Stories for 2009

Friday, September 18th 2009 - 10:57 UTC
Brazil confident of becoming oil super power in the next ten years

Brazil will have crude for half a century and become a leading oil exporter and “an important player in international geopolitics” the country’s energy minister said during a congressional hearing.
Friday, September 18th 2009 - 10:54 UTC
Petrobras to concentrate all investments in pre-salt deposits

Brazilian government managed oil and gas company Petrobras will freeze overseas investments as the company concentrates on its primary role to develop recently discovered offshore oil reserves, CEO Jose Sergio Gabrielli said Thursday.
Friday, September 18th 2009 - 10:53 UTC
Less profound melt of Arctic sea ice again baffles scientists

This summer's melt of Arctic sea ice has not been as profound as in the last two years, scientists said as the ice began its annual autumn recovery. At its smallest extent this summer, on 12 September, the ice covered 5.10 million sq km.
Friday, September 18th 2009 - 08:33 UTC
The Falkland Islands, “A Penguin’s World”

“A Penguin’s World” is a new title by the publishing house Design In Nature who specialize in aspects of nature and the environment, especially that of the Falkland Islands. This book portrays those amazing birds, penguins, a species, which are a feature of the Falklands and where they breed in large numbers.
Friday, September 18th 2009 - 06:11 UTC
Argentina, a country of “paranoiac reactions”, and the Kirchners, “what a gang”

“The Kirchners are lefties, but what a left, mamma mia, what a gang!” and Argentina is a country “of hysteric, mad, paranoiac reactions”. The comments belong to Uruguay’s ruling coalition presidential candidate, Jose Mujica and whom opinion polls show him comfortably ahead for next October’s election.
Friday, September 18th 2009 - 03:44 UTC
Brazil is not “a Venezuela that goes shopping in the world’s arms supermarkets”

Defence minister Nelson Jobim said that Brazil “is not a Venezuela that goes around shopping in the world’s arms supermarkets”. Brazil targets policy on technical training and technology transfer so “we can develop a sound, autonomous defence industry”, underlined the top official from President Lula da Silva administration.
Friday, September 18th 2009 - 03:41 UTC
November elections, rapidly becoming the silent option for Honduras crisis

Four of Honduras six presidential candidates have coincided that the coming November 29 elections are the best solution to the serious political crisis faced by the country since the constitutional president Manuel Zelaya was ousted in a midnight military and civilian coup at the end of June.
Friday, September 18th 2009 - 03:40 UTC
Gibraltar/Spain open border policy explains economic surge in the region

Gibraltar makes an extensive contribution to the economy of neighbouring Campo de Gibraltar while it also benefits significantly from Spanish expenditure on the Rock, according to the main conclusions of an economic study published this week.
Friday, September 18th 2009 - 03:38 UTC
Spain proposes strict fisheries sustainable management rules

Spanish Minister of Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM), Elena Espinosa reiterated her government’s commitment to ensure the sustainability of marine resources and deemed it “crucial” to forge “rules of the game” that ensure “a sustainable management” in the international arena.
Friday, September 18th 2009 - 03:36 UTC
Ex-Barclays bankers stand to make 400 million USD for managing toxic assets

A group of 45 bankers at Britain’s Barclays bypassed potential curbs on pay and bonuses by jumping ship to set up a Cayman Islands company and manage 12.3 billion US dollars of Barclays’ most toxic debt. They will be paid at least 400 million USD over ten years.