Stories for October 2010

Saturday, October 23rd 2010 - 04:17 UTC
Bolivian navy to have access to the Pacific for the first time in 130 years

For the first time in more than 130 years, the Bolivian Navy will have access to the Pacific Ocean, after the heads of state of Bolivia and Peru signed an agreement to grant Bolivia access to the sea near the Peruvian port of Ilo.
Saturday, October 23rd 2010 - 03:45 UTC
G20 rejects as “planned economy” US proposal setting targets to trade imbalances

US proposals that countries set targets to reduce trade imbalances appeared to be running into opposition at the G20 meeting of leading economies. US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner wrote to G20 members on Friday suggesting limiting surpluses and deficits to a percentage of output.
Saturday, October 23rd 2010 - 03:34 UTC
Land purchases by foreign investors, an “explosive cocktail” for small farmers

Land purchases by foreign investors in poor countries and the growing use of bio-fuels are boosting pressures on agricultural farmland and helping make 500 million small farmers hungry, a U.N. envoy said this week.
Saturday, October 23rd 2010 - 03:29 UTC
Russia Gazprom joins France’s Total in Bolivian gas joint venture

Russian energy company Gazprom has plans to take a 20% stake in natural gas projects in Bolivia, the gas monopoly said. Gazprom said it could take the stake under the terms of a September deal with French energy company Total for the Ipati and Aquio gas blocks in Bolivia.
Saturday, October 23rd 2010 - 03:22 UTC
Argentine industrial production soars 9.7% in September over a year ago

Argentina's industrial production surged in September boosted by domestic demand and strong export markets. Industrial production rose 9.7% in September from the year-ago month, and was up 1.2% from August, the national statistics agency Indec reported Friday.
Saturday, October 23rd 2010 - 03:21 UTC
South American soy producers ally “to avoid buyers’ manipulation”

Argentina and Brazil are negotiating an alliance with other South American producers of grains and oilseeds to deal jointly with buyers in Asia and elsewhere, according to Brazilian Agriculture Minister Wagner Rossi.
Saturday, October 23rd 2010 - 03:12 UTC
Dilma ten percentage points ahead of Serra, with only a week left

Brazil’s ruling party candidate Dilma Rousseff is pulling ahead in the presidential run-off as the focus of the campaign shifts away from controversial social issues and back to the economic gains of recent years.
Saturday, October 23rd 2010 - 03:03 UTC
Radar system in the Falklands to monitor the “Southern Lights”

Physicists and engineers at the University of Leicester and the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have installed a radar system on the Falkland Islands to monitor the upper atmosphere activity which creates the ‘Southern Lights’.
Friday, October 22nd 2010 - 05:42 UTC
Chile cuts customs’ red tape to help exporters face stronger peso

Chile will cut red tape on customs to help exporters hit by a strong peso as one measure to ease the effects of the currency's rapid appreciation, Finance Minister Felipe Larrain said on Thursday.
Friday, October 22nd 2010 - 03:50 UTC
Two Falklands’ exploration companies to begin 3D seismic surveying in January

Two Falkland Islands hydrocarbons exploration companies have signed contracts for marine seismic acquisition services with Polarcus Limited. The contracts were announced Thursday and should be operational by early January 2011.