Stories for November 8th 2011
Mujica says Argentina was not involved in the “tax haven” claim incident
Uruguay’s President, José Mujica said on Monday that Argentina had nothing to do with the comment made by France’s leader Nicolas Sarkozy indicating that Uruguay was a “tax haven.”
Chilean president Piñera approval rating experiences slight recovery
The approval rating of Chile’s President Sebastián Piñera rose to 31% over the month of October according the results released by Chilean polling company, Adimark on Monday. While that figure represents an improvement of only one percentage point from last month’s poll, it confirms that the president has arrested the downward trend that saw him fall to his lowest approval rating of 27% in August’s Adimark poll.
Argentina names trade expert as next ambassador in Brazil
Luis Maria Kreckler currently Argentina’s Foreign Ministry’s Trade and Economic Affairs secretary and who was also considered a strong candidate to be the Foreign Minister in the next presidential cabinet, was appointed as Argentina’s Ambassador to Brazil.
Re-election for Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua, continent’s poorest nation
Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega, a former Marxist guerrilla leader, was headed for a landslide victory in Sunday's presidential election. Preliminary results showed Ortega, who has cemented his hold on power with social spending for the poor, had 63.7% support based on a count of votes from 18% of polling stations.
White House officially denies evidence of extraterrestrials contacting humans
The White House has said it has no evidence that extraterrestrials have ever tried to contact humans. In a blow to conspiracy theorists everywhere, a senior Barack Obama administration official also says there is also no credible information to suggest evidence of alien life is being kept from the public.
YPF announces a billion barrels shale-oil discovery in Argentina
Oil company YPF confirmed Monday the finding of its biggest oil discovery in Argentina yet to the Buenos Aires stock exchange. The discovery was made in the Neuquén province and is equivalent to 927 million barrels.
Calls for Peruvian Vice-President to resign on allegations of corruption
Peruvian lawmakers said on Monday that Vice-President Omar Chehade should resign as soon as possible over corruption allegations to put an end to the first political scandal of Ollanta Humala's young presidency.
Emerging nations ready to support the Euro but demand IMF reforms
Major emerging economies are ready to provide financial help to the Euro zone via the International Monetary Fund but in return want commitments to reform the IMF to be implemented, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday.
Rousseff warns about global unemployment; calls for plans to generate jobs
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff addressing the results of the G20 summit in Cannes, where Brazil was one of the countries represented said that job creation is a way to tackle economic crises.
French ambassador defends Sarkozy’s statements claiming Uruguay is a fiscal haven
The French ambassador in Montevideo, Jean Christophe Potton said that when President Nicholas Sarkozy named Uruguay and ten other countries as ‘fiscal havens’, which could be isolated from the International community, he was speaking in representation of the G20 countries summit in Cannes.
