Stories for October 2010

Monday, October 18th 2010 - 00:35 UTC
Russia agrees to build 500MW nuclear power station in Venezuela

President Hugo Chávez announced a deal for Russia to build a nuclear power station in Venezuela and establishing a bi-national bank.
Monday, October 18th 2010 - 00:21 UTC
UN G24 chief calls for patience and cooperation on Falklands’ dispute

The president of the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonisation Ambassador Donatus Keith Saint Aimée called for “patience and cooperation” from Argentina to help find a solution to the Falklands/Malvinas Islands sovereignty dispute with the United Kingdom.
Monday, October 18th 2010 - 00:09 UTC
Abortion debate in Brazilian campaign has both candidates on the defensive

Brazilian opposition presidential candidate Jose Serra denied his Chilean wife Monica Allende had an abortion and compared the claim with the “defamation” suffered by President Lula da Silva when he was a candidate in 1989.
Monday, October 18th 2010 - 00:03 UTC
Timmerman and Amorim report to the Mercosur parliament in Montevideo

Argentina and Brazil’s Foreign Affairs ministers, Hector Timerman and Celso Amorim are expected Monday in Montevideo to report to the Mercosur parliament on the current situation of the regional block and future steps.
Sunday, October 17th 2010 - 15:04 UTC
Argentina warned: “Falklands’ defences remain strong

As the United Kingdom reviews the strength of its armed forces amid severe Government economic cuts, the Secretary of State for Defence, Doctor Liam Fox, has declared that the defence of the Falkland Islands remains strong.
Saturday, October 16th 2010 - 20:46 UTC
New Governor tells Falklands oil exploration is “your legitimate business”

THE Falkland Islands new Governor Nigel Robert Haywood CVO reiterated the United Kingdom’s support of the Falklands right to self-determination, during his speech at the official swearing in ceremony today in Stanley.
Saturday, October 16th 2010 - 01:50 UTC
Carlos Menem, best Argentine pro-business president in the last 50 years

The liberal policies carried out by former Argentine president Carlos Saúl Menem continue to reap the approval of the majority of businessmen that are attending an economic colloquy in the Argentine capital, reports the Buenos Aires Herald.
Saturday, October 16th 2010 - 01:47 UTC
Piñera promises overhaul of mine safety legislation, standards and mechanisms

As some of its 33 rescued miners begin to go home, and as international interest in the story has yet to wane, Chile’s President Sebastian Piñera is promising a revision of “legislation, standards and mechanisms” to improve safety of miners in the country.
Saturday, October 16th 2010 - 01:46 UTC
Miners endured a temperature of 40º. Celsius and almost 100% humidity

Manuel González, the first rescue worker to descend the San José mine pipe during the operative set up to save the 33 Chilean miners that were trapped for 70 days 700 metres under ground, assured the temperatures and humidity the workers had to face were “terrible.”
Saturday, October 16th 2010 - 01:41 UTC
Chile to insist on extradition from Argentina of terrorist accused of crimes in democracy

Chilean president Sebastián Piñera's administration announced it has decided to file a formal complaint before the National Refugees' Committee (CONARE) as a way of deepening their discontent on the political asylum the body decided to grant to ex guerrilla fighter Sergio Galvarino Apablaza Guerra.