MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for January 11th 2010
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Monday, January 11th 2010 - 13:05 UTC
Argentina says that import licences saved over half a million jobs
Argentina’s Production Ministry has revealed documents indicating that some 542,370 job posts were saved by the application of non-automatic import licences. Some 21,510 jobs were saved by anti-dumping measures, which led to the protection of 563,880 jobs through the prohibition of mass importation of low-cost products.
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Monday, January 11th 2010 - 12:56 UTC
Brazil’s Human Rights minister threatens to resign over controversial bill
Brazilian Minister of Human Rights Pablo Vanucchi threatened to resign on Sunday if the military are successful in reviewing the bill creating a Truth Commission on the Brazilian dictatorship (1964/1985) which caused internal turmoil in the administration of President Lula da Silva.
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Monday, January 11th 2010 - 12:46 UTC
China will construct Bolivia’s first satellite; Morales travels to Beijing
Bolivian president Evo Morales will be travelling to China next March to sign an agreement for the construction and launching of the country’s first telecommunications satellite, reported Bolivian government sources on Sunday.
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Monday, January 11th 2010 - 12:41 UTC
Budget emergency and draconian spending cuts in California
The governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has unveiled deep spending cuts aimed at containing the state's 20 billion US dollars budget deficit. Spending on health, welfare, transport and the environment is to be reduced.
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Monday, January 11th 2010 - 12:33 UTC
Central bank conflict: Argentina’s institutional soundness at stake
Argentina's government filed an appeal this weekend against a court ruling that blocked its plan to use Central Bank reserves to pay debts and ordered the bank president's reinstatement, the Cabinet chief said.
