Politics

• Wednesday, August 13th 2014 - 06:57 UTC

  “Homeland or Vultures” militants rally in support of Cristina Fernandez

  

  Thousands of Argentine pro government activists gathered at the Luna Park stadium in Buenos Aires City, to express their support in favor of President Cristina Fernández stand against the so called holdouts (or 'vulture funds') as well as her continuity at the head of the Kirchnerite project.

• Wednesday, August 13th 2014 - 06:41 UTC

  Philip Morris prepared to sue the UK over plain packaging of cigarettes

  

  Philip Morris International, the world's largest tobacco company, is prepared to sue the British government should it implement a law requiring plain packaging of cigarettes, a document showed.

• Wednesday, August 13th 2014 - 06:08 UTC

  Argentine Church concerned with employment and redundancy conditions

  

  The Argentine Episcopal Conference expressed deep concern on Tuesday about employment, redundancies, closure of factories, as well as with crime and drugs. The Conference's standing committee met with delegates from the different regions to address the pastoral situation and later a review of socio-economic conditions.

• Wednesday, August 13th 2014 - 05:46 UTC

  Larishka sniffs 86.000 dollars from car heading of a ferry to Uruguay

  

  Agents working for Argentina's Federal Public Incomes Administration (AFIP), with a little help from Larishka the dog, found 86,500 dollars hidden by an Argentine who was trying to leave the country for Uruguay.

• Wednesday, August 13th 2014 - 05:28 UTC

  Finally Cristina Fernandez is on an official visit to Paraguay

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez arrived Tuesday evening to Paraguay to begin early Wednesday an official visit which has been delayed several times. Besides the usual agenda discussions and accords signing with her peer Horacio Cartes, the visit will also have a strong symbolism since the Argentine president will be formally returning to Paraguay furniture and other belongings from one of the country's most revered leaders, Francisco Solano Lopez.

• Wednesday, August 13th 2014 - 01:22 UTC

  FARC leader doubts the peace accord can be signed this year

  

  Colombia is unlikely to sign a peace accord with Marxist rebels this year as the remaining items on the negotiating agenda are complex and time consuming, FARC guerrilla leader Rodrigo Londoño said.

• Tuesday, August 12th 2014 - 06:36 UTC

  Uruguay wants Unasur to reach a consensus position of Gaza Strip conflict

  

  Uruguay will ask fellow members at the Unasur summit to be held in Montevideo later in the month to discuss the Gaza Strip situation, said Foreign minister Luis Almagro who next week will be meeting a delegation from the Palestine Authority. Almagro and president Jose Mujica have been questioned for using the words 'genocide' and 'massacre' to describe the Israeli offensive in Gaza.

• Tuesday, August 12th 2014 - 06:24 UTC

  Petrobras earnings down 20%; subsidized fuels strangling the company

  

  Second quarter profits for Brazil's Petrobras dropped 20% compared to the same period one year earlier, the state-run oil giant said. Petrobras recorded profits of 4.96 billion Reais (about 2.22 billion dollars) in the quarter, compared to 6.2 billion Reais (nearly 3 billion) for the same period in 2013.

• Tuesday, August 12th 2014 - 06:10 UTC

  Venezuelan oil company begins operations with China’s Citic Bank

  

  Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA has started using China Citic Bank to collect money from crude and fuel sales instead of Portugal’s Banco Espirito Santo, according to media reports in Caracas.

• Tuesday, August 12th 2014 - 06:05 UTC

  Mexico signs energy reform bills: now to wait for interested private companies

  

  Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto signed on Monday a package of landmark energy reform bills, ending the 76-year-old state monopoly on oil drilling and reopening the sector to foreign companies.