Stories for September 2009

Friday, September 25th 2009 - 10:34 UTC
British Chancellor tells bankers “the party is over”

Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling has warned bankers that the party is over and they must realise the world has changed. He made the comments in a BBC interview before leaving for the G20 summit in Pittsburgh.
Friday, September 25th 2009 - 09:55 UTC
Pittsburgh G-20 summit kicks off with minor clashes in the streets

Trouble has flared as world leaders gathered Thursday in the US city of Pittsburgh for the G20 summit. Reports said riot police used pepper gas and fired rubber bullets at protesters on a march near the venue.
Friday, September 25th 2009 - 09:53 UTC
PM Brown denies rebuffed requests for a one-to-one meeting with Obama

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown denied Thursday reports of a rift with Barack Obama following reports that Washington repeatedly rebuffed requests for a one-to-one meeting with the US president.
Friday, September 25th 2009 - 05:02 UTC
Dove Hunting in Uruguay with Black River Outfitters

Even when dove hunting in Uruguay is open all year round, dove hunters should know that the best time of the year for this activity is September through April, spring-summer season in the southern hemisphere.
Friday, September 25th 2009 - 03:25 UTC
International Excopesca 2009 attracts 100 exhibitors to Mar del Plata

The second edition of Argentina’s Excopesca 2009 was opened this week at the Mar del Plata Exposition Centre. The international fishing and aquaculture industry event set to run through Saturday has attracted some 100 exhibitors representing the entire fishing industry chain of value: catch, processing, cold storage and logistics plus other sectors linked to the industry.
Friday, September 25th 2009 - 02:44 UTC
Ice loss in polar caps far more extensive reveals study from BAS

The thinning of ice sheets in Greenland and western Antarctica is far more extensive than was previously thought, according to new research published online in the British journal Nature.
Friday, September 25th 2009 - 02:09 UTC
Catholic Church blasts “irritating” Argentine government numbers on poverty

Argentina’s Catholic Church considers “irritating” the argument that poverty had diminished in the country when it is plain evidence that this is not the case, “rather the contrary”. It is indignant for Argentina that the system should consider the excluded as “a variable of political success”.
Friday, September 25th 2009 - 00:58 UTC
MIT poverty investigation centre opens in Chile

The Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) will open its new Latinamerican headquarters in Chile next Monday, Sept. 28. J-PAL is an organization that investigates poverty and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Department of Economics.
Friday, September 25th 2009 - 00:46 UTC
South America-Africa Summit to address energy and cooperation

Margarita Island, in north-eastern Venezuela, has geared up for the upcoming second South America-Africa Summit (SAAS), which will take place on Saturday and Sunday hosted by President Hugo Chavez.
Friday, September 25th 2009 - 00:19 UTC
Social Democracy Is Working In Brazil, Chile and Uruguay

Amongst the different leftist governments in Latin America, there are new and rather strident populist regimes (Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador), which seem to grab all the attention.