Stories for April 2010

Wednesday, April 21st 2010 - 03:04 UTC
Brazil’s main presidential candidate considers Mercosur a “farce” and a “barrier”

Brazil’s leading presidential candidate Jose Serra described Mercosur as a “farce” and a “barrier” for Brazil to sign trade agreements with other countries.
Wednesday, April 21st 2010 - 02:55 UTC
Goldman Sachs earnings double; UK launches formal probe into fraud allegations

Goldman Sachs Group Inc said first-quarter earnings nearly doubled, while in London Britain's financial regulator launched a formal probe related to civil fraud allegations against the Wall Street bank.
Wednesday, April 21st 2010 - 02:52 UTC
Stronger Yuan “critical” for a more stable world economy claims Brazil

A stronger Chinese currency is “critical” for the good of the global economy, Brazil's central bank chief Henrique Meirelles said on Tuesday, joining a chorus of critics of China's foreign exchange policy.
Wednesday, April 21st 2010 - 02:49 UTC
Brazil, US top list of nations demanding private information on Google users

Brazil and United States topped the list of nations demanding private information about Google users, according to a tool the web giant unveiled Tuesday.
Tuesday, April 20th 2010 - 21:20 UTC
Mujica and Mrs. Kirchner to address “bi-national relations and pickets”

“There are no miracles; we feel cool about the decision”, said Uruguayan president Jose Mujica following the International Court of Justice ruling which means there will be no relocation of the Orion pulp mill which besides does not contaminate, as was claimed by Argentina when it presented its case back in 2006.
Tuesday, April 20th 2010 - 21:11 UTC
“Argentina’s environmental hypocrisy”

In its judgement on ”Pulp mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina vs. Uruguay)”, the International Court of Justice, (UN principal judicial organ) declared that Uruguay has not breached its substantive obligations for the protection of the environment provided by the Statute of the River Uruguay by authorizing the construction and commissioning of the Orion (Botnia) pulp mill.
Tuesday, April 20th 2010 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguay’s and Argentina celebrate Court’s ruling on pulp mill dispute

Much as was anticipated, Uruguay and Argentina celebrated as favourable the ruling of the International court of Justice regarding a long standing pulp mills dispute, while environmentalists were totally disappointed and promised to continue and intensify their protests and pickets.
Tuesday, April 20th 2010 - 19:39 UTC
Chile surveying glaciers to gauge extent of climate change impact

Academics from around the world are taking an interest in Chile’s glaciers. A team of Canadian, French and Chilean experts have been working in Punta Negra, located in the Laguna Negra section of Cajon de Maipo (south of Santiago) since 2003, following both covered glaciers and those known as rock glaciers.
Tuesday, April 20th 2010 - 17:31 UTC
Strong reference to the Falklands at Venezuela’s dawn of ‘a new independence’

Argentina’s president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner called on Monday for the end to the Falklands/Malvinas “colonial enclave”, as she forecasted from Venezuela, standing as a privileged guest next to Hugo Chavez, that Latinamerica is in the process of a “second independence”.
Tuesday, April 20th 2010 - 16:35 UTC
Chavez marks “true-independence” with impressive military and militias’ parade

Venezuela kicked off celebrations marking 200 years of struggle for independence with an impressive several hour long military parade. Recently-acquired Chinese K-8 planes and Russian Sukhoi-30 fighter aircraft swooped through the sky during a lavish military parade in Caracas, as soldiers from Algeria, Belarus, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Cuba, Libya, Nicaragua and Russia joined those on the ground.