Politics

Thursday, May 7th 2015 - 05:22 UTC
US for third year running main wheat supplier for Brazil displacing Argentina

For a third year in a row the United States will be the top wheat supplier for Brazil, displacing Argentina from its historic position, according to the latest release from Brazilian consultancy Trigo & Farinhas. This piece of information is significant given the world prices for grains and wheat planting prospects in South America.
Wednesday, May 6th 2015 - 17:36 UTC
Brazil's securities regulator CVM formally accuses Petrobras former board members

Brazil's securities industry regulator accused the former board of state-run oil producer Petrobras of setting a fuel pricing policy that misguided investors and hurt the company.
Wednesday, May 6th 2015 - 07:10 UTC
OAS deploys electoral observation mission for Guyana Sunday's election

The Organization of American States has started the deployment of the Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States to the general and regional elections scheduled iin Guyana for Sunday May 11. This is the fifth time the OAS has observed elections in Guyana, following Missions in 1997, 2001, 2006 and 2011.
Wednesday, May 6th 2015 - 07:04 UTC
Uruguay calls for an end to Mercosur 'hollow rhetoric' which undermines jobs

Uruguay's foreign minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa called on Mercosur to overcome “hollow rhetoric” and advance towards the elimination of barriers which restrict access to other markets and intra-region trade.
Wednesday, May 6th 2015 - 06:55 UTC
Pope Francis will receive Cuba's Raul Castro on private visit next Sunday

Pope Francis and Cuban President Raul Castro will meet privately on Sunday at the Vatican, a spokesman said, four months before the pontiff's trip to the Caribbean island, his first as leader of the Catholic Church.
Wednesday, May 6th 2015 - 06:42 UTC
Argentine S. Court ratifies Chief Justice; Cristina Fernandez wants to impeach a second Justice

In another chapter of the ongoing dispute between Argentine president Cristina Fernández and a non-submissive Judiciary, the country's Supreme Court issued a statement on Tuesday ratifying Ricardo Lorenzetti as Chief Justice for three more years starting in 2016, following versions that he was pushing to leave the SC on yet unclear “moral fatigue” grounds.
Wednesday, May 6th 2015 - 05:49 UTC
US approves licenses for passenger ferry service with Cuba

The US Treasury Department has approved licenses for passenger ferry service between the United States and Cuba, a Treasury Department official announced. One of the licenses was issued to Baja Ferries, part of a major shipping group with passengers and cargo operations, including on Mexico's west coast, according to a lawyer who handled the license application.
Tuesday, May 5th 2015 - 17:50 UTC
China warms up to Taiwan and calls for future relations on an “equal basis”

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with the chairman of Taiwan's ruling Nationalist Party (KMT) in Beijing on Monday for the highest-level meeting between the two sides since 2009.
Tuesday, May 5th 2015 - 10:01 UTC
Mercosur prepared to consider the possibility of a 'two-speed' system with EU

Paraguay's foreign affairs minister Eladio Loizaga admitted in Madrid that Mercosur could consider the possibility of a “two-speed” system in trade and cooperation negotiations with the European Union. The minister was the main speaker at the event organized by Casa de America and the Spanish government news agency EFE.
Tuesday, May 5th 2015 - 09:52 UTC
Mercosur main partners' bilateral trade stalled for the last six years

Bilateral trade between Mercosur main partners Argentina and Brazil, has stalled at an annual 30bn dollars during the last six years (2008/2014), with no prospects of a recovery during 2015, according to Finsoport consultants from Buenos Aires.