Politics

• Thursday, May 26th 2016 - 06:53 UTC

  Rousseff claims Temer intends to “privatize” Brazil's pre-salt oil reserves

  

  Brazil's suspended president, Dilma Rousseff, on Wednesday accused interim head of state Michel Temer of intending to “privatize” the oil discovered in recent years in deep waters of the Atlantic Ocean and thus deprive the nation's education sector of funding.

• Thursday, May 26th 2016 - 06:34 UTC

  Falklands are “most satisfied with Chile links and excellent health services”

  

  Falkland Islanders are very satisfied with the Chile links and health services in Santiago, was the first reply to media speculations in the Buenos Aires media regarding possible changes in the Argentine government attitude and policies towards the disputed Falklands.

• Thursday, May 26th 2016 - 06:19 UTC

  Falkland Islanders must be addressed ”as Argentines or foreigners living in (mainland) Argentina”

  

  The Falkland Islands and Falkland Islanders must be addressed as if they were Argentines or foreigners living in mainland Argentina, which means a more “normal relation” with the Islands including extending healthcare services, education and even greater air connectivity, according to the latest column from Martin Dinatale, editor in chief of La Nacion who in a previous piece revealed the “humanitarian approach” the government of Mauricio Macri has in mind on the Falklands/Malvinas dispute.

• Thursday, May 26th 2016 - 06:05 UTC

  Argentina confident Patagonia's shale formation foreign interest remains strong

  

  Argentina's Vaca Muerta shale formation in Patagonia remains an attractive asset for international investors, many of which are looking to increase the amount they have invested so far, according to the country's Energy Minister Juan José Aranguren, a former Shell Argentina CEO.

• Thursday, May 26th 2016 - 05:36 UTC

  Brazil's senate president caught on recording trying to stifle the Petrobras investigation

  

  The president of Brazil's Senate was put on the defensive with the release of a secretly recorded conversation that reveals him proposing to weaken one of the key tools prosecutors have used to catch politicians and businessmen in a sweeping corruption scandal.

• Thursday, May 26th 2016 - 05:33 UTC

  WTO chief warns UK would have to renegotiate membership if Brexit wins

  

  Britain would face grueling negotiations to set the terms of its World Trade Organization membership if it decided to leave the European Union, the group's chief warned in Thursday's Financial Times.

• Thursday, May 26th 2016 - 05:03 UTC

  Macri's government in “100% agreement” with the Church's dialogue message

  

  Argentina's cabinet chief Marcos Pena said president Mauricio Macri administration was “100% in agreement” with the Catholic church 25 May Day message “to leave aside statistics, think in the Argentine people and not fight among ourselves”.

• Wednesday, May 25th 2016 - 08:59 UTC

  UN human rights expert calls on Argentina to urgently protect indigenous peoples

  

  The United Nations human rights expert on racism urged Argentina to take urgent measures to sustainably address the invisibility, marginalization and systematic exclusion of indigenous peoples in the country. The UN assessed during a week in Argentina, the situation of indigenous peoples, peoples of African descent, migrants from the region and beyond, and other groups.

• Wednesday, May 25th 2016 - 08:52 UTC

  Paris police raids Google's offices as part of a tax fraud investigation

  

  Paris police raided the headquarters of Google in France on Tuesday as part of an investigation into tax fraud that has been running since 2011. About 100 tax fraud police, including 25 computer experts, swooped on Google's offices at 5.00am to investigate charges of aggravated tax fraud and money-laundering.

• Wednesday, May 25th 2016 - 08:46 UTC

  Argentina's April inflation 6.7%, according to the Congress Index

  

  Argentina's April inflation climbed to a record 6.7%, and 19.4% in the first four months of the year, according to the latest Congress Index, announced on Tuesday. Public utility rates were blamed for two thirds of the April increase, the highest for a month since 2002.