MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for October 2009
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Thursday, October 1st 2009 - 10:52 UTC
Wealth of US richest 400 down 330 billion USD
The collective wealth of the richest 400 US citizens has fallen by 300 billion US dollars over the past year, according to the latest Forbes 400 rich list. With downturn in the financial markets and wider economy taking its toll, this is an annual decline of 19%.
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Thursday, October 1st 2009 - 09:35 UTC
Uruguay’s Afro-cultural tradition becomes world heritage
Candombe, a dance and choreography of strong cultural tradition among the Afro-River Plate population which was originally brought by slaves mainly to Uruguay, was declared Wednesday as belonging to the world's Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, Unesco.
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Thursday, October 1st 2009 - 09:25 UTC
Tango and candombe declared intangible cultural expressions by Unesco
Two of Uruguay’s most typical cultural expressions, tango and candombe (*) were declared on Wednesday part of the world's Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, UNESCO.
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Thursday, October 1st 2009 - 08:07 UTC
Argentina recovering from the global crisis, says World Bank
Argentina's economy is recovering from the global financial crisis in step with the international community, Augusto de la Torre, chief economist of the World Bank, said during a conference in Miami.
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Thursday, October 1st 2009 - 07:47 UTC
Venezuela’s Mercosur incorporation criticized in Brazilian Senate
Venezuela’s Mercosur incorporation chances received a full blow this week when the Brazilian senate Foreign Relations committee rapporteur said the hopeful member-country is ruled by an “almost dictatorial” president Hugo Chavez
