Stories for May 2011

Monday, May 30th 2011 - 05:51 UTC
CFK ratified her administration’s economic policies before Mexican business elite

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner ratified before Mexican businessmen that her government will continue to advance the current ‘development inclusion model’ with strong policies in support of the domestic market and exports with added value.
Monday, May 30th 2011 - 05:33 UTC
Miami Herald sells HQ in downtown to a hotels and cruise line group

The publishing company of the Miami Herald, McClatchy Co. (MNI) sold a 14-acre parcel of Miami prime land for 236 million US dollars to Genting Malaysia, a sale begun six years ago by then- independent Knight Ridder Inc.
Monday, May 30th 2011 - 02:52 UTC
National Ballet of Cuba and the legendary Alicia Alonso on US month long tour

The National Ballet of Cuba plans to deliver a “message of peace” when it starts its first United States tour in eight years, said renowned director, Alicia Alonso. The visit is expected to last one month.
Monday, May 30th 2011 - 02:43 UTC
President Rousseff makes public her medical report to quell media disclosures

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, following recovery from the bronchial pneumonia she was diagnosed in late April, currently enjoys good health, the president’s doctors said in a report released at her request.
Monday, May 30th 2011 - 02:39 UTC
Latam’s largest bank has requested to operate in Uruguay as commercial bank

Banco do Brasil, Latin America’s largest financial institution has requested a licence to operate in Uruguay as a commercial bank according to the Brazilian government’s news agency.
Monday, May 30th 2011 - 01:07 UTC
Zelaya is cheered on return to Honduras; June first OAS votes on reinstatement

Honduran former president Manuel Zelaya, whose ouster almost two years ago led to Honduras’ expulsion from the Organization of American States, OAS, returned home from exile Saturday following an agreement brokered by Colombia and Venezuela
Monday, May 30th 2011 - 00:50 UTC
Rousseff visits Uruguay to sign 12 accords on trade, integration and technology

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff arrives Monday in Uruguay, the third country she will be visiting after China and Argentina, since taking office last January first. The two countries are founding full members of Mercosur and Brazil is Uruguay’s main trade partner.
Monday, May 30th 2011 - 00:41 UTC
“Fish pedicure” in the UK fuels health and animal welfare concerns

One of the fastest-growing beauty treatments in Britain, fish pedicures – during which tiny toothless carp smooth down feet by eating dead skin – has come under new scrutiny from health experts and animal rights campaigners, reports the Sunday UK media.
Sunday, May 29th 2011 - 20:05 UTC
Argentine refurbished ice-breaker should be ready for 2012/13 Antarctic season

The Argentine navy icebreaker “Almirante Irizar” which became an almost total loss in 2007 should be back fully refurbished and operational for the 2012/2013 Antarctic season following an investment of over 100 million US dollars reveals the Buenos Aires press.
Sunday, May 29th 2011 - 20:00 UTC
Cuba “needs more than ever church blessings” to support reforms, says Raul

President Raul Castro said that Cuba currently “needs more than ever the blessings from its evangelic churches” to keep advancing with the reforms to update the exhausted economic model of the last fifty years, according to reports in the official Havana media.