Stories for April 2010

Monday, April 5th 2010 - 23:49 UTC
Bolivian Government and opposition celebrate Sunday’s provincial voting

Bolivian president Evo Morales claimed victory in the regional elections of this Sunday, because according to the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS), ‘now he controls six of the nine governors and three mayors of the ten largest in the country“.
Monday, April 5th 2010 - 23:23 UTC
Fariñas reply to Raul Castro: determined to continue “fasting until death”

Cuban dissident Guillermo Fariñas accepted as a challenge the warning launched on Sunday by president Raul Castro that Havana will not be “blackmailed or yield” to “hunger strikers” and promised that now “more than ever” he was determined “to continue fasting until death”.
Monday, April 5th 2010 - 12:12 UTC
Argentina: Positive assessment of trade mission to China

The head of the Argentine Fisheries Subsecretariat, Norberto Yauhar, assures that the assessment of his recent trip to China was very positive, and that “the objective of the trade mission was reached and, in many cases, surpassed expectations.”
Friday, April 2nd 2010 - 23:05 UTC
Uruguay’ government gross debt ballooned 31.5% in 2009, to 69% of GDP

Uruguay’s government overall debt skyrocketed 31.5% during 2009 according to the latest data released by the country’s Central Bank. This marks a complete reversal from the previous four years that could be described as very prudent.
Friday, April 2nd 2010 - 23:03 UTC
Putin consolidates Russian partnership with Venezuela

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrived Friday in Venezuela for his first visit to the OPEC nation as he prepared to sign energy, defense, and financial agreements with President Hugo Chavez.
Friday, April 2nd 2010 - 22:22 UTC
Mrs Kirchner blasts UN “double standards” on Falklands’ resolutions

“Don’t try to scare us with the ghost that we are going to take Malvinas militarily”, said Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner at the main commemoration of the 28th anniversary of the Argentine troops landing in the Falkland Islands.
Friday, April 2nd 2010 - 08:35 UTC
Argentina to see biggest anti-British protests for years

Britons have been warned to stay away from marches in Buenos Aires on Friday as thousands are expected to mass for Argentina's biggest anti-British protests in years.
Friday, April 2nd 2010 - 00:48 UTC
Message from the Falkland Islands Government on the 28th Anniversary of the invasion by Argentina

Today we remember the events of 2 April 1982 which led to the deaths of over nine hundred people in the Falkland Islands over a period of 74 days.
Friday, April 2nd 2010 - 00:04 UTC
Desire Petroleum plc - Drilling Update

Desire Petroleum Plc (AIM:DES) the oil and gas exploration company, wholly focused on the North Falkland Basin, wishes to provide a further drilling update on the Liz 14/19-1 Exploration well, where wireline operations are continuing.
Thursday, April 1st 2010 - 06:01 UTC
Machu Picchu set to reopen to tourists

Peru's most treasured archaeological site, Machu Picchu, is due to be formally re-opened after it was closed for two months.