Politics

• Tuesday, December 18th 2012 - 04:01 UTC

  Argentina says Belgian highest court rules against seizure of diplomatic accounts

  

  The Belgian Supreme Court threw out an attempt by hedge funds to seize Argentina’s diplomatic accounts in that country, according to a release on Monday from the Argentine Foreign ministry.

• Tuesday, December 18th 2012 - 03:56 UTC

  IMF board to consider Argentina’s stats case at the end of January

  

  The board of directors of the International Monetary Fund will again meet at the end of January to debate Argentina’s improvement in the quality of its official economic index, IMF spokesman announced on Monday.

• Tuesday, December 18th 2012 - 03:44 UTC

  Argentina replaces ambassador Argüello by an economist and trade expert

  

  The Argentine Foreign Ministry announced on Monday that President Cristina Fernández has decided to appoint Cecilia Nahón as Argentine ambassador to the United States, replacing Jorge Arguello in Washington DC.

• Tuesday, December 18th 2012 - 03:39 UTC

  IMF adopts a more flexible position regarding global capital flows management

  

  The International Monetary Fund has developed a comprehensive, flexible, and balanced view on the management of global capital flows to help give countries clear and consistent policy advice.

• Tuesday, December 18th 2012 - 03:32 UTC

  EU and OAS agree to support peace project in Guatemala/Belize conflict

  

  The Organization of American States (OAS) and the European Union signed an agreement to support the Peace Fund project, Implementation of Confidence Building Measures in the Adjacency Zone between Commonwealth member Belize and Guatemala, managed by the hemispheric organization.

• Tuesday, December 18th 2012 - 03:20 UTC

  Divorce rate soars in Brazil as new legislation makes it easier and faster

  

  Brazil had a record-setting 351.153 divorces in 2011, 45.6% more than in 2010 and the most since the annual statistic began to be kept in 1984, the government said Monday.

• Monday, December 17th 2012 - 21:10 UTC

  Chilean Justice Minister resigns over private universities accreditation scandal

  

  Chile’s Justice Minister Teodoro Ribera resigned on Monday amid allegations he has ties to a former director of the country’s accreditation committee, or CNA, which improperly authorized some universities to operate.

• Monday, December 17th 2012 - 20:48 UTC

  Deadly clash trial that cost the president his job begins in Paraguay

  

  Prosecutors in Paraguay have filed charges against 14 peasants allegedly involved in a land dispute which resulted in the killing of 17 people last June, six months ago. The charges range from murder to criminal association and land invasion.

• Monday, December 17th 2012 - 06:50 UTC

  Paraguay’s next government ‘must debate on whether to remain or abandon Mercosur’

  

  Foreign minister Jose Felix Fernandez Estigarribia said that Paraguay needs an open discussion on whether the country should remain or not in Mercosur, particularly since the issue has become extremely divisive. However the discussion must be addressed by the elected government that takes office in August 2013.

• Monday, December 17th 2012 - 06:45 UTC

  Argentine frigate expected back in Buenos Aires early January

  

  “Once more we fulfill our promise, the Frigate is coming back,” was the first statement given by President Cristina Fernández over the ruling of the UN's International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea to release the ARA Libertad frigate.