Politics

• Thursday, July 19th 2012 - 18:38 UTC

  EU, US and Japan battle with China at WTO over rare earth minerals

  

  European Union, the United States and Japan on Wednesday requested a dispute settlement panel at the World Trade Organization (WTO) after failing to resolve a battle over China's export restrictions on rare earth minerals.

• Thursday, July 19th 2012 - 18:14 UTC

  Police and Civil Guard members join massive spontaneous protests in Spain

  

  The protest movement against the conservative Spanish government's latest austerity measures swelled on Thursday as public sector workers stepped up demonstrations in Madrid and around the country after more than a week of spontaneous action.

• Thursday, July 19th 2012 - 08:23 UTC

  Bolivia agrees to sell more gas to Argentina under an ‘interruptible’ contract

  

  Argentina and Bolivia signed on Wednesday new agreements to increase the sale of Bolivian natural gas to its southern neighbour but the controversial issue of a price review went unnoticed.

• Thursday, July 19th 2012 - 08:18 UTC

  US dollar reaches new high in Argentina: 6.80 Pesos

  

  The US dollar reached a new high in the Argentine informal market during Wednesday trading at 6.74 pesos, 25 cents more than on Tuesday while the gap with the official exchange rate jumped to 47.2%.

• Thursday, July 19th 2012 - 08:14 UTC

  To vote again for Cristina Fernandez would be a “masochist act” says Moyano

  

  Argentine CGT Labour Confederation head Hugo Moyano said on Wednesday that he would not vote again for President Cristina Fernández but nevertheless sent her a letter requesting she receives the new CGT board which the government does not recognize.

• Thursday, July 19th 2012 - 08:04 UTC

  Israel links attack in Bulgaria to ‘Iranian terror’ and AMIA anniversary in Buenos Aires

  

  Six people were killed in a bomb attack on a bus carrying Israeli tourists at a Bulgarian airport on Wednesday and Israel accused Tehran of carrying out the attack, promising a strong response to “Iranian terror”.

• Thursday, July 19th 2012 - 07:52 UTC

  Mercosur ratifies before review tribunal decision to suspend Paraguay

  

  Mercosur full members Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay are insisting with their decision to sanction the Paraguayan government following the impeachment and removal of former president Fernando Lugo

• Thursday, July 19th 2012 - 07:46 UTC

  Argentine Jewish community recalls bombing that killed 85 in Buenos Aires

  

  During the ceremony commemorating the 18th anniversary of the bombing at the AMIA Argentine Jewish centre in Buenos Aires, the entity’s president Guillermo Borger restated the claim for justice for the victims of the 1994 terrorist attack.

• Thursday, July 19th 2012 - 07:41 UTC

  Paraguay claims a Venezuela funded “cruel lobby” is discrediting the country in OAS

  

  The Caribbean countries that depend economically from Venezuela have become a “cruel lobby”, strongly pressing to have Paraguay sanctioned by the Organization of American States claims that country’s representative.

• Thursday, July 19th 2012 - 07:25 UTC

  Argentine province suspends mining project from Canadian company Osisko

  

  A court from the Argentine province of La Rioja ruled in favour of suspending the mining project led by Canadian company Osisko in Famatina until the Glaciers Law is applied in the area.