Politics

Thursday, March 27th 2014 - 08:07 UTC
Brazil lower house approves internet legislation to ensure privacy and neutrality

The lower house of Brazil’s Congress has approved legislation meant to ensure the privacy of Internet users and to guarantee what is called “Internet neutrality”, that all content be treated equally by carriers. But it dropped a demand that all data on Brazilians be saved within the country.
Thursday, March 27th 2014 - 08:02 UTC
Argentina issues 10bn Pesos in bonds to drain liquidity and contain inflation

Argentina's government will issue as much as 10 billion pesos (1.25 billion dollars) in bonds on Friday as it seeks funding from local investors and tries to drain liquidity from the local market as the harvest season approaches when traders begin selling the dollars of overseas shipments of grains and oilseeds.
Thursday, March 27th 2014 - 07:55 UTC
Malvinas affairs official meets with Pope Francis and talks about Falklands' dialogue

Pope Francis showed an interest on the Falklands/Malvinas question negotiations during a meeting on Wednesday at the Vatican with Daniel Filmus chairman of Issues relative to the Malvinas Islands secretariat, according to Argentine sources which gave the event a great coverage. The meeting was in the framework of Wednesdays open audience at St Peter's square, when an estimated 50.000 people attend the ceremony.
Wednesday, March 26th 2014 - 22:44 UTC
Obama suggests a transatlantic trade pact would cut Europe' dependency on Russian energy

$EU wants access to US natural gas, but is reluctant to support fracking in the continent$

US President Barack Obama has told the European Union it cannot rely on the United States alone to reduce its dependency on Russian energy, as relations with Moscow chill over its seizure of Crimea from Ukraine.
Wednesday, March 26th 2014 - 22:31 UTC
Falklands' TriStars have flown their last operational mission with the RAF

The Lockheed TriStar, closely linked to the recent history of the Falkland Islands has flown its last operational mission with the Royal Air Force. On 24 March, two TriStars of 216 Squadron based at Royal Air Force Brize Norton flew an air-to-air refueling mission over the North Sea before one of them conducted fly-pasts at airfields associated with its history.
Wednesday, March 26th 2014 - 07:49 UTC
Putin rings Cristina Fernandez to praise her Falklands/Crimea double-standard argument

Russia’s Vladimir Putin called President Cristina Fernández and praised Argentina’s position against the “double standard” of world powers in the resolution of international conflicts. The Argentine leader appealed to the examples of Crimea and the Falkland Islands' referendum in her statements last week in France.
Wednesday, March 26th 2014 - 06:02 UTC
Major scandal in UK: program reveals fetal remains used to heat hospitals

Thousands of babies who had died from abortion and miscarriage were being used to heat hospitals in Britain. An investigation has found that baby corpses go to the incinerator as clinical waste, aside from using the remains as fuel to keep British hospitals warm.
Wednesday, March 26th 2014 - 05:49 UTC
Russia and US leave aside differences and call for measures to impede nuclear terrorism

World leaders called on Tuesday for countries to cut their stocks of highly enriched nuclear fuel to the minimum to help prevent al Qaeda-style militants from obtaining material for atomic bombs.
Wednesday, March 26th 2014 - 05:41 UTC
UK universities delegates visit Chile for closer education and scientific research links

High level delegates from twelve British universities visited Chile the week of 17 March to deepen their partnerships with the country, becoming the first large international education delegation to visit under the new Chilean government of President Michelle Bachelet.
Wednesday, March 26th 2014 - 05:33 UTC
Country and organizations support for Argentina's litigation with hedge funds increases

Argentina underlined the support from Brazil, France, Mexico, (even the IMF), among other institutions in the country's long exhausting litigation with hedge funds, an issue which is “crucial for Argentina and the whole international financial system”.