Stories for January 9th 2012
PM Cameron discards any Falklands’ sovereignty negotiations with Argentina
British Prime Minister David Cameron discarded any Falkland Islands sovereignty negotiations with Argentina and said that his government is permanently vigilant about the protection of the Islands and their defence.
Chile, Venezuela, Cuba hold CELAC ministerial meeting in Santiago
Foreign Affairs ministers from Chile, Cuba and Venezuela begin discussions Monday in Santiago to advance in the implementation of the recently created Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, Celac.
UK and France Europe set to clash again, this time over the “Tobin tax”
UK's Prime Minister David Cameron said for the first time he would veto a European-wide financial transaction tax unless it was imposed globally, deepening a confrontation with European Union heavyweights France and Germany.
China increases money supply and relaxes credit to ‘fine tune’ the economy
China's lending and money supply grew at a faster pace than expected as the country relaxed its credit restrictions. New loans worth 640.5bn Yuan (101bn dollars) were issued in December, up from 562.2bn Yuan in November.
Iran’s Ahmadinejad begins Latam tour in Venezuela: meeting with Chavez
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will welcome his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday on his first stop of a five-nation tour of Latin America, state media reported.
Argentine Farming emergency committee meets this week to address extreme drought
The Argentine Agriculture Ministry has summoned the Committee on Farming Emergency and anticipated it would engage in “surgical work” in order to reach “all areas of the farming sector” suffering from extreme drought.
Chile buries seven fire-fighters; strong suspicion of criminal intent in forest fires
The home of a Mapuche Indian leader in Chile was destroyed in a suspicious blaze in an area ravaged by forest fires, which officials say may have been caused by radical indigenous activists.
