Politics

• Wednesday, July 9th 2014 - 08:14 UTC

  Mediator Pollack will receive Argentine delegation Friday in follow up meeting

  

  Argentina confirmed on Tuesday that the delegation headed by Economy Minister Axel Kicillof will continue talks with mediation Daniel Pollack, next Friday in New York, a 'follow up' of Monday's first appointment.

• Wednesday, July 9th 2014 - 08:04 UTC

  Gibraltar with port fee and re-fuelling discounts to attract cruise business

  

  Neil Costa, Gibraltar Minister for Tourism, Commercial Affairs, Public Transport and the Port, has welcomed the introduction of new port fee discounts and said they will further enhance the competitiveness of the Port of Gibraltar.

• Wednesday, July 9th 2014 - 08:00 UTC

  Kerry wishes the Argentine team 'good luck' in the World Cup

  

  US Secretary of State John Kerry congratulated the people of Argentina on the country’s Independence Day on July 9 and wished the national team good luck in Brazil’s World Cup.

• Wednesday, July 9th 2014 - 07:35 UTC

  Clean-up process and 'zero tolerance' in Vatican bank plummets profits

  

  The Vatican bank has blocked the accounts of more than 2,000 clients and ended some 3,000 “customer relationships” as part of a clean-up process that nearly wiped out its profit, its 2013 financial statement showed on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, July 9th 2014 - 07:32 UTC

  Venezuela knocks on the door of international banks and promises to respect debt payments

  

  After slamming international banks for more than a decade, the Venezuelan government met with investment bankers to try to change the perception of risk associated to the country and prepare the scenario for upcoming economic measures.

• Wednesday, July 9th 2014 - 07:16 UTC

  Brazil's KO becomes open question for Dilma's re-election and social unrest

  

  Brazilians cried, cursed their president and covered their faces in shame after their beloved football team's humiliating 7-1 thrashing by Germany in the World Cup semi-finals Tuesday. President Dilma Rousseff twitted how sad she was with defeat but called on Brazilians “we won't let ourselves stay down”.

• Wednesday, July 9th 2014 - 07:07 UTC

  Falklands experience, according to former Argentine vice-president Cobos

  

  Fresh back from the Falkland Islands where he spent a week, Argentina's former vice-president and currently lawmaker Julio Cleto Cobos calls for closer links with the Islands, and insists that the “Malvinas Experience” (“Vivir Malvinas”) challenge should not be banned to nobody, rather the contrary.

• Tuesday, July 8th 2014 - 08:43 UTC

  Indicted Boudou will replace Cristina Fernandez on Argentine Independence Day

  

  Controversial vice-president Amado Boudou will fill in for President Cristina Fernández and head Wednesday's Argentine Independence Day celebration in San Miguel de Tucumán. The deputy was entrusted with leading the ceremony following a meeting Monday afternoon at the presidential residence in Olivos, as Cristina continues her recovery from pharyngeal laryngitis.

• Tuesday, July 8th 2014 - 08:33 UTC

  EU holders of restructured Argentine bonds begin court actions in Belgium

  

  Holders of restructured Argentine bonds took to Belgian courts against Euroclear and the Bank of New York last week over their failure to pay out Argentina’s deposit, newspaper Tiempo Argentino (*) reported, citing court documents signed by the funds’ legal counsel.

• Tuesday, July 8th 2014 - 08:20 UTC

  Leading holdout hedge fund willing to give Argentina more time to negotiate

  

  Elliott Management portfolio manager Jay Newman has revealed that the holdout hedge fund would be willing to give the Argentine government more time to negotiate following the nation's reverse in the US Supreme Court, while criticizing Economy minister Axel Kicillof for not meeting with the so-called 'vulture funds'.