Stories for December 28th 2009

Monday, December 28th 2009 - 12:21 UTC
Uruguay releases stamp issue on 70th anniversary of Battle of the River Plate

Uruguay released a stamp issue to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the River Plate --December 13th 1939--, which ended with the scuttling of the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee.
Monday, December 28th 2009 - 09:09 UTC
Lula da Silva unhappy with the media sponsors “social control” of content

Brazil’s most popular president in recent history, Lula da Silva, seems to be in a collision course with some of the big media corporations. His administration is sponsoring a National Conference on Communications allegedly to draft a regulatory framework which media corporations claim has an only purpose, government control of the press and its content.
Monday, December 28th 2009 - 08:59 UTC
Fish exports from Buenos Aires blocked or delayed because of labour conflict

The main maritime agencies operating in the River Plate are seriously considering cancelling the port of Buenos Aires and concentrating trade in Montevideo, given the labour conflict with the tugs arising from a long standing dispute in the Argentine fishing industry sector.

Uruguay releases stamp issue on 70th anniversary of Battle of the River Plate