Stories for September 2010

Wednesday, September 29th 2010 - 04:27 UTC
Record gap between the richest and poorest in the US, according to Census

The income gap between the richest and poorest in United States grew last year to the widest amount on record as young adults — and children in particular — struggled to stay afloat in the recession.
Wednesday, September 29th 2010 - 02:27 UTC
Latin America Looks for More Tourists at FITA 2010

*Exclusive Report for MercoPress by Peter Lowy.
International tourism is rebounding across Latin America this year, and to help ensure that the upward trend continues, 10 nations across the region participated in the inauguration last week of FITA, the International Tourism Fair of the Americas, in Mexico City.
Wednesday, September 29th 2010 - 01:48 UTC
Rousseff forecasted to increase integration with Mercosur and BRIC

Brazilian and Argentine international relations experts anticipate that if as all opinion polls indicate Dilma Rousseff will be elected next Sunday as the first woman president in the history of Brazil, the country’s foreign policy will continue the model implemented by President Lula da Silva.
Wednesday, September 29th 2010 - 01:14 UTC
Argentina gold production up 21% this year estimated to reach 2.05 million ounces

Argentina’s gold production will rise by about 21% in 2010 from a year earlier, Mining Secretary Jorge Mayoral announced in Buenos Aires.
Wednesday, September 29th 2010 - 00:20 UTC
A woman mayor for Lima, where a third of Peruvians live

Regional and municipal elections in Peru this coming Sunday are expected to result in the first female mayor of Lima since the military dictatorship of the 1960s, as two women compete for the office in the final days of the campaign.
Wednesday, September 29th 2010 - 00:15 UTC
Argentine blockade expected to boost Falklands fishing industry local activities

A Spanish flagged trawler that operates in Falkland Islands waters and was heading to Montevideo to unload 700 tons of fish was denied “innocent pass” through Argentine waters and had to steam an additional 17 hours at a cost of 7,000 litres of fuel before it finally unloaded its cargo in the Uruguayan port.
Tuesday, September 28th 2010 - 21:45 UTC
Chinese jiggers allowed into Argentine ports as of next December

As of next December Chinese flagged jigger vessels can enter Argentine ports, make use of services, unload shipments, carry out repairs and stock up on supplies. The Federal Fisheries Council, CFP will be responsible for determining which port terminals will be entitled to cater Chinese jiggers.
Tuesday, September 28th 2010 - 21:38 UTC
Brazil claims “global currency war” has broken out, but we have an ‘arsenal’

Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega claimed that an “international currency war” has broken out but the government will buy all “excess dollars” in the market to curb the appreciation of the local currency Real.
Tuesday, September 28th 2010 - 21:35 UTC
Chinese freighter ‘Fortune Plum’ the millionth vessel to cross the Panama Canal

A Chinese freighter has become the millionth vessel to cross the Panama Canal three years ahead of the waterway's 100th anniversary, the Canal authority said Monday. The vessel actually crossed the canal September 4 with a load of 40.000 tons of steel products from the Pacific to the Atlantic but the authority announced the news only Monday.
Tuesday, September 28th 2010 - 21:22 UTC
World Cup top star Forlan will promote Uruguay’s tourism attractions campaign

Uruguay’s world soccer star Diego Forlan will become next November the visible face of the official campaign to promote the country’s tourism attractions.