Stories for January 2010

Monday, January 25th 2010 - 14:38 UTC
Chavez forces television stations off the air for not broadcasting his speeches

Six television stations including opposition RCTV (Radio Caracas TeleVision) were forced off the air on Sunday for not broadcasting President Hugo Chavez' speeches. The new rules passed in December require stations to air Chavez's speeches, among other mandates.
Monday, January 25th 2010 - 14:35 UTC
Brazil hands to Argentina Colonel accused of human rights abuses

Brazil has extradited to Argentina a retired Uruguayan army colonel to face charges of human rights abuses dating back to military rule in the Southern cone countries during the 1970s.
Monday, January 25th 2010 - 14:20 UTC
Argentina’s Central bank stand-off: police to block access of Redrado

Argentine central bank President Martin Redrado vowed to stay in his post until Congress considers a government decree firing him for not setting aside 6.6 billion US dollars in reserves to pay debt due this year.
Saturday, January 23rd 2010 - 15:52 UTC
Lula da Silva calls for unity and warns followers about the “Piñera factor”

Brazilian president Lula da Silva called on his followers not to repeat what happened in Chile where the centre-left coalition lost the recent presidential election to the conservatives for having run with two candidates.
Saturday, January 23rd 2010 - 15:44 UTC
Argentine courts ratify the freeze on use of Central Bank reserves

Argentina’s Federal Contentious Administrative Court Friday ratified the suspension on the use of the Central Bank foreign currency reserves to payout public debt, according to judicial sources in Buenos Aires.
Saturday, January 23rd 2010 - 15:37 UTC
Ushuaia again feels seismic activity from the Drake Passage

Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego, extreme south of Argentina was again rattled this week with seismic activity of 5.3 points intensity in the Richter scale, although there were no human losses and minimum damage to property.
Saturday, January 23rd 2010 - 15:29 UTC
Record borrowing from UK government takes net debt to 67% of GDP

The British Government borrowed £15.7 billion last month - an amount that was less than expected, but still the highest December figure on record. Borrowing for the whole of 2009 reached £142.6 billion, the highest since Office for National Statistics (ONS) records began in 1946.
Saturday, January 23rd 2010 - 15:21 UTC
Cuba and US work together to preserve Hemingway’s heritage

Cuban and US cultural institutions plan to keep working together to preserve the documents that belonged to Ernest Hemingway and are kept at Finca Vigia, the US writer’s home-turned-museum on the island, state media reported.
Saturday, January 23rd 2010 - 15:13 UTC
Brazilian bank plans to enter the Mexican retail banking market

Brazil’s Banco Bradesco announced Friday that it plans to enter the Mexican retail banking market through the acquisition of Ibi Mexico
Saturday, January 23rd 2010 - 15:10 UTC
Commercial air link Gibraltar/Barcelona begins end of March

Andalus Lineas Aereas will renew its service from Gibraltar to Barcelona as from the end of March, exactly six months after it pulled the plug on the route because of low passenger numbers, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.