the region
Wednesday, November 25th 2015 - 07:35 UTC
Mujica wishes Argentina and Macri 'the best', but has fears about 'institutional stability'

Two days after Mauricio Macri's victory in Argentina, Uruguay's former president Jose Mujica wished Argentina “the best” with its new government, but also expressed fear about the 'institutional stability' of the country.
Wednesday, November 25th 2015 - 07:21 UTC
UK expects new Canadian government will continue to support Falklands

The UK government is looking forward to working with the new government of Argentina and hopes the people of the Falkland Islands will not suffer the bellicosity shown by the current administration, said Foreign Office minister Hugo Swire in Parliament.
Wednesday, November 25th 2015 - 07:03 UTC
Macri names top UN official as Argentina's next Foreign Minister

President-elect Mauricio Macri has tapped a top United Nations official to be Argentina's next foreign minister. Macri announced on his Facebook page on Tuesday that he picked Susana Malcorra, Cabinet chief for U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon since 2012.
Tuesday, November 24th 2015 - 14:53 UTC
Summit of gas exporting countries opened in Tehran with nine leaders attending

A landmark summit of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) has opened in the Iranian capital Tehran with the participation of the heads of nine member states. Presidents of Iran, Russia, Venezuela, Iraq, Bolivia, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Turkmenistan as well as the Algerian prime minister are the key participants.
Tuesday, November 24th 2015 - 13:56 UTC
Biggest pharmaceutical deal in history criticized by US political presidential hopefuls

US drugs giant Pfizer has sealed a deal to buy Botox-maker Allergan for $160bn in what is the biggest pharmaceuticals deal in history. The takeover could allow Pfizer to escape relatively high US corporate tax rates by moving its headquarters to Allergan's Dublin base.
Tuesday, November 24th 2015 - 12:21 UTC
Macri will announce his economic team and measures once he has access to official data

In his first press conference as Argentine president-elect, Mauricio Macri announced on Monday he would not have a Secretary of Economy but rather an economic cabinet with six members, and anticipated that the team that will be taking office with him, as well as those in the province of Buenos Aires, “will include many officials which do not come from the political system”.