Stories for September 2010

Thursday, September 9th 2010 - 22:52 UTC
Forbes: Chile, Peru, Colombia, best countries for business in Latin America

Chile, Peru, Colombia are listed among the Best Countries for Business according to a ranking from the US Forbes magazine which includes 129 countries taking into consideration several indexes: GDP growth, GDP/capita, trade balance, population and budget affairs.
Thursday, September 9th 2010 - 05:42 UTC
Strong showing of Chilean economy anticipates 5.5% GDP expansion in 2010

The recent 7.1% spurt in Chile’s economic growth registered by the Imacec index (a monthly indicator for economic activity) has made analysts increasingly bullish about Chile’s long-term growth prospects.
Thursday, September 9th 2010 - 05:33 UTC
Argentina’s industrial production expands 11.8% in first seven months of 2010

Argentina's industrial production rose sharply on the year in July but slowed somewhat from the brisk pace posted in June, the manufacturing group UIA said in a report Wednesday.
Thursday, September 9th 2010 - 05:31 UTC
Time Magazine has Cristina Kirchner among the world’s top ten Female Leaders

Argentina’s Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has been listed by Time magazine among the top ten Female Leaders of the world. Time says Mrs. Kirchner “has proven to be her own woman” having survived since elected in 2007 several serious standoffs.
Thursday, September 9th 2010 - 05:26 UTC
Japanese Yen rallies to 15-year high on China’s record purchase of bonds

As the Yen rallied to a fifteen year high against the US dollar, Japan’s government said it will seek discussions with China over the nation’s record purchases of Japanese bonds as an appreciating currency threatens to undermine an economic recovery.
Thursday, September 9th 2010 - 02:35 UTC
Latin America and the Caribbean the most unequal region in the world

Latin America and the Caribbean is the most unequal region in the world with ten of the fifteen countries with the highest levels of inequality in the region. This inequality is persistent, self-perpetuating in areas where social mobility is low and it poses an obstacle to progress in human development.
Thursday, September 9th 2010 - 01:01 UTC
“Legal security” in Argentina not an issue for US, according to Timerman

Argentine Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman assured that in his last visit to Washington DC, neither US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton nor Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Arturo Valenzuela had any comments regarding legal security in Argentina or Latin America.
Thursday, September 9th 2010 - 00:53 UTC
Cambridge knocks Harvard off the top of QS World university ratings

The University of Cambridge has knocked Harvard University off the top of the QS World University Ratings, as the U.K. establishment’s number of academic citations rose.
Thursday, September 9th 2010 - 00:52 UTC
Beatle Paul will be back in Chile and Argentina next November

Beatle Paul McCartney will be visiting Peru, Chile, Argentina and Chile as part of his “Up and Coming Tour” next November according to reports in the Argentine and Chilean press.
Wednesday, September 8th 2010 - 23:32 UTC
“The Cuban model doesn’t ever work for us anymore”, admits Fidel Castro

“The Cuban model doesn’t even work for us anymore”, admitted Fidel Castro to Jeffrey Goldberg, a writer for the Atlantic Monthly magazine who interviewed the leader and asked if Cuba's model -- Soviet-style communism -- was still worth exporting to other countries.