Politics

• Wednesday, February 6th 2013 - 18:50 UTC

  Timerman comments on the Falkland Islanders and Jewish settlers ‘offend’ MPs

  

  British Member of Parliament Alun Cairns, and a member of the All Party Group on Argentina, said he was offended by some the comments made by Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman during their meeting to discuss the Falklands issue on Tuesday in the House of Commons.

• Wednesday, February 6th 2013 - 18:38 UTC

  Falklands’ lawmakers and Hague meet and regret Timerman’s ‘empty chair’

  

  Falkland Islands lawmakers met on Wednesday morning with Foreign Secretary William Hague and regretted the absence of Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman but also understand Argentina’s deep concern with “our (March) referendum, which is why they spend so much time dismissing it”.

• Wednesday, February 6th 2013 - 06:00 UTC

  “Timerman can go to bed and dream of owning the Falklands”, but reality is different

  

  Foreign Minister Timerman can go to bed tonight and dream of owning the Falklands in twenty years if he wishes, but there’s not much reality to it, pointed out a Falklands’ lawmaker reacting to the Argentine minister’s statements on Tuesday to the UK media.

• Wednesday, February 6th 2013 - 05:50 UTC

  Brazil and Israeli companies join to develop unmanned aircraft for border control

  

  Brazilian defence contractor Avibras will join plane maker Embraer SA and the local unit of Israeli Defence Company Elbit Systems in developing unmanned aircraft in Brazil, the companies said on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, February 6th 2013 - 05:33 UTC

  US fund sues YPF and underwriters for a misleading and untrue 2011 prospect

  

  Argentina’s oil and gas corporation YPF, seized by the government last year, was sued by an investor who accused the company of making false statements prior to its March 2011 public offering.

• Wednesday, February 6th 2013 - 05:19 UTC

  MPs call on Timerman “to listen to the people who live in the Falklands”

  

  After a first day of mixed results, Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman Malvinas lobbying in London is looking ahead to a more friendly, less combative two-day scenario at the Argentine embassy with the ‘Pro-dialogue’ group where he plans to promote Argentina’s Malvinas sovereignty claims that reject point blank any dialogue or the right to self determination for the people of the Falklands.

• Tuesday, February 5th 2013 - 19:33 UTC

  Timerman meets Falklands’ lawmaker but dismisses any form of dialogue

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman dismissed another attempt by Falkland Islands representatives to engage in dialogue and refused to accept a letter addressed to him and a newly published booklet on the Falklands History.

• Tuesday, February 5th 2013 - 19:17 UTC

  Osborne says with reform bill “no UK government would ever again bail-out an entire bank”

  

  British Chancellor George Osborne has announced the Banking Reform Bill that will not only see savers’ deposits safeguarded but also enforce rules to make it easier for consumers to switch bank accounts.

• Tuesday, February 5th 2013 - 17:39 UTC

  “Falklands will be under Argentine control within 20 years”, Timerman tells UK media

  

  The Falklands Islands will be under Argentine control within 20 years, Minister Hector Timerman said in an interview with The Guardian and The Independent in London insisting that not one single country in the world supports the UK governing the Falklands.

• Tuesday, February 5th 2013 - 17:13 UTC

  Petrobras still going strong but 2012 low profits and high debt pound on prospects

  

  Brazil’s government managed oil and gas corporation Petrobras posted a net benefit of 21.182 billion Reais (approx 10.6bn dollars) in 2012, which is 36% below 2011, reported the company in a filing, but in the fourth quarter profits totalled 7.747bn Reais (approx 3.9bn dollars) 53% higher than in the same period in 2011.