Stories for 2009

Saturday, March 21st 2009 - 11:32 UTC
Argentine, Brazilian businesses agree to fight “Chinese imports”

With the master touch of Brazilian diplomacy the Friday regional summit with Argentina not only sent a clear political message of understanding between Mercosur main partners, but also evidence of that close coordination.
Saturday, March 21st 2009 - 11:28 UTC
Argentine farmers back on the roads for a week

Argentine farmers are back in the roads, this time for a whole seven-day strike beginning Saturday, the tenth such measure since the conflict erupted a year ago when the administration of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner increased export levies on grains and oilseeds.
Saturday, March 21st 2009 - 10:13 UTC
Argentina and Brazil close ranks and downplay trade differences

Argentine visiting president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her Brazilian counterpart Lula da Silva called on Friday for speedier financing of joint development and commerce projects to help stimulate decreasing bilateral trade.
Saturday, March 21st 2009 - 09:08 UTC
G-20 members agree on banking regulation and loans to IMF

G-20 nations have agreed to develop principles to regulate the banking sector and to make 100 billion US dollars in loans available to the International Monetary Fund to support the developing world according to British government sources.
Saturday, March 21st 2009 - 08:47 UTC
Democratic Congress could hold surprises for Obama’s ambitious budgets

The US budget deficit will hit 1.8 trillion US dollars this year, a record amount, according to US Congress estimates. The White House said the prediction by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) would not alter President Barack Obama's policy agenda, nor would it affect its goal to cut the deficit in half by 2013, it added.
Saturday, March 21st 2009 - 08:40 UTC
Petrobras union threatens with national strike beginning Monday

Brazil’s government managed oil and gas corporation Petrobras faces a possible nationwide strike by oil workers that could paralyze the company's oil production for five days, starting Monday.
Saturday, March 21st 2009 - 08:33 UTC
Milestone ruling in Brazil supports Amazon Indian reservations

Amazon indigenous groups have won a major victory with Brazil's Supreme Court upholding the integrity of a vast native reserve in the northern state of Roraima next to Venezuela.
Friday, March 20th 2009 - 15:11 UTC
Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

Headlines: Chamber clashes with FIG over lack of action; ‘Increased broadband’ announced by Cable and Wireless.
Friday, March 20th 2009 - 10:14 UTC
Mrs. Kirchner corners farmers who take to the roads again

In a further escalation of the conflict with farmers over taxes, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner announced on Thursday that revenue from the levy on soy exports would be shared between the federal, provincial and city governments.
Friday, March 20th 2009 - 10:11 UTC
IMF calls on G20 to bolster demand and more concerted policies

Despite major stimulus packages announced by advanced economies and several emerging markets, trade volumes have shrunk rapidly, while production and employment data suggest that global activity continues to contract in the first quarter of 2009, the IMF said in a new assessment of the global economy.