Politics

Thursday, November 6th 2014 - 07:52 UTC
YPF manages significant increases in output and profits in the third quarter

Argentina's state-controlled oil firm YPF hydrocarbons' production in the third quarter increased by 15.4% from a year earlier to 573,000 b/d of oil equivalent (boe/d). The rise in production translates into a 13.9% increase from a year earlier for the first nine months of the year to 553,000 boe/d.
Thursday, November 6th 2014 - 07:37 UTC
US soybean crushers claim Argentine export taxes distort the market

The American Soybean Association, the National Oilseed Processors Association and the North American Export Grain Association sent comments last week to the U.S. Trade Representative identifying significant barriers to U.S. exports, particularly on the trade distorting impact of Argentine Differential Export Taxes, or DETs, and the artificial advantage provided to soybean products exported from that country.
Thursday, November 6th 2014 - 07:22 UTC
Argentina and hedge fund NML Capital ratify their commitment to keep fighting

Argentine Central bank chief Alejandro Vanoli, said the country will be not getting down on its knees in a negotiation with 'vulture funds' (hedge funds), once the January first date comes and the controversial RUFO clause, (preventing Argentina from voluntarily offering holdout creditors better terms than those of its 2005 and 2010 restructurings), falls.
Thursday, November 6th 2014 - 06:45 UTC
Cristina Fernandez 'stable' in hospital but will miss G20 summit in Australia November 15/16

Argentine President Cristina Fernández has completed her third day in the Otamendi hospital after falling ill with a bacterial infection, according to the report released by the presidential Medical Unit.
Thursday, November 6th 2014 - 06:28 UTC
Cannabis debate in US rages with legalization claiming more states

Residents of Oregon, Alaska, and the US capital Washington voted on Tuesday to legalize marijuana in key victories that could fuel the legalization movement as cannabis usage is increasingly recognized by the American mainstream.
Thursday, November 6th 2014 - 06:17 UTC
Most powerful Republican intends to employ a “trust and verify” with Obama

Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday he intends to employ a “trust but verify” relationship with President Barack Obama when he takes the helm as the new Senate majority leader, saying voters sent a clear message that both parties must govern.
Wednesday, November 5th 2014 - 22:43 UTC
Uruguay, “a role model for the region and the world” in tobacco policies

The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) is supporting the Government of Uruguay as it defends its tobacco control policies against claims brought by the Philip Morris tobacco company.
Wednesday, November 5th 2014 - 21:37 UTC
HMS Argyll hosts Prince Charles and Colombian president Santos in Cartagena

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, accompanied by the President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos and First Lady Maria Clemencia Rodriguez, visited Royal Navy frigate HMS Argyll alongside in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia on Friday, 31 October. The party were introduced to members of the ship’s company and witnessed an evening sunset ceremony.
Wednesday, November 5th 2014 - 21:09 UTC
Falklands' guardian HMS Clyde braves storms for routine South Georgia visit

Falkland Islands guardian HMS Clyde braved spring storms to pay her first visit of the Austral summer to the wildlife paradise of South Georgia. The patrol ship crossed 850 miles of ocean to reach the remote island – part of its domain as the Royal Navy’s permanent presence in the Falklands – to work with British Antarctic Survey scientists and generally fly the flag for the UK.
Wednesday, November 5th 2014 - 20:44 UTC
British and German embassies commemorate 100 years of the Battle of Coronel

British and German Embassies in Santiago organized a commemoration event to mark the 100 years of the Battle of Coronel, off the coast of Chile. A hundred years ago November first 1914, one of the first Naval battles of the First World War between the Royal Navy and the German Navy took place 50 miles off the coast of Coronel.