Stories for September 2009

Tuesday, September 8th 2009 - 10:38 UTC
Brazil begins talks for the purchase of 36 French built Rafale combat aircrafts

President Lula da Silva announced Monday that Brazil has entered negotiations with France for the purchase of 36 combat aircrafts Rafale, from Dassault. An official release from the Planalto said that negotiations include the transfer of French technology.
Tuesday, September 8th 2009 - 10:33 UTC
Chilean conservatives more confident of winning presidential election

Chilean conservative presidential candidate Sebastián Piñera announced Sunday he will submit a proposal to Chile's government suggesting that the voter registration period for December's presidential elections be extended by around one month.
Tuesday, September 8th 2009 - 08:53 UTC
The war on drugs has failed. Now we need a more humane strategy

By Fernando Henrique Cardoso (*)
The war on drugs has failed and should make way for a global shift towards de-criminalising cannabis use and promoting harm reduction, says the former president of Brazil, writing in Sundays’ edition of The Observer. Fernando Henrique Cardoso argues that the hard-line approach has brought “disastrous” consequences for Latin America, which has been the frontline in the war on drug cultivation for decades, while failing to change the continent's position as the largest exporter of cocaine and marijuana.
Tuesday, September 8th 2009 - 08:39 UTC
Education gap in Latinamerica and with other regions widening

Latinamerica and the Caribbean spend three times more in arms and fuel subsidies than in the learning gap between children from low income and high income homes, a sum estimated in 14 billion US dollars, according to the president of the Inter American Development Bank, IDB, Luis Alberto Moreno.
Tuesday, September 8th 2009 - 08:34 UTC
Obama’s “on line” strategy to promote Lula da Silva’s successor

Brazil’s President Lula da Silva ruling Workers party has been in consultations with the communications team that worked with US president Barack Obama, with the purpose of helping design its campaign for the 2010 presidential election.
Tuesday, September 8th 2009 - 08:33 UTC
Argentina reports terrible squid season and lack of data on resource evolution

The squid (Illex argentinus) season in Argentine waters closed with one of the worst records in recent history. Official statistics reveal that 61,249.4 tons were landed between January 1 and September 4, equivalent to 24.3% of the 251,892.7 tons landed between January and September 11 of 2008.
Tuesday, September 8th 2009 - 08:21 UTC
Daily flights Buenos Aires/Ushuaia starting October

LAN Chile’s Argentine subsidiary announced an increase in flights from Buenos Aires to the Argentine port city of Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego to meet peak season demand for leisure cruises to Antarctica.
Tuesday, September 8th 2009 - 05:59 UTC
IMF warns of “third wave of the crisis”, rising unemployment

Policy action to combat the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression is working, but governments should not relax stimulus measures until recovery takes hold and unemployment levels recede, the head of the International Monetary Fund says.
Tuesday, September 8th 2009 - 05:56 UTC
World central bankers support stronger Indus try supervision and regulation

Central bankers have backed new measures to strengthen supervision of the global banking industry. A meeting of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), which consists of the world's central banks, pledged to increase bank's capital requirements.
Tuesday, September 8th 2009 - 05:51 UTC
Colombian magistrate sends strong message to President Alvaro Uribe

The head of Colombia’s Constitutional court Nilson Pinilla said the country can “trust” the decision of the court, regarding the law that calls for a referendum on the re-election of President Alvaro Uribe for a third consecutive term.