Stories for July 22nd 2009
Spain says dialogue and 20.000 opinions needed to solve Gibraltar dispute
Dialogue, cooperation and negotiation are the three basic words and formulae to solve the problem of Gibraltar, said Spanish Foreign Affairs minister Miguel Angel Moratinos following his historic visit to the Rock where he met with Foreign Secretary David Miliband and Gibraltar’s Chief Minister Peter Caruana.
Trade in local currencies instead of US dollar, Mercosur proposal
Mercosur presidents will consider this week during the summit in Paraguay, the possibility of using local currencies to finance inter-region trade, revealed the host country’s president Fernando Lugo.
Nestor Kirchner, “a complicated character” who is “out of control”
Former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner is “out of control”, he has a “complicated personality”, said Chubut province governor Mario Das Neves, once an ally but now clearly distanced from the husband of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
Expelled Venezuelan diplomats challenge Honduras de facto government
Venezuelan diplomats rejected comminatory orders to abandon Honduras in 72 hours saying their expulsion was decided by an illegitimate government which is not recognized by the administration of President Hugo Chavez.
Argentina implements changes in the Statistics agency
Argentina's Economy ministry will have increased control over the national statistics and census agency, Indec, announced on Tuesday the government in a bid to restore credibility to the country's consumer price data.
Pensions for Argentine members of failed attempt to capture the Falklands in 1966
The Peronist government of the Argentine province of Buenos Aires will grant a special pension to the nationalist group of 18 civilians who in 1966 took command of a commercial flight to Rio Gallegos and had it re-routed to the Falkland Islands with the purpose of taking over the Malvinas for Argentina.
The Fed’s Exit Strategy
In anticipation of his Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the United States Congress on July 21st, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke wrote a column which basically is a synthesis of his presentation before the Committee on Financial Services from the US House of Representatives.
Growing number of Chileans opting for domestic tourism
Given current health and budget concerns, fewer Chileans are travelling abroad these days. Domestic tourism, however, continues to be a booming internal industry.
Brazil tells Hillary of dissatisfaction with Arias mediation in Honduras crisis
Brazilian Foreign Affairs Minister Celso Amorim phoned last weekend US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who was in New Delhi, India, to “express concern” about the slow pace and handling of the negotiations for the reinstatement of the democratic order in Honduras, reports Folha do Sao Paulo.
Nicaraguan opposition condemns President Ortega’s re-election appeal
Nicaraguan opposition members in Congress condemned this week a public appeal for constitutional changes by President Daniel Ortega as an attempt to extend term limits and eventually allow the populist leader's re-election.
