Stories for September 22nd 2010

Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 18:16 UTC
Falkland Islands fishing industry unconcerned about Argentine interference

DUE to planned port developments in the Falkland Islands, fishery executives there appear unworried by Argentina’s most recent attempt to interfere in their fishing industry.
Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 16:16 UTC
Russia bars beef imports from four Brazilian and one Argentine plants

Brazil’s JBS S.A., one of the world’s leading exporters of beef said late Wednesday that Russian authorities told the company that several of its meat plants have been barred from exporting product to Russia.
Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 15:57 UTC
Argentina promotes tourism in UK; BA direct flights London/Buenos Aires in March

British Airways will start non-stop flights between London and Buenos Aires in March 2011 announced Minister of Tourism Enrique Meyer in Britain’s capital during the official launch to promote investment in Argentina’s tourism industry.
Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 15:54 UTC
Royal Navy: HMS Gloucester snub will not affect good relationship with Uruguay

The Royal Navy is “disappointed” with Uruguay's treatment of a warship heading to the Falkland Islands, but the incident will not affect “the good defence relationship with the Uruguayans, writes Michael Powell The News from Portsmouth Defence correspondent.
Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 15:08 UTC
Book reveals MI6 helped prevent communist revolution in Brazil in 1935

The most detailed and authoritative history of the first forty years (1909-1949) of the British Secret Intelligence Service, MI6, was released this week by the London publishers, Bloomsbury and in the USA by Penguin.
Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 07:46 UTC
Lula da Silva again furious with the press for exposing government corruption

Brazilian president Lula da Silva again attached the media on Tuesday claiming that freedom of expression does not imply “inventing stories and news”. He added that the media instead of helping public opinion preach “hatred” and are only interested in “failures of his government”.
Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 07:42 UTC
Argentine files complaint against the country’s two largest newspapers

The Argentine government filed on Tuesday a formal complaint against the heads of the country's two biggest newspapers of complicity with a former military regime in crimes against humanity.
Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 07:39 UTC
Brazil’s central bank buys 5.9 billion USD to contain revaluation of the Real

Brazilian central bank President Henrique Meirelles stepped up dollar purchases to the highest in almost a year this month in a bid to temper gains in the Real.
Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 07:35 UTC
Fed anticipates modest US growth and is prepared to provide further support

Admitting that employment and output recovery has slowed down in recent months, the US Federal Reserve said on Tuesday that it is prepared to provide additional accommodation if needed to support the economic recovery and to return inflation, over time, to levels consistent with its mandate.
Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 07:32 UTC
US behind Brazil, China and India as preferred place to invest, says Bloomberg

The United States has fallen behind emerging markets Brazil, China and India as the preferred place to invest, according to a survey from Bloomberg. The US ranked first three months ago in the last quarterly Bloomberg Global Poll.