Politics

Tuesday, April 15th 2014 - 06:22 UTC
Massa, Scioli and Macri emerge as Argentine presidential hopefuls with most support

Argentine former cabinet chief and now dissident lawmaker Sergio Massa, the governor of Buenos Aires province Daniel Scioli and Mauricio Macri, mayor of Buenos Aires City outstand as the strongest presidential hopefuls for next year's primaries (August) ahead of elections to succeed Cristina Fernandez in October 2015.
Tuesday, April 15th 2014 - 06:14 UTC
Cristina Fernandez former Transport minister indicted for unlawful enrichment

Argentine presidential couple Nestor and Cristina Kirchner's former Transport Secretary Ricardo Jaime was indicted last week for unlawful enrichment and impounded for 40 million Argentine Pesos (approx 5 million dollars) He's the first of very close former aides of the powerful couple to face a jail sentence.
Tuesday, April 15th 2014 - 06:09 UTC
China's foreign minister on a round of Latin America to prepare president Xi's visit

China's Foreign minister Wang Yi will be travelling to Cuba, Venezuela, Argentina and Brazil from 18 to 27 April. The round comes two months ahead of Chinese president Xi-Jinping visit to Brazil for the BRICS summit next July in the northeastern city of Fortaleza. BRICS stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
Tuesday, April 15th 2014 - 04:01 UTC
White House confirms Uruguay's Mujica will meet President Obama on 12 May

The White House confirmed on Monday that President Obama will host his Uruguayan peer Jose Mujica on May 12, highlighting the close partnership with Uruguay and strong leadership of Mujica's administration on human rights, social inclusion and global peace and security.
Monday, April 14th 2014 - 15:52 UTC
FAO warns agriculture greenhouse emissions have doubled in 50 years

From farming to forestry and fisheries, agriculture greenhouse emissions have nearly doubled over the past 50 years and may increase by another 30% by 2050, according to new estimates from the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO).
Monday, April 14th 2014 - 15:50 UTC
World trade expected to grow 4.7% this year and 5.3% in 2015, says WTO

World trade is expected to grow by a modest 4.7% in 2014 and at a slightly faster rate of 5.3% in 2015 World Trade Organization economists announced on Monday. The 4.7% forecast is more than double the 2.1% increase of last year, but remains below the 20-year average of 5.3%. For the past two years, growth has averaged only 2.2%.
Monday, April 14th 2014 - 11:41 UTC
Falklands' parade 21 April to celebrate HM Queen's birthday

The Falkland Islands will be celebrating the birthday of Her Majesty the Queen Victory Green in Stanley on Monday 21st April 2014. The parade will form up at Victory Green at 10.15 hours and the Acting Governor John Duncan will arrive at 10.30 hours.
Saturday, April 12th 2014 - 09:03 UTC
Argentine government disavows the strike and confirms current policies

The Argentine government said on Friday there is no turning back of current policies despite the massive national strike that paralyzed the country on Thursday and insisted that the real impact was the result of the roadblocks in the accesses to the main cities.
Saturday, April 12th 2014 - 08:59 UTC
Brazilian police investigation into money laundering includes Petrobras

Brazil's Federal police confirmed on Friday that it had orders from a Parana federal judge to raid Petrobras offices in search of documentation related to an alleged major money laundering scheme but it was not necessary because of the collaboration from the country's largest oil and gas corporation officials.
Saturday, April 12th 2014 - 08:40 UTC
G20 give the US until year-end to ratify long delayed reforms to IMF

Finance chiefs from around the globe gave the United States until year-end to ratify long-delayed reforms to the International Monetary Fund and threatened to move forward without it if it fails to do so.