Stories for November 2012

Wednesday, November 21st 2012 - 08:03 UTC
Chile reopens market for Paraguayan beef after a twelve-month ban

Chile has re-opened its market to Paraguayan beef announced on Tuesday to his peers Sixto Miranda, head of the country’s Rural Society, following a meeting with Foreign Minister Jose Fernandez Estigarribia.
Wednesday, November 21st 2012 - 07:53 UTC
Cristina Fernandez: “no one is going to pressure me especially with bullying or thugs”

After the first national strike against her administration, Argentine President Cristina Fernández blasted the CGT and CTA-led protest claiming they appealed to “bullying” tactics and called on workers to defend the “economic development and inclusion model”.
Wednesday, November 21st 2012 - 07:48 UTC
Day of protest a “complete success” and “much stronger than we expected”

Argentine labour unions leaders said that support for the successful national strike was “much stronger than we expected” and urged President Cristina Fernández to listen to “people’s message.”
Wednesday, November 21st 2012 - 07:41 UTC
General strike, supported by pickets paralyzed Argentina

Two main opposition umbrella trade unions and other organizations protesting Argentina's economic policies paralyzed the country on Tuesday in the first general strike since President Cristina Fernandez took office five years ago.
Wednesday, November 21st 2012 - 06:01 UTC
Colombia rejects Court of Justice ruling on Caribbean islands disputed with Nicaragua

Colombia rejected the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) decision on the dispute with Nicaragua which recognized Colombian sovereignty over the disputed San Andrés islands but extended Nicaragua’s maritime space surrounding the islands.
Tuesday, November 20th 2012 - 19:05 UTC
Falklands claims UN Decolonization chair is not acting with impartiality

The Falkland Islands government complained on Tuesday that the Chairman of the UN Decolonization Committee, Ambassador Diego Morejón Pazmiño is not acting with the impartiality that his role demands and revealed a letter, which remains unanswered, inviting the ambassador to visit the Falklands matching his informative trip to Argentina on the sovereignty of the Islands dispute.
Tuesday, November 20th 2012 - 06:33 UTC
Major national strike in Argentina with pickets to implement the measure

Argentina’s three main organized labour groupings, and in opposition to Argentine president Cristina Fernandez, have called for a national strike on Tuesday which counts with the support of several tens of camp and city organizations plus hundreds of pickets in the main cities ‘to ensure there is no activity’.
Tuesday, November 20th 2012 - 01:40 UTC
Uruguay admits inflation is “decisively much higher” than expected

Inflation is a priority and is “decisively much higher than what authorities and public opinion would like” admitted Mario Bergara, Uruguay’s Central bank president during the opening on Monday of a two-day annual economic conference.
Tuesday, November 20th 2012 - 01:36 UTC
Repsol presses charges against Chevron for making business with nationalized YPF

Spanish oil company Repsol has pressed charges against Chevron over “disloyal competition”, after the US company reached an agreement with its former Argentine branch YPF to conduct explorations in the Vaca Muerta reservoir, a company spokesman announced.
Tuesday, November 20th 2012 - 00:51 UTC
Peruvian ambassador expected to return to Paraguay in near future

Another gap is anticipated in the diplomatic isolation ring imposed on Paraguay by Unasur and Mercosur, when as happened with Chile and Colombia, the Peruvian ambassador also returns to his post in Asuncion after several months of consultations in Lima.