Stories for January 13th 2010

Thursday, January 14th 2010 - 04:53 UTC
Mrs. Kirchner resuscitates ghosts from the 2001/02 default crisis

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on Wednesday again attacked the opposition and called for “reflection” from all those sectors involved in the dispute over Central Bank reserves to avoid repeating the “errors of the past”.
Thursday, January 14th 2010 - 04:51 UTC
Chilean maverick candidate will vote to impede Piñera becoming president

With only four days left for the Chilean presidential election run-off next Sunday the former independent hopeful Marco Enriquez-Ominami, MEO, publicly announced his support for incumbent candidate Eduardo Frei, although not mentioning his name once.
Thursday, January 14th 2010 - 03:05 UTC
UK economy could be crawling out of recession, according to latest data

The UK economy grew in the fourth quarter of 2009 for the first time since the summer of 2008, according to forecasts published Wednesday.
Thursday, January 14th 2010 - 03:03 UTC
Toxic red tide emergency in Punta Arenas: ban on all sea food

Chilean Health Minister Alvaro Erazo arrived this week in Punta Arenas, extreme south of the country to head an emergency meeting with local officials given the extent of the “toxic red tide” which can be lethal for humans but also threatens the whole sea-food industry along the Magellan Strait coastline.
Thursday, January 14th 2010 - 02:57 UTC
Piñera leads with a slight margin in Chile’s presidential run-off next Sunday

Chilean opposition conservative candidate Sebastián Piñera is poised to win, albeit by a slight margin, on next Sunday’s (Jan. 17) presidential run-off with the incumbent candidate former president Eduardo Frei, according to the latest public opinion poll released Wednesday in Santiago.
Wednesday, January 13th 2010 - 21:38 UTC
Falkland Islands: Ocean Watch ‘Around the Americas’ scientists moor in Stanley

AROUND the Americas yacht Ocean Watch moored in Stanley on Monday as part of its 24,000 nautical mile journey aimed at collecting data sets in a bid to raise global awareness of the oceans.
Wednesday, January 13th 2010 - 12:16 UTC
Argentine central bank reserves dispute adds another player: New York Judge

Argentina’s central bank reserves dispute suffered an expected escalation when on Tuesday Judge Thomas Griesa from New York State placed an embargo on Argentine central bank accounts held in the United States, following a lawsuit filed by investment funds (or “vulture funds”).
Wednesday, January 13th 2010 - 10:53 UTC
Uribe’s re-election bid for a third term supported by Colombia’s ombudsman

Colombia's Constitutional Court should approve a referendum to allow President Alvaro Uribe to run for re-election, the country's ombudsman said on Tuesday, which could open the way for a third consecutive mandate bid in the coming May presidential elections.
Wednesday, January 13th 2010 - 08:41 UTC
Mujica in Argentina to discuss agenda of “mutual interest issues”

Uruguayan president elect Jose Mujica travelled Tuesday to Buenos Aires to hold a meeting with her Argentine peer Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and other officials, confirming his promise that “we need a healthy and strong relation with Argentina”.
Wednesday, January 13th 2010 - 08:29 UTC
Brazilian industry calls for end of “strategic patience” trade policy with Argentina

Brazil’s strongest manufacturing organization (and lobby) is considering the possibility that the country “ceases to be tolerant” towards Argentine trade restrictions and consider the possibility of withdrawing from Mercosur.