Stories for October 9th 2009
With two weeks to the Uruguayan election, only the undecided keep growing
With just two weeks left for polling day, Uruguay’s electorate is under saturation bombardment from the different political parties’ spots and public opinion polls on vote intention. Next October 25th Uruguayan voters elect president, parliament and will have to decide on two referendums that are proving controversial.
Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update
Headlines: Youngsters on song for charity ball; FIDC board reluctantly accepts freight subsidy; First of two Argentine Next of Kin visit runs smoothly: Pag 3.
United States with the status of the “world’s most admired country”
Brand America is now ranked #1 by global citizens, according to the GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media, a division of GfK Custom Research North America. Results from the 2009 Anholt-GfK Roper Nation Brands Index (NBI), which measures the global image of 50 countries, show the United States taking the top spot as the country with the best overall brand, up from seventh last year.
Nobel Prize to Obama and multilateralism
The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced Friday it has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to United States President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special importance to Obama's vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons.
Malvinas Families with statue of Virgin of Lujan leave for the Falklands
A second group of Malvinas Familias, estimated in over 200, leave on Friday evening for Rio Gallegos and the following morning to the Falkland Islands for the inauguration of the Memorial in the Argentine cemetery at Darwin.
FAO targets 2050 and how to feed a population of 9.1 billion
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization said on Thursday major investment needs to be made in developing world agriculture. The FAO says that with rapid population growth and changing diets, agricultural production will need to grow by 70% before 2050.
Turbulence ahead for world rice market as stockpiles plunge
Rice stockpiles of the world’s five largest exporters are forecast to plunge by a third to the lowest level in five years, and below last year when prices surged to a record, according to Concepction Calpe, senior economist at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.
Brazil’s O’Globo first South American daily on the Kindle
Brazil’s O Globo this week became the first newspaper in South America to publish an edition that can be downloaded and read on the Kindle.
Chilean company buys Brazilian plant becomes world’s second producer of pulp
CMPC SA owned by Chile’s billionaire Matte family, agreed to buy a pulp unit in southern Brazil from Fibria for 1.43 billion US dollars to become the world’s second-biggest producer of cellulose.
Who is to replace US consumer as the global growth engine?
Since the United States consumer is no longer the main global growth engine, experts are expecting China to take over the role, although they are also looking for other locomotives in other regions of the world to help with economic recovery.
