Stories for 2009

Monday, June 15th 2009 - 12:50 UTC
Former Uruguayan president favours eliminating Mercosur parliament

Former Uruguayan president and the leading presidential hopeful of the main opposition party Luis Alberto Lacalle said that the Mercosur Parliament, Parlasur, lacks all meaning and purpose and proposed its dissolution, in an interview published Sunday in the Montevideo press.
Monday, June 15th 2009 - 12:47 UTC
Airbus calls for prudence on the cause of Flight 447 accident

European manufacturer of Airbus aircrafts cautioned against speculations about the causes of the Flight 447 accident this month in the Atlantic Ocean and strongly defended the safety record of the A330.
Monday, June 15th 2009 - 07:45 UTC
Cuban Oil: Havana’s Potential Geo-Political Bombshell

As the US President Barack Obama administration slowly inches towards normalizing its relations with Cuba, pressure is mounting on the new president to lift the decades-old, and universally acknowledged, anachronistic embargo.
Saturday, June 13th 2009 - 06:11 UTC
US Congress offers support for Peruvian Amazonia land disputes

The United States Government and Congress will support Peru in finding a solution through dialogue, with indigenous communities regarding the improvement of the Forestry and Wildlife Law, which is essential for the for the implementation of the bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA), the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) reported Friday.
Saturday, June 13th 2009 - 05:47 UTC
Brazil considers G8 is no longer a valid political decision group

“G 8 is over as a political decision group” since “it represents nothing at all” and it’s not a valid instrument to address the reform of the global financial system, said Brazil’s Foreign Affairs minister Celso Amorim during a seminar in Paris on Mercosur.
Saturday, June 13th 2009 - 05:44 UTC
China, Japan caution about Rio Tinto/BHP Billiton tie-up

Australia's resource minister has dismissed threats of sanctions from China against its two largest mining firms Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton.
Saturday, June 13th 2009 - 05:41 UTC
“Black boxes” are obsolete technology says air safety pioneer

Whether the black boxes from Air France flight 447 are found or not, the crash has shown that new technology is needed to record a flight's last moments in real-time, an aviation expert argues.
Friday, June 12th 2009 - 21:43 UTC
Payments to Chilean businesses in Venezuela delayed

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has rescheduled his visit to Chile yet again, amidst growing tensions related to his country’s failure to make timely payments to 52 Chilean businesses – a sum amounting to more than 80 million US dollars.
Friday, June 12th 2009 - 18:29 UTC
Public opinion rapidly loosing enchantment with Mercosur

Mercosur supports significant institutional deficits, lacks clear bearings, negotiations with the European Union are stalled and there is a devalued public opinion perception of the block, which is attempting to become a customs union.
Friday, June 12th 2009 - 18:22 UTC
Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

Headlines: “No place for claim” UK representative’s message to Argentina; Community Safety director: recruitment to begin overseas; Swine flu increase in Chile, Falklands still clear.