Stories for October 2012

Tuesday, October 23rd 2012 - 20:46 UTC
Tourist arrivals to the Falklands expected to increase 14.6% by end of 2012

Tourist arrivals to the Falkland Islands are expected to increase by 14.6% in 2012 with a significant 28% increase in the number of leisure visitors, mainly driven by the 30th Anniversary of the Falklands war according to the September Falklands Forecast from the Falkland Islands Tourist Board.
Tuesday, October 23rd 2012 - 07:33 UTC
Brazil says all Mercosur leaders have to decide lifting Paraguay’s suspension

Brazil said it is hard to see Paraguay rejoining Mercosur and Unasur before next year’s presidential election. The two blocks suspended the landlocked country following the removal of Fernando Lugo last June and replacing him with President Federico Franco.
Tuesday, October 23rd 2012 - 07:27 UTC
Brazil will invest 2bn dollars in promoting fishing industry and doubling catches

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff announced on Monday an ambitious program to boost and make competitive the fishing industry doubling catches for which she promised the government would invest 4.1bn Reais (2bn dollars).
Tuesday, October 23rd 2012 - 07:18 UTC
South Georgia plans to expand Marine Protected Areas; could affect krill fishery

The government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, GSGSSI, announced a vast Marine Protected Areas around the Island in February and it is likely there is more protection to come that could affect krill fishing and long-lining, reports the September edition of the South Georgia newsletter.
Tuesday, October 23rd 2012 - 07:14 UTC
Sao Paulo police arrest former head of bankrupt Brazilian bank

Police in Sao Paulo said on Monday they had arrested the former head of bankrupt Brazilian lender Banco Cruzeiro do Sul on charges of money laundering and crimes against the country's financial system and capital markets.
Tuesday, October 23rd 2012 - 07:07 UTC
Argentine ‘soybean king’ forecasts a new but “green industrial revolution”

The man known in Argentina as “soybean king” said the country was facing a “new industrial revolution”, but factories now won’t have chimneys because they will really be “green factories”.
Tuesday, October 23rd 2012 - 07:01 UTC
Argentine with ‘clear long term policies’ can easily become the ‘Saudi Arabia of food’

Former Argentine central bank president, IMF economist and Bank of England consultant Mario Bléjer said that with clear long term policies Argentina could rapidly become the “Saudi Arabia of food” because food demand at world level will grow 20% in the next decade.
Tuesday, October 23rd 2012 - 06:54 UTC
BBC faces major scandal for alleged cover-up of sexual abuse by a presenter

The head of the BBC goes before lawmakers on Tuesday with the publicly funded British broadcaster facing one of the biggest crises in its history over accusations it pulled a probe into sexual abuse by a former presenter as part of a wider cover-up.
Tuesday, October 23rd 2012 - 06:38 UTC
ARA Libertad: Argentine president pledges to never yield to ‘vulture’ funds

Argentine president Cristina Fernández in a national broadcast blasted ‘vulture funds’ retaining the impounded training frigate ARA Libertad in Ghana and pledged never to yield the dignity and sovereignty of the country to these funds.
Tuesday, October 23rd 2012 - 03:20 UTC
Latin American investment in China

By R. Viswanathan (*) - During the sixth China - Latin America Business summit in Hangzhou in October 17-18, the Inter American Development Bank (BID) brought out a report on Latin American investment in China.