Politics

Sunday, March 15th 2015 - 01:10 UTC
US ambassador in Argentina received by cabinet chief Anibal Fernandez

Argentina’s Cabinet Chief Anibal Fernández received United States ambassador to Argentina Noah Mamet in his Casa Rosada office. Apparently the meeting was strictly protocol, and no details of the agenda were supplies to the media.
Sunday, March 15th 2015 - 01:02 UTC
Argentina declassifies all files connected to the 1994 AMIA attack

The administration of President Cristina Fernandez has ordered the declassification of all files connected with the attack against the AMIA Jewish community center that took place in 1994 in Buenos Aires City. Some of the documents were already in the hands of the special prosecutor in charge of investigating the bombing, now late Alberto Nisman.
Sunday, March 15th 2015 - 00:54 UTC
Argentina blasts Judge Griesa ruling blocking Citigroup from paying bonds issued under local law

A release from the Argentine Economy Ministry considered US Judge Thomas Griesa's ruling issued on Thursday “a shameful excess of jurisdiction”. Judge Griesa blocked Citigroup Inc from processing interest payments by Argentina on some bonds issued under the country's law.
Friday, March 13th 2015 - 14:35 UTC
Iceland drops EU membership request; it had suspended the bid in 2013

The government of Iceland has announced it is no longer seeking EU membership for the North Atlantic state. Foreign Minister Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson said he had already informed current EU president Latvia and the European Commission about the cabinet's move.
Friday, March 13th 2015 - 12:03 UTC
Brazil's Levy says austerity measures are more important than a weak currency

Brazil's economic growth depends more on the approval of austerity measures needed to rebuild investor confidence than on a weaker currency, Finance Minister Joaquim Levy told O Globo newspaper.
Friday, March 13th 2015 - 11:53 UTC
Brazil's economic difficulties are cyclical argues President Rousseff

President Dilma Rousseff said here Thursday that Brazil's economic woes are cyclical in nature that the austerity measures her administration has adopted to rectify the situation will begin to bear fruit late this year.
Friday, March 13th 2015 - 11:38 UTC
Uruguay looks to Paraguay in support of a more open and dynamic Mercosur

Fresh from an incident with Venezuela which delayed and displaced a Unasur meeting, the Uruguayan government is looking for closer relations with the conservative administration of Paraguay, putting the emphasis on regional integration but also in making Mercosur a more open and dynamic trade and cooperation block.
Friday, March 13th 2015 - 11:28 UTC
Brazil central bank admits interest policy has not been effective in fighting inflation

Brazil's Central Bank appears likely to continue raising interest rates in the short-term, saying in its most recent meeting that its inflation-fighting effort in recent months has been insufficiently effective. The view was reflected in the minutes, published on Thursday, of its monetary policy committee's March 4 meeting, when the bank raised its benchmark Selic interest rate by 50 basis points to 12.75%.
Friday, March 13th 2015 - 11:18 UTC
Griesa blocks Citigroup from paying interest on Argentine bonds; group will appeal

A United States federal judge on Thursday said Citigroup Inc cannot process interest payments by Argentina on some bonds issued under that country's law. U.S. District Judge Thomas Griesa in Manhattan said letting Citigroup process the payments on so-called dollar-denominated exchange bonds would violate a requirement that Argentina treat bondholders equally.
Friday, March 13th 2015 - 11:02 UTC
Argentine Judge elected by peers head of the International Criminal Court

An Argentine has been elected by her peers to lead the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. Judges of the ICC, sitting in a plenary session, elected Silvia Fernandez de Gurmendi as president of the court for a three-year term with immediate effect, the organization said in a news release.