Stories for July 2010

Friday, July 2nd 2010 - 03:28 UTC
China’s Xinhua launches 24-hour global news channel in English, CNC

China's state news agency Xinhua has launched a 24-hour global news channel in English. Officials said CNC World would present “an international vision with a China perspective”.
Friday, July 2nd 2010 - 03:07 UTC
EU suggests Argentina’s import restrictions could delay Mercosur trade talks

Negotiations for a trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur, re-launched this week in Buenos Aires, could not have a second chapter if the Argentine government insists in restrictions to food imports, said the head of the EU delegation.
Friday, July 2nd 2010 - 00:44 UTC
Amnesty blasts Cuba regime for “climate of fear” and 53 prisoners of conscience

Cuba has created a “climate of fear” among political activists and journalists working on the island nation, according to a report released this week by the human rights group Amnesty International.
Friday, July 2nd 2010 - 00:31 UTC
Argentina upgrades Tourism to Ministry given its growing economic contribution

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner led the swearing-in ceremony of Enrique Meyer as Minister of the newly created Ministry of Tourism. Meyer was Secretary of Tourism but this week the post was upgraded to Ministry.
Thursday, July 1st 2010 - 21:10 UTC
Construction slump in Punta Arenas lifts unemployment to 6%

Unemployment in the extreme south of Chile, Magallanes Region, increased for the second mobile quarter running and now stands at 6% with construction industry receiving the heaviest blow, according to the latest release from the regional Statistics Office, INE.
Thursday, July 1st 2010 - 21:05 UTC
MP Laing, chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Gibraltar Group

British Conservative MP Elainor Laing is the new chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Gibraltar Group, a House of Commons spokesman announced Wednesday night. Mrs Laing is no stranger to the Rock as she attended the main National Day rally when it was organised in Casemates Square.
Thursday, July 1st 2010 - 21:00 UTC
Meryl Streep considering playing Margaret Thatcher with Director Lloyd

Hollywood Academy Award winning actress Meryl Streep is planning a reunion with her “Mamma Mia!” director, Phyllida Lloyd: Streep is in talks to play controversial former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in “The Iron Lady,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Thursday, July 1st 2010 - 07:26 UTC
Lula da Silva signs bill for the capitalization of Petrobras

The bill governing the capitalization of Brazilian energy giant Petrobras was approved Wednesday by President Lula da Silva. It is the first step to establish the new regulatory framework for exploiting crude oil under the pre-salt layer of the continental seabed of Brazil.
Thursday, July 1st 2010 - 07:22 UTC
Latinamerica, one of the very few benefiting from Spain’s EU presidency

Spain's ambitious six-month presidency of the EU was eclipsed by the European debt crisis which thrust the country's fragile economy into the global spotlight and weakened the Spanish government, analysts said.
Thursday, July 1st 2010 - 07:12 UTC
“This is no soccer match, only both sides must benefit”, says Timerman

Argentina’s Foreign Affairs minister Héctor Timerman cautioned that the dispute with Uruguay over the Botnia/UPM pulp mill and its environmental impact can’t be seen as “a football match where one side wins and the other looses”, but rather as a situation where “the peoples of both countries benefit”.