Stories for December 2010

Wednesday, December 15th 2010 - 22:25 UTC
Argentina, world’s largest exporter of top football players: 1.800 in 2009/10

Argentina has surpassed neighbouring Brazil as the world's largest exporter of football players, a trend that may not be a good thing for the country's domestic game. Players had become assets to be sold off to repay club debts, one agent said, while the growing exodus of Argentina's best young players is leaving a void in the local game.
Wednesday, December 15th 2010 - 05:53 UTC
Mercosur: a High Representative post to create “consensus” in summit’s agenda

Mercosur could end up with a High Representative post following this coming presidential summit in Foz de Iguazu. According to Brazilian sources the initiative has been discussed with partners Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay and should be approved next Thursday/Friday.
Wednesday, December 15th 2010 - 04:31 UTC
Fed admits economic recovery too soft to bring down unemployment level

The US economic recovery is still too soft to bring down the country's high level of unemployment, the Federal Reserve warned on Tuesday. The central bank made the comment as it reaffirmed its commitment to continue purchasing 600 billion in bonds to stimulate the economy.
Wednesday, December 15th 2010 - 04:17 UTC
Mercosur with the best growth performance in the region in 2010

Mercosur full member countries with the exception of Brazil will have the best growth performance in the region this year, according to the annual report from the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Cepal which was announced this week in Santiago de Chile.
Wednesday, December 15th 2010 - 04:08 UTC
Uruguay beef exports fall in volume but increase in value

Uruguay’s beef exports dropped in volume but increased in value during the first eleven months of 2010, with Russia for a second consecutive year as the top client, according to the latest release from the National Meats Institute, INAC.
Wednesday, December 15th 2010 - 02:57 UTC
CFK names professional politician and bureaucrat Defence minister

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner appointed on Tuesday former provincial governor Arturo Antonio Puricelli to replace Defence Minister Nilda Garre, who will be taking the reins the new ministry responsible for domestic security.
Wednesday, December 15th 2010 - 02:48 UTC
Polish yacht grounded in Beagle channel with loss of two crew members

The bodies of two crew members from a Polish flagged yacht that grounded in the Beagle Channel, extreme south of Argentina, have been recovered by Argentine naval patrols, reported late Tuesday the Ushuaia based Search and rescue centre.
Wednesday, December 15th 2010 - 01:51 UTC
Falklands’ war film to be done in Isle of Man on time for 30th anniversary

An independent feature film about the Falklands War will be made on the Isle of Man next spring. The project is called ‘Betrayed’ and charts a soldier's battle with post traumatic stress disorder.
Tuesday, December 14th 2010 - 17:46 UTC
Brazil has become “unavoidable partner” in the global decision-making process

Brazil has the necessary conditions, and authority, to actively participate in the current international transformations as the world moves away from the “traditional governance mechanisms”, and for which Brazil, India and South Africa have become “unavoidable partners” in the decision making process.
Tuesday, December 14th 2010 - 17:12 UTC
US/Swedish expedition to explore Amundsen Sea ecology and potential ‘polynyas’

In a complex example of “science diplomacy,” teams of U.S. and Swedish scientists are sailing this month aboard two research vessels to study the ecology of the Amundsen Sea, one of the least-explored and most productive bodies in Antarctic waters, and to gauge the potential effects of a changing climate on the Southern Ocean.