Politics

• Wednesday, April 4th 2012 - 08:37 UTC

  Colombian president calls on FARC to free the estimated 400 civilian hostages

  

  Ten government hostages (four soldiers and six policemen) held by a rebel group in Colombia for more than a decade were freed on Monday with great expectations but also skepticism because it is believed the same organization still has 400 civilian hostages.

• Wednesday, April 4th 2012 - 04:12 UTC

  Argentina announced heavy fine for mobile phone provider that left 16 million clients out of service

  

  The Argentine government said on Tuesday it will sanction heavily the local unit of Spanish Telecommunications Company Telefonica SA mobile phone service provider after a service disruption left more than 16 million clients without phone and data service for several hours.

• Wednesday, April 4th 2012 - 04:08 UTC

  China says emerging economies suffering from major capital inflows caused by US monetary policy

  

  China’s central bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan said the US Federal Reserve must consider responsibility of the global effects of its actions as emerging-market economies suffer from capital inflows.

• Wednesday, April 4th 2012 - 02:28 UTC

  A decade later S&P lifts Uruguay’s rating to investment grade

  

  Uruguay’s credit rating was raised one level by Standard & Poor’s, which means the country has returned to investment grade for the first time in a decade.

• Wednesday, April 4th 2012 - 02:25 UTC

  Brazilian Senate will only deal directly with FIFA president Blatter

  

  A panel of the Brazilian Senate on Tuesday canceled a planned meeting with FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke, who last month caused uproar with his outspoken criticism of the country's 2014 World Cup preparations.

• Wednesday, April 4th 2012 - 01:47 UTC

  YPF shares plummet on growing investors’ fear of Argentine government takeover

  

  Shares in Argentina's biggest energy company, YPF plummeted on Tuesday because of growing investor fear over a possible government plan to seize control of the oil firm.

• Wednesday, April 4th 2012 - 01:40 UTC

  Argentina blasts PM Cameron ‘profound error’ of glorifying colonialism

  

  The Argentine Foreign Ministry strongly rebuked comments made by UK Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday, the thirtieth anniversary of the start of the Malvinas War and blasted the UK’s “persistent glorification of colonialism”.

• Wednesday, April 4th 2012 - 01:37 UTC

  Brazil announces 35bn dollars stimulus measures to prop industry

  

  Brazil announced on Tuesday tax cuts and other stimulus measures worth about 65 billion Reais (35 billion dollars) to protect the country’s struggling industry from what she said were “predatory” trade practices by rich nations.

• Tuesday, April 3rd 2012 - 22:36 UTC

  Foreign Office condemns violent actions against UK embassy in Buenos Aires

  

  The Foreign Office condemned on Tuesday today what it called “violent actions of a minority” following Monday’s demonstration on the surroundings of the British Embassy located at the Recoleta neighbourhood, Buenos Aires City.

• Tuesday, April 3rd 2012 - 22:33 UTC

  Argentine Malvinas war June 14 surrender telegram auctioned for £ 7.250

  

  One day after the 30th anniversary of the beginning of the Malvinas war, Bonhams auction house sold a copy of the telegram with which Argentina surrendered in 1982, for £7.250.