Politics

• Wednesday, April 4th 2012 - 22:39 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez repudiates Monday attack against British embassy in Buenos Aires

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández condemned the attacks of the extreme left-wing organization Quebracho to the British embassy in Buenos Aires occurred last Monday, date of the 30th anniversary of the Malvinas War.

• Wednesday, April 4th 2012 - 22:33 UTC

  Jimmy Burns updated edition of how Argentina lost the Falklands war

  

  On the 30th anniversary of the invasion of the Falkland Islands Jimmy Burns launches an updated edition of “The Land that lost its Heroes” , How Argentina lost the Falklands war, which draws on unique access to military, diplomatic and intelligence sources in Argetina, the US and the UK plus other key players.

• Wednesday, April 4th 2012 - 22:28 UTC

  Falklands invites Peace laureates to visit the Islands and “see for themselves”

  

  In an open letter the Falklands Islands elected government reminds Nobel Peace laureates that Falklanders as a people have the right to self-determination and that after 200 years of links with Britain, “we would consider any control (of the Islands) by Argentina as alien, and therefore a denial of our rights as a people”.

• Wednesday, April 4th 2012 - 08:42 UTC

  Mujica will try and convince Brazil to open Mercosur to third countries

  

  Uruguayan president Jose Mujica arrives Thursday in neighbouring Brazil to discuss with his peer Dilma Rousseff trade expansion, productive and energy complementation and above all opening Mercosur to third countries in search of new markets.

• 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.