Mennonites seek refuge from Mexico’s drug violence
Tom Ramstack – AHN News Legal Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – Drug-related violence in Mexico is turning thousands of the country’s Mennonites into refugees after they have become victims of kidnapping, armed robberies and carjackings. The Mennonites emigrated to Mexico 90 years ago from Canada to escape what they called religious persecution. Now [...]
S&P says it may cut U.S. AAA credit rating
Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – Standard & Poor’s said on Thursday that it may downgrade the U.S.’s AAA credit rating. The ratings agency says that Washington has a 50% chance of a credit rating cut. The S&P warning came a day after another ratings agency, Moody’s Investors Service, made [...]
S&P equates delayed Greek debt payment to default
Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Athens, Greece (AHN) – Even if the Greek parliament had passed last week two austerity program legislations that paves the way for the release of the country’s second tranche of loan from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund, a ratings agency is still wary of a Greek debt [...]
