Politics

Thursday, June 16th 2011 - 01:48 UTC
Under pressure Argentina returns seized cargo from US military plane

The US embassy in Buenos Aires announced this week that the Argentine government has finally returned the cargo seized from an American military plane that landed at the Ezeiza airport amidst espionage accusations last February.
Wednesday, June 15th 2011 - 23:35 UTC
Argentina’s official May ‘fantasy’ inflation 0.7%; private consultants, 1.5%

Inflation in Argentina reached 0.7% in May compared to the volume reported in the previous month, the Indec national statistics bureau announced on Wednesday. The official rate is less than half what was presented on Tuesday by opposition lawmakers, which they assured reached 1.5% and 23% in the last twelve months.
Wednesday, June 15th 2011 - 21:37 UTC
Siemens manager charged for allegedly bribing Argentine officials with 27 million USD

A former management board member of Germany’s Siemens AG has been charged with breach of trust for alleged bribery payments made to win a project in Argentina, the Munich State Prosecutors office said this week.
Wednesday, June 15th 2011 - 21:08 UTC
Spain accuses Gibraltar before the C 24 of “colonialism by consent”

Spain has told the United Nations Committee of 24 (C24) that despite the “impasse afflicting the Brussels process”, Madrid's goodwill allows regional co-operation with Gibraltar and UK to continue under the Tripartite Forum.
Wednesday, June 15th 2011 - 20:22 UTC
Dilma moving closer to the opposition and “taking distance from Lula da Silva”

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff has exchanged approximation signals with the opposition, beginning to “take distance” from her mentor Lula da Silva and seems closer to opposition Senator and former president Fernando Cardoso.
Wednesday, June 15th 2011 - 19:45 UTC
Gibraltar calls on opposition to forget about C24, ‘they will never de-colonize’

The Gibraltar Government called this week on the Opposition “to abandon attendance at the Committee of 24 and support Chief Minister Peter Caruana at the United Nations in October.”
Wednesday, June 15th 2011 - 18:36 UTC
Falklands’ sovereignty “is not negotiable. Period”, says British PM Cameron

British Prime Minister, David Cameron, sent a clear message on Wednesday during a Parliamentary speech regarding Argentina’s claim over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands as the British leader stated that sovereignty “is not negotiable. Period!”
Wednesday, June 15th 2011 - 02:43 UTC
“Self determination and self sufficiency”, Falklands message to the world on Liberation Day

“Self-determination and self-sufficiency” is the Falkland Islands message to the world on the day the Islands commemorate the 29th anniversary of its liberation, said the Falklands’ government representative in London Sukey Cameron, who added Argentina continues with its campaign to claim sovereignty and disrupt the Falklands economy.
Wednesday, June 15th 2011 - 02:38 UTC
Argentina’s lessons from ‘dirty war’, apply today to Syria, said Ban Ki-moon

United Nation Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged that the lessons learned from Argentina’s turn from dictatorship to democracy be applied widely, particularly in North Africa and the Middle East, and he called on Syria to allow humanitarian aid into areas affected by ongoing violence.
Tuesday, June 14th 2011 - 22:39 UTC
Humala reaffirms historic links: “Peru will always support Argentina”

President-elect Ollanta Humala said Peru has shown “it will always support Argentina” and underlined the long standing close relations with the country that hosts one of the largest Peruvian communities overseas.