Stories for June 2010

Monday, June 7th 2010 - 09:30 UTC
Chavez insists with his nationalization ‘rampage’

President Hugo Chavez announced plans Sunday to take over more private companies in Venezuela and also said his government should review the use of water by trans-national companies like Coca-Cola and Pepsi.
Monday, June 7th 2010 - 09:25 UTC
G-20 fails to reach consensus on proposal to impose global tax on banks

The Group of 20 nations failed over the weekend to agree on a proposal to impose a global tax on banks that was aimed at making the financial industry shoulder the cost of bailouts, settling instead for a common set of guidelines.
Monday, June 7th 2010 - 09:22 UTC
Incumbent Brazilian presidential campaign accused of spying on adversary

A member from the campaign team of Brazilian presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff was forced to resign over the weekend because of an alleged espionage plan to tap information from the main opposition hopeful Jose Serra.
Monday, June 7th 2010 - 06:28 UTC
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton begins second trip to Latinamerica

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived Sunday night in Lima, Peru, for her second trip to the region this year. Ms Clinton will be participating on Monday in the two-day Organization of American States General Assembly hosted by Peru.
Saturday, June 5th 2010 - 08:25 UTC
Exclusive premium farms’ project in Uruguay wins British Architects award

KallosTurin Architects have won an international award from the Royal Institute of British Architects, RIBA, for the design and construction of two farm houses in an environmental friendly residential development in one of Uruguay’s most fashionable resorts.
Saturday, June 5th 2010 - 06:19 UTC
Chile to celebrate 200th anniversary with four days holiday

Chile has decided to celebrate its 200th birthday over four days as opposed to the two given to its usual birthdays. The legislature has approved a proposal to convert both the Friday before and the Monday after Saturday September 18 into official public holidays.
Saturday, June 5th 2010 - 06:16 UTC
IMF identifies three challenges faced by Latinamerica as world crisis recedes

Removing fiscal stimulus, absorbing capital flows and reducing unemployment are the main challenges facing Latinamerican and Caribbean countries as the global crisis recedes, said IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn during this recent visit to South America.
Saturday, June 5th 2010 - 05:52 UTC
Uruguay plans to sell 1 billion US dollars of bonds next year

Uruguay plans to sell about 1 billion US dollars of bonds next year, including 500 million of dollar- denominated debt, said Carlos Steneri, director of public credit at the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
Saturday, June 5th 2010 - 05:44 UTC
Environmentalists march to protest building of dams in Patagonian Chile

In honour of June 5, World Environment Day, activist groups and artists will march this weekend to protest efforts by electric companies to build hydroelectric plants in southern Chile.
Saturday, June 5th 2010 - 05:31 UTC
Southern Hemisphere Eurofruit congress to be held December in Uruguay

Eurofruit Congress Southern Hemisphere, the annual conference and exhibition event for the region's fresh produce industry, is coming to Uruguay for the first time on 1-3 December.