Politics

Friday, September 13th 2013 - 20:36 UTC
Falklands: despite MPs criticisms, “UK government wants full bilateral relationship with Argentina”

A British Conservative Member of Parliament Henry Smith labeled Argentine president Cristina Fernandez as ‘disgraceful’ for how she has treated the people of the Falkland Islands and also claimed she stopped an Argentine prosecutor from testifying before the US congress on the Buenos Aires 1994 bombing of an Israelite mutual association in order to protect a growing alliance with Iran.
Friday, September 13th 2013 - 02:29 UTC
Aerolineas Argentinas admits to annual losses of 250 million dollars

Argentina’s flag carrier Aerolíneas Argentinas will have this year an operational deficit of 250 million dollars, approximately 12% of sales, but a sharp decrease from the 640 million loss last year, said CEO Mariano Recalde addressing Senate Budget, Finance, Infrastructure, Housing and Transport committees.
Friday, September 13th 2013 - 02:16 UTC
Argentina confirms that the Malvinas question has become a Latinamerican strategy issue

Javier Figueroa head of the Malvinas Desk at the Argentine Foreign ministry said that it is strategic to make the “Malvinas question” a Latinamerican issue. Figueroa made the statement during a meeting of Central America and Caribbean Malvinas Solidarity groups which opened Thursday in Havana.
Friday, September 13th 2013 - 01:38 UTC
Argentina has access to 1.5bn dollars from IDB to improve metropolitan railways

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a conditional credit line for 1.2 dollars billion to finance a program to improve metropolitan railroads in Argentina. The Bank also approved the first loan in the credit line for 300 million dollars for the Plaza Constitucion-La Plata branch of the General Roca railroad, which will benefit 2.4 million people in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area.
Friday, September 13th 2013 - 01:34 UTC
Argentina forecasted to expand 5.1% this year and 6.2% in 2014, says budget presented to Congress

Argentina's economy is expected to grow 6.2% next year, while GDP in 2013 is forecasted to expand 5.1% boosted by a massive grains harvest and the automobile industry, Economy Minister Hernan Lorenzino said on Thursday while presenting the 2014 budget bill before Congress.
Friday, September 13th 2013 - 01:20 UTC
Spain now disputes Portugal’s Savage Islands EEZ before the UN

Spain has quietly lodged an official request with the United Nations to have Portugal’s southern-most territory, the Savage Islands, declared as rocks and not as islands, according to a report from the Gibraltar Chronicle.
Friday, September 13th 2013 - 00:58 UTC
Gibraltar launches three gold commemorative coins to celebrate coronation

The Government of Gibraltar has launched three “extremely limited edition” Gibraltar gold commemorative coins to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
Friday, September 13th 2013 - 00:52 UTC
Uruguay and UK sign agreement for Chevening-ANII scholarships

The British Ambassador in Montevideo, Ben Lyster-Binns, and the President of Uruguay’s National Research and Innovation Agency (ANII) Omar Macadar, signed this week an agreement to create the Chevening-ANII scholarships.
Friday, September 13th 2013 - 00:39 UTC
Celibacy ‘is not Church dogma’ and ‘can be discussed’, says Vatican’s number two

The Vatican’s new secretary of state has surprised many in the Catholic Church, after saying in an interview with a Venezuelan newspaper that the issue of priests remaining celibate is up for discussion.
Friday, September 13th 2013 - 00:31 UTC
President Rousseff pushing new legislation forcing internet companies to comply with Brazilian rules

President Dilma Rousseff is pushing new legislation that would seek to force Google, Facebook and other internet companies to store locally gathered data inside Brazil. The requirement would be difficult to execute, technology experts say, given high costs and the global nature of the Internet.