Politics

• Sunday, June 16th 2013 - 19:55 UTC

  Cautious welcome to Iran new president, moderate cleric Hassan Rowhani

  

  World powers offered cautious welcome to moderate cleric Hassan Rowhani after he was declared Iran's new president, amid persistent concerns over Tehran's nuclear program.

• Sunday, June 16th 2013 - 17:02 UTC

  Pope and Archbishop of Canterbury acknowledged deep differences

  

  Pope Francis and the new head of the world's Anglicans acknowledged deep differences over issues ranging from gay rights to women priests but pledged to seek unity when they met today for the first time since both took office in March.

• Sunday, June 16th 2013 - 16:56 UTC

  Controversial media law approved in Ecuador conditions freedom of the press

  

  Creating official media overseers, imposing sanctions for smearing “people's good name” and limiting private media to one third of radio and TV licenses, Ecuador's congress on Friday passed a restrictive new media law championed by President Rafael Correa.

• Sunday, June 16th 2013 - 15:39 UTC

  ”Venezuela is not part of Mercosur; it was not ratified by Paraguayan congress”

  

  Venezuela “is not part of Mercosur, it was not ratified by the Paraguayan congress” according to one of the main foreign policy advisors of president elect Horacio Cartes who is scheduled to take office next August 15. Meanwhile Paraguay continues to advance it its intention of belonging to the Alliance of the Pacific.

• Sunday, June 16th 2013 - 14:39 UTC

  Booing down of President Rousseff reflects growing dissatisfaction with the economy

  

  Inflation, slower growth, street protests over the increase in bus fares smacked full on at an ill-humoured Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff during the opening ceremony of the Confederations Cup in Brasilia when she was booed down three times and simply had to declare the event open.

• Sunday, June 16th 2013 - 13:55 UTC

  IMF calls for ‘timely’ unwinding of US stimuli program fearing markets’ volatility

  

  The International Monetary Fund cautioned on the possible risks of the United States ‘non timely’ unwinding of the stimuli program implemented by the Federal Reserve and the collateral effects that such a policy could have on emerging economies, as those in Latinamerica.

• Sunday, June 16th 2013 - 10:31 UTC

  Falklands: Irish lawmakers support UN Resolution 2065 and dismiss recent referendum

  

  Irish lawmakers expressed support for the compliance of UN Resolution 2065 which acknowledges the Argentine/UK Falkland Islands dispute and dismissed any International law consequences from the recent referendum held in the Falkland Islands ratifying British sovereignty, according to Argentine legislators that were received at the parliament in Dublin.

• Saturday, June 15th 2013 - 13:56 UTC

  Falklands: “British sovereignty over the Islands as such, is not accepted by the European Parliament”

  

  “British sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands as such is not accepted by the European Parliament”, according to a visiting delegation of EU lawmakers who met with their Argentine peers in Buenos Aires.

• Saturday, June 15th 2013 - 04:10 UTC

  Simultaneous raids in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay after links between football transfers and money laundering

  

  An estimated 150 search warrants were simultaneously implemented in Argentina, Uruguay and Chile in financial institutions, football clubs and players’ representatives looking for evidence on an organization dedicated to money laundering through the sale of soccer players.

• Saturday, June 15th 2013 - 04:06 UTC

  Greeks and Spaniards move north in growing numbers looking for jobs, says OECD

  

  Greeks and Spaniards are moving to northern Europe in growing numbers, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said this week, as soaring unemployment rates and fiscal austerity erode living standards in the south.