Stories for December 2009

Monday, December 28th 2009 - 12:27 UTC
Calls on Brazil’s highest court to review censorship on investigative reports

The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) has urged Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court to review its decision that resulted in the ongoing censorship of investigative reports that might expose wrongdoing in the Federal Senate.
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.
Sunday, December 27th 2009 - 06:40 UTC
Countdown for 2010 Argentina-Chile Dakar rally which takes off Jan first

The countdown for the 2010 Argentina-Chile Dakar rally has begun with the arrival in Buenos Aires of all the participants and the over 400 vehicles registered for the grueling competition that will extend until January 17 in some of the most challenging terrains in Argentina and neighboring Chile, including climbing the mighty Andes cordillera .
Sunday, December 27th 2009 - 06:34 UTC
Dutch dredger operating in Tierra del Fuego bunkers in Falklands

An unusual visitor to the Falkland Islands last week was the Prins der Nederlanden, which anchored in Port William for the second time to receive fuel, reports the local Penguin News.
Sunday, December 27th 2009 - 06:23 UTC
Car sales in Chile indicate the country is on road to recovery

A November report shows a 27.3% spike in new car sales in Chile, making it the largest sales increase the country has seen in two years. The last similar increase of 29.9% was before the recent financial crisis, in January 2008.
Sunday, December 27th 2009 - 06:13 UTC
Argentine scientists confirm significant decline of multi-specific coastal species

The biomasses and sizes of the main species that conform “multi-specific coastal” species along areas of the South Atlantic continue falling due to excessive catches, contend the latest studies carried out by Argentina’s National Institute for Fisheries Research and Development, (INIDEP).
Sunday, December 27th 2009 - 06:07 UTC
UK Nigerian student allegedly responsible for Detroit’s “attempted terrorist act”

A Nigerian student reported to have links to al-Qaeda is being questioned after an attempted act of terrorism on a plane arriving in the city of Detroit, according to US officials.
Sunday, December 27th 2009 - 05:53 UTC
Central Chile has lost 38% of forests between 1975 and 2008

A study of satellite images released this week confirmed a 38% decrease in Chile’s Central Valley forest cover between 1975 and 2008. Forests that used to grow between the coast and the central valley have been replaced either by urban growth or agricultural activity. In some cases the forests have become arid lands.