Stories for December 2010

Monday, December 20th 2010 - 08:05 UTC
Falkland Islands: Desire Petroleum plc, Operation Update

Desire Petroleum plc (DES:AIM) the oil and gas company wholly focussed on the North Falkland Basin, wishes to provide the following operations update.
Monday, December 20th 2010 - 06:19 UTC
Canada’s Nova Scotia bank takes over RBS in Chile

Chilean regulators approved last week the acquisition by Canada’s Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) of the The Royal Bank of Scotland, and associate companies following on the agreement signed last September.
Monday, December 20th 2010 - 06:09 UTC
Which are the countries most effective in reducing poverty and inequality?

Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia and Venezuela are the countries which most reduced inequality and poverty during the last decade in Latinamerica, according to Alicia Bárcena, executive secretary from the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Cepal.
Monday, December 20th 2010 - 05:45 UTC
“Too much secrecy, too many lies” have taken the revolution to a critical situation

In a dramatic speech to the National Assembly Cuba’s Raul Castro said he wasn’t elected to restore capitalism nor to surrender Socialism but admitted that “too much secrecy and too many lies” had taken the revolution to a critical situation: “either we rectify or we will plunge from the cliff and the efforts of entire generations would be lost”.
Monday, December 20th 2010 - 05:39 UTC
Three more Latam countries ‘are ready to recognize’ a Palestine state

Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru are expected to recognize the state of Palestine with its borders prior to 1967, following the recent announcements from Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and last week Bolivia, according to Palestine sources.
Monday, December 20th 2010 - 05:32 UTC
Brazil world fourth largest market for the auto industry: 3.45 m sales in 2010

Brazil has become the world’s fourth largest market for the automobile industry with sales of 3.45 million in 2010, up 9.8% over 2009, and is also attracting massive overseas investments to the industry, reports Anfavea the Brazilian Association of automobile manufacturers.Brazil now stands behind China, United States, Japan and ahead of Germany.
Monday, December 20th 2010 - 05:17 UTC
Stolen fiscal “wikileaks” earn the German treasury 1.6 billion Euros

German tax authorities recovered 1.6 billion Euros this year from citizens who had stashed their cash in secret accounts in Liechtenstein and Switzerland, according to the weekly Der Spiegel.
Monday, December 20th 2010 - 05:09 UTC
Uribe willing to accept US military forces fearing an attack from Venezuela

Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe considered allowing the U.S. military access to Colombian bases as a way to deter possible Venezuelan attacks, a leaked cable from then-Ambassador to Bogotá William Brownfield says.
Saturday, December 18th 2010 - 21:08 UTC
Chilean wine industry booming: sales up 10% and exports 11.7%

Between Jan and Oct 2010, 83 of the top 100 Chilean wineries increased their sales of bottled wine. According to figures from Wines of Chile, 68 of these wineries increased sales by more than 10%. Exports have increased by 11.7% compared to figures during the same period in 2009.
Saturday, December 18th 2010 - 19:09 UTC
Conflicting assessments of Argentina’s defence policy and military capabilities

Conflicting assessments of Argentina’s military capacity, defence policies and future planning were given by the brand-new Defence minister, Arturo Puricelli and a former minister from the opposition.