Stories for June 2010

Monday, June 28th 2010 - 22:08 UTC
US ratings agency down-plays success of Argentina’s debt-swap deal

US ratings agency Moody's said that Argentina's debt-swap is unlikely to improve the liquidity profile for corporate issuers even when the highest-rated companies will be able to tap international debt markets and lengthen their debt maturity profiles.
Monday, June 28th 2010 - 22:04 UTC
Argentine satellite for regional communications to be launched 2012

Arianespace will launch the Arsat-1 satellite for Argentine satellite operator Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales Sociedad Anonima, or Arsat, in mid-2012 under a contract announced June 28 by the Evry, France-based launch services provider.
Monday, June 28th 2010 - 22:02 UTC
Soccer first played by the Guarani (Paraguay) according to the Vatican

Soccer or football was first played by the indigenous Guaranies in what is today Paraguay, the heartland of South America and one of the sixteen best teams of the current World Cup currently been disputed in South Africa.
Monday, June 28th 2010 - 05:58 UTC
Mrs. Kirchner does not challenge Cameron on Falklands; ‘issue belongs to UN’

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner met with PM David Cameron in the framework of G-20 events in Toronto, Canada, but avoided talking about the Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute, according to Argentine media sources.
Monday, June 28th 2010 - 05:57 UTC
Missing jet engines returned to Malaysia from Uruguay, where they were found

The Royal Malaysian Air Force's (RMAF) F-5E jet engines reported stolen two years ago have been brought back to the country from Uruguay.
Monday, June 28th 2010 - 05:48 UTC
Chile has become a producer and exporter of premium Wagyu (Kobe) beef

The traditional rivalry between Chile and Argentina is likely to be turned up a notch with the news that Chile could be soon challenging its meat-famous neighbour with the quality of its beef.
Monday, June 28th 2010 - 05:45 UTC
Netherlands and Uruguay to sign treaty for exchange of fiscal data

The Netherlands is planning to exchange fiscal data in future with Uruguay, Mauritius and Brunei, reports the Dutch press.
Monday, June 28th 2010 - 05:42 UTC
China’s central bank assesses steps to make the Yuan a global currency

China must create more channels for investors and companies to use the Yuan if it wants to internationalize the currency and put it on a par with the Yen and the Euro, central bank officials and economists told a forum in Shanghai.
Monday, June 28th 2010 - 05:35 UTC
NZ Farming needs 60 million USD to complete dairy investment in Uruguay

New Zealand Farming Systems Uruguay needs to raise about 60 million US dollars to complete the development of the company, says Chairman John Parker. The company was set up to develop dairy-farm operations in Uruguay and floated on the NZX in 2007.
Monday, June 28th 2010 - 05:34 UTC
Five million people visited the tall ships of the Bicentennial Regatta

This weekend and after five months at sea the eight tall vessels that participated in the Latinamerican Bicentennial Regatta docked in Veracruz, Mexico, the last leg of the long itinerary which was launched last February in Brazil and called at major ports in South America.