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Stories for May 26th 2009

  • Tuesday, May 26th 2009 - 12:25 UTC

    Latinamerican Liberals hold congress in “Bolivarian” Venezuela

    The concept of private property and private initiative will be discussed in President Chavez turf

    Liberal political parties and thinkers from Latinamerica are holding their annual congress this week in the Venezuelan capital Caracas. The event is in the framework of the 25th anniversary of the local branch Cedice-Libertad and will promote debates on liberal policies to address poverty and the current global slowdown.

  • Tuesday, May 26th 2009 - 12:22 UTC

    EU summit agrees to scrap (failed) rules on fishing quotas

    For every kilo of cod caught in the North Sea, another kilo is dumped overboard, dead or alive.

    European fisheries ministers have concluded a meeting in Brussels with a consensus to effectively scrap current rules that decide fishing quotas. Environmentalists and fishermen alike have long argued the existing system - set annually - has failed the industry.

  • Tuesday, May 26th 2009 - 12:18 UTC

    Third consecutive period for Lula da Silva reaches political arena

    Illness of Ms Rousseff has revived Lula da Silva’s succession debate

    A third presidential period for Lula da Silva is “a risk” which would distance the country “from the republic and would draw it nearer to a monarchy” said the president of the Brazilian Supreme Electoral Tribunal, TSE, Ayres Brito.

  • Tuesday, May 26th 2009 - 12:06 UTC

    Buenos Aires residents’ infatuated cultural self esteem

    Porteños consider themselves more enlightened than the rest of the continent

    A majority of Buenos Aires City residents consider themselves more enlightened and educated than the rest of Argentines and of Latinamericans with the movies as their main leisure distraction, according to a public opinion poll published in the Sunday edition of the newspaper Perfil.

  • Tuesday, May 26th 2009 - 12:05 UTC

    Government tells Cubans: austerity or blackouts

    The Cuban government reduced from 6 to 2% the projected growth of the economy for 2009. The announcement was made by Cabinet vice president and Economy Minister Marino Murillo during a meeting at which “exceptional measures” were announced starting June first to reduce energy consumption, the official daily Juventud Rebelde said Saturday.

  • Tuesday, May 26th 2009 - 11:40 UTC

    Brazilian industry to openly debate Itaipu power plant controversy

    The world’s largest operational hydroelectric dam and how the energy produced should be distributed and traded will be at the heart of a debate Wednesday between Brazil’s main industrial organization, FIESP, and Paraguayan authorities, the two countries who share the giant power station.

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