Politics

• Wednesday, June 12th 2013 - 07:39 UTC

  Obama and Humala working closely on finalizing the Trans Pacific Partnership

  

  President Barack Obama welcomed Peruvian counterpart Ollanta Humala to the White House on Tuesday, in Washington's latest effort to meet a deadline to seal a Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. Humala praised the Obama administration for its open attitude in addressing strategic issues.

• Wednesday, June 12th 2013 - 07:38 UTC

  Federal court strikes major setback for Cristina Fernandez judicial reform

  

  Argentine Federal Judge María Servini de Cubría with competence over electoral affairs ruled that the Counsel of Magistrates reform law recently passed by Congress is unconstitutional. Her decision comes hours away from the deadline to apply for electoral alliances.

• Wednesday, June 12th 2013 - 07:35 UTC

  Argentina ratifies primary elections August 11, including for the controversial Counsel of Magistrates

  

  The Argentine government ratified that open and simultaneous primary elections, ahead of October’s mid term election, as established by law in the electoral calendar, will be held next August 11, despite the current wave of injunctions against a reform of the Magistrates Counsel (responsible for naming, sanctioning and firing judges) which contemplates the election of its members by universal suffrage on the same dates.

• Wednesday, June 12th 2013 - 07:34 UTC

  Uruguay central bank “less confident” in ability to bring down inflation to target

  

  Uruguay’s changes in the monetary policy regime as announced last week are unlikely to address the country’s inflation problems points out Capital Economics in its latest report emphasizing that a tighter economy policy and reduction of wage indexation remain the main challenges to keep within the 5% target.

• Wednesday, June 12th 2013 - 07:30 UTC

  Assange recommends whistleblower Snowden seek refuge in Latinamerica

  

  Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, a refugee for almost a year at the Embassy of Ecuador in London, is recommending that Edward Snowden, 29, seek refuge in Latin America.

• Wednesday, June 12th 2013 - 07:26 UTC

  Falklands celebrates March referendum success with a new coin issue

  

  The Treasury of the Falklands Islands Government has issued a new coin whose main focus is that of the March referendum when the population was asked about the status of the Islands and overwhelmingly voted to remain as a British Overseas Territory.
  The turnout was 92% and 99% of ballots confirmed British Territory status.

• Wednesday, June 12th 2013 - 07:24 UTC

  Venezuela’s electoral council ratifies Maduro victory; Capriles appeals to Supreme Court

  

  Venezuela's National Electoral Council said an audit of the results of presidential elections in April confirmed President Nicolas Maduro did win by 1.5 percentage points, despite opposition claims that the vote was fraudulent.

• Wednesday, June 12th 2013 - 07:20 UTC

  China set eyes on Latam agriculture to promote cooperation and food security

  

  China is determined to strongly stimulate agriculture cooperation with Latin America to improve bilateral trade in the field, develop farming technology and improve productivity. This was the main conclusion of the recent China/Latinamerica Agriculture Cooperation Forum held in Beijing which convened over twenty Agriculture ministers from the region with host minister Han Changfu.

• Tuesday, June 11th 2013 - 21:57 UTC

  Israel and Colombia sign far reaching free trade agreement

  

  Israel and Colombia this week signed in Jerusalem a free trade treaty to increase trade and promote investments in the fields of technology. The treaty which was reached after fifteen years of intense negotiations now needs legislative approval which should be accomplished by early 2014 according to Israeli political sources.

• Monday, June 10th 2013 - 22:31 UTC

  Slower global agricultural production in next decade but prices above historic average, says FAO

  

  Global agricultural production is expected to grow 1.5% a year on average over the coming decade, compared with annual growth of 2.1% between 2003 and 2012, according to a new report published by the OECD and FAO released this week.