Politics

Tuesday, April 22nd 2014 - 06:45 UTC
US Supreme Court inclined to limit disclosure of Argentine non-US assets

US Supreme Court justices seemed to indicate on Monday that creditors should be able to seek limited information about Argentina's non-US assets in a case stemming from long-running litigation over Argentina's obligations to hedge bond investors. The US administration of President Barack Obama sided with Argentina based on the foreign sovereignty immunity act.
Tuesday, April 22nd 2014 - 06:40 UTC
World Cup host city police back to work but number of slain people climbs to 39

Three more people were killed in the capital of the Brazilian state of Bahia and local media reported that police officers were unavailable at most stations, although a two-day strike that affected Salvador-Bahía has been officially lifted.
Tuesday, April 22nd 2014 - 06:36 UTC
Queen's 88th birthday marked across the UK with traditional gun salutes

The Queen's 88th birthday on Monday has been marked across the UK with traditional gun salutes. A 41-gun royal salute was fired in Green Park in London and a 62 gun-salute from the Tower of London.
Tuesday, April 22nd 2014 - 06:31 UTC
New Queen's portrait to mark her 88th birthday

A portrait of the Queen by British photographer David Bailey has been released in honour of her 88th birthday on Monday. The black and white photo, which shows the Queen smiling, was taken in March. She is pictured wearing pearls, and a dress by Angela Kelly, who has served as personal assistant and senior dresser to her since 2002.
Tuesday, April 22nd 2014 - 06:26 UTC
Brazil and Argentina clash over auto-export restrictions; top level mission heads for Buenos Aires

A high level Brazilian government delegation is scheduled to arrive in Buenos Aires on Tuesday to discuss the 'urgent' re-opening of the Argentine market for Brazilian auto exports that have dropped 32% since the beginning of the year because of unilateral decisions from the administration of president Cristina Fernandez.
Tuesday, April 22nd 2014 - 06:22 UTC
Cristina Fernandez praises the Kirchner years and rehearses her farewell speech

President Cristina Fernández praised on Monday the work carried out by herself and late husband Nestor Kirchner during over a decade of holding the Argentine presidency, stating that she had no doubt that her successor would inherit a healthier country than in 2003.
Monday, April 21st 2014 - 07:38 UTC
Killings and riots in Rio do Janeiro; Army patrolled Bahía can't control crime

Hooded youngsters blocked one of Rio do Janeiro's main highways connecting with neighboring Niteroi and set on fire several buses and vehicles to protest the killing of two youths during weekend police operations in the shanty town (favela) of Caramujo. To the north in Salvador-Bahía, Brazilian army patrolling is unable to control crime.
Monday, April 21st 2014 - 07:06 UTC
Argentine bonds' case reaches US Supreme Court; support from Obama administration

The US government will stand before the Supreme Court on Monday in support of Argentina's position in its ongoing legal fight with bond investors over a ruling which forces banks in New York, with which Argentina does business, to disclose information about the country's non US assets, as investors seek repayment.
Monday, April 21st 2014 - 06:24 UTC
Argentina and Paraguay have Mercosur delayed summit in their bilateral agenda

Argentina's Hector Timerman and Paraguay's Eladio Loizaga will be meeting Monday in Asunción to address among other issues the three times delayed Mercosur summit, which should take place in Venezuela, and must be decided before next June when the group's six-month chair again rotates.
Thursday, April 17th 2014 - 22:09 UTC
OAS Secretary General Insulza: “García Márquez Raised Latin American Literature to Global Heights”

José Miguel Insulza, today expressed his “deep sorrow over the death of Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian and Latin American author, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, primordial figure of the most prolific and brilliant generation of authors our continent has ever seen, who raised the literature of Latin America to global heights.”