Tag: President Barack Obama

• Friday, September 6th 2013 - 01:30 UTC

  “Go ask Obama why US refuses to support Argentina in dispute with vulture funds”

  

  President Cristina Fernández spoke out against the US refusal to discuss Argentina’s dispute with the so-called ‘vulture funds’, (and its inclusion in the final declaration) during the G-20 meeting in Moscow, Russia.

• Thursday, September 5th 2013 - 02:36 UTC

  Brazil to probe telecom companies for possible sharing of info with US spies

  

  Brazil will probe telecommunications companies to see if they illegally shared data with the United States National Security Agency after it was found the US had been spying on President Dilma Rousseff. Brazil’s government has accused the US of lying about the NSA’s activities in the country.

• Friday, August 30th 2013 - 00:19 UTC

  UK drops out of military intervention in Syria; PM Cameron loses vote in Parliament

  

  British MPs have rejected possible UK military action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government to deter the use of chemical weapons. A government motion was defeated by 285 to 272, a majority of 13 votes.

• Thursday, August 29th 2013 - 03:17 UTC

  China calls for restraint in Syria and says military intervention can only worsen the crisis

  

  China's foreign minister urged restraint in the growing tensions over Syria, saying any military intervention in the crisis would only worsen turmoil in the Middle East. China all along has tried to maintain a neutral position on the issue, not accompanying the West’s intentions of imposing sanctions to Syria but calling on Damascus to begin talking with the rebels.

• Thursday, August 29th 2013 - 01:57 UTC

  OAS recalls Martin Luther King’s historic speech “I have a dream”

  

  The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza recalled on Wednesday the 50 years since the historic address by the great civil rights leader in the United States, Martin Luther King, “in which he shared his dream of inclusion and his will to put an end to racial discrimination using non-violent means.”

• Thursday, August 29th 2013 - 01:42 UTC

  Obama honours 50 anniversary of March on Washington and the ‘I have a dream’ speech

  

  Addressing hundreds of thousands of people commemorating on Wednesday the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for civil rights, US President Barack Obama underlined the “unfinished business” in the struggle for equality and justice in America

• Monday, August 12th 2013 - 18:15 UTC

  Assange says Americans have a debt of gratitude with leaker Snowden

  

  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says Americans owe US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden a debt of gratitude because his leaks prompted President Barack Obama to promise an overhaul of secret surveillance.

• Friday, August 2nd 2013 - 02:51 UTC

  US ‘extremely disappointed’ with Russian asylum to leaker Snowden

  

  White House officials say they are “extremely disappointed” by Russia’s decision to grant asylum for one year to Edward Snowden, who is accused of leaking U.S. government secrets. Officials are deciding how to respond.

• Thursday, August 1st 2013 - 03:19 UTC

  Obama propose political consultant and elite fund-raiser as next ambassador in Argentina

  

  The White House has confirmed that US president Barack Obama has proposed fellow Democratic Party member Noah Mamet as the new ambassador in Buenos Aires, to replace outgoing incumbent Vilma Martínez.

• Sunday, July 14th 2013 - 23:53 UTC

  Argentina litigation with hedge funds; ‘US could end siding with Buenos Aires’ says Washington Post

  

  The United States Justice, Treasure and State Department officials met on Friday with lawyers both from Argentina and hedge funds that refused to accept the administrations of presidents Nestor Kirchner and Cristina Fernandez debt swaps, The Washington Post reported on Saturday.