MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for December 21st 2010
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Tuesday, December 21st 2010 - 05:07 UTC
Another attempt at locating treasure buried in Robinson Crusoe Island
Always an optimist, U.S. treasure hunter Bernard Keiser is requesting permission from Chilean government authorities for a fifth try at locating the gold and jewels supposedly buried on Robinson Crusoe Island during the 18th century by British pirates
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Tuesday, December 21st 2010 - 04:54 UTC
Australia committed to Latin America and Chile the door to the region
Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and former Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, was in Santiago on Saturday, meeting with Chilean Foreign Minister Alfredo Moreno and President Sebastián Piñera.
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Tuesday, December 21st 2010 - 02:52 UTC
Lula da Silva admits he could run again for office, if things go bad
Brazil's outgoing President Lula da Silva said he might run for president again some day, Folha de S. Paulo newspaper reported, a revelation that could weaken his chosen successor.
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Tuesday, December 21st 2010 - 02:51 UTC
In less than a year Twitter’s value has soared to 3.7 billion USD
Twitter has raised 200 million US dollars of financing in a deal that value the micro-blogging company at 3.7 billion, less than a year after it began its first serious efforts to make money.
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Tuesday, December 21st 2010 - 00:15 UTC
CFK promises 6.000 border patrols to combat crime and rash of land grabs
Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced Monday the launching of operation “Guard Watch” with the deployment of 6.000 border guards throughout the Greater Buenos Aires with the purpose of combating the insecurity wave and putting an end to the rash of illegal occupation of open spaces by organized squatters.
