Politics

Friday, June 7th 2013 - 07:43 UTC
US spy chief admits collecting internet information but only targets ‘non-US persons’

US spy chief James Clapper has admitted the government collects communications from internet firms, but says the policy only targets “non-US persons”. The director of national intelligence was responding to articles about an alleged secret programme, Prism.
Friday, June 7th 2013 - 05:46 UTC
Malvinas OAS statement: Latam support Argentine position; Canada against and US abstains

Latinamerican countries expressed on Thursday their full support for Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Falklands/Malvinas, during the 43 annual assembly of the Organization of American States taking place in Guatemala. Only Canada was against the OAS final declaration while the United States did not take position on the matter.
Friday, June 7th 2013 - 05:40 UTC
Uruguay tightens terms for the inflow of short-term capital inflows

Uruguay announced on Thursday new measures to discourage short term speculative capital inflows that have appreciated the Peso, eroded the country’s international competitiveness, made imports cheaper than domestic production and threaten an already stubborn inflation.
Friday, June 7th 2013 - 05:35 UTC
Falklands’ government announces arrangements for Liberation Day anniversary

To mark the anniversary of the liberation of the Falkland Islands from Argentine occupation in 1982, the elected government of the Islands has arranged the following program for Friday 14 June 2013.
Friday, June 7th 2013 - 03:30 UTC
Panama, host of next Americas’ summit after consensus to invite Cuba

An “ad hoc” committee, made up of various countries, will advise the Government of Panama, host of the 2015 Seventh Summit of the Americas, regarding a possible invitation to Cuba to participate in the next triennial meeting of Heads of State and Government of the Hemisphere.
Friday, June 7th 2013 - 03:25 UTC
Major tech companies involved in US controversy over ‘security vs privacy’

Major tech companies including Apple Inc, Google and Facebook Inc said they do not provide any government agency with “direct access” to their servers, contradicting a Washington Post report that they have granted such access under a classified data collection program.
Thursday, June 6th 2013 - 23:26 UTC
Bank of England leaves rate unchanged as it prepares to receive Mark Carney

The Bank of England on Thursday voted to keep its main interest rate at 0.5% following a monetary policy meeting, the last for departing Governor Mervyn King. The BoE also decided against creating more cash under its Quantitative Easing (QE) program that is aimed at boosting growth amid Britain's fragile economic recovery.
Thursday, June 6th 2013 - 23:21 UTC
IMF admits mistakes in Greece, fearing the spill of problems to the rest of Europe

The International Monetary Fund admitted it had to lower its normal standards for debt sustainability to bail out Greece, and its projections for the Greek economy may have been overly optimistic.
Thursday, June 6th 2013 - 23:12 UTC
Dragui forecasts Euro-area return to growth by end of 2013

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said on Thursday that the Euro-area economy will return to growth by the end of the year, handing policy makers a reason to hold back fresh stimulus. Draghi spoke after the ECB Governing Council in Frankfurt left its main refinancing rate at 0.5% after reducing it by a quarter points last month.
Thursday, June 6th 2013 - 22:33 UTC
Argentina’s energy imports soar 47% during April propped by gas purchases

Argentina’s energy imports during April soared 47.6% over a year ago reported the government mainly because of massive natural gas purchases for the coming winter. The bill in April climbed to 733 million dollars from 384 million a year ago, while Enarsa the government corporation that has the monopoly of LNG imports spent 438 million this year and 259 million in April 2012.