Politics

Friday, May 1st 2015 - 05:29 UTC
Argentina and Chile coordinate joint scientific research in South Atlantic

Outstanding researchers and scientists from Argentina and Chile in the fields of marine sciences, fisheries Antarctica and technology innovation met this week in Buenos Aires for a day's work coordinating the scientific efforts of both countries.
Thursday, April 30th 2015 - 07:46 UTC
“Best brains of Gibraltar” will work together in a Consultative Council

The ‘best brains in Gibraltar’ will work together for the common good under plans for a proposed Gibraltar Consultative Council. The aim is to set up a permanent forum that will work along the same lines as the UK’s Privy Council, providing non-partisan advice to the Chief Minister of the day on issues of national importance, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.
Thursday, April 30th 2015 - 07:03 UTC
Jewish organizations 'dismayed' by Timerman's 'threats and slanders'

The Argentine-Israel Association, AMIA, expressed on Wednesday great dismay given the “strong threats” in the letter sent by Argentine Foreign minister Hector Timerman announcing he was quitting as member of the century old organization.
Wednesday, April 29th 2015 - 22:48 UTC
Uruguay insists Mercosur must achieve “a free trade zone which effectively works”

Uruguay again complained about the current stalled situation of Mercosur and called for members to 'sincere' themselves regarding the compliance of the original 1991 founding charter, and hopefully “we can at least reach the first stage of the chronogram: a free trade zone which effectively works and has not to bear the brunt of hurdles”.
Wednesday, April 29th 2015 - 09:22 UTC
Argentine central bank increases reserves to highest level since November 2013

Argentina's central bank bought 630 million of dollars on the local currency market on Tuesday in one of its largest-ever purchases, a move that will bolster the country's precariously low hard currency reserves. Some 500 million of the dollars purchased were proceeds from last week's 1.5 billion auction of bonds by state energy company YPF.
Wednesday, April 29th 2015 - 09:14 UTC
Oil rich but power short Venezuela cuts working day to save electricity

Venezuela says it will cut the working day for public sector workers to five-and-a-half hours to conserve energy, down from eight to nine hours. The initiative is part of a nationwide electricity rationing plan.
Wednesday, April 29th 2015 - 08:40 UTC
“Being Argentine, they thought I would call myself Jesus II” and not Francis

After meeting Pope Francis at the Vatican on Tuesday, the president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, told his two million Twitter followers that the pontiff had spoken enthusiastically about his coming visit to the country and had even told him a self-deprecating joke about the Argentines.
Wednesday, April 29th 2015 - 08:24 UTC
Australia and Brazil angry at Indonesia for execution of drug-traffickers

An Indonesian firing squad executed eight convicted drug-traffickers from several countries on Tuesday, prompting Australia to recall its envoy to Jakarta and bringing an angry reaction from Brazil.
Wednesday, April 29th 2015 - 08:18 UTC
Petrobras contracting companies' officials released from jail and moved to house arrest

Brazil's Supreme Court has ordered the release from jail of nine executives from engineering corporations charged in the corruption investigation at state-run oil firm Petrobras. In a statement the court said that the executives had the right to defend themselves out of jail, although they will be under house arrest.
Wednesday, April 29th 2015 - 08:12 UTC
Falklands/Malvinas: Unasur message in support of Argentina's claims

Unasur and Argentina made public on Tuesday a letter dated last 5 April in which the regional group' Secretary General and former Colombian president Ernesto Samper, strongly supports Argentina's sovereignty claims over the Falklands/Malvinas and other South Atlantic Islands plus the adjoining maritime spaces.