Stories for 2010

Saturday, May 1st 2010 - 01:07 UTC
Brazilian Central Bank Purchases Dollars to Limit Gains in the Real

Brazil’s Real fell on Friday for the first time in three days as the government stepped up efforts to limit gains in the currency. The real lost 0.6% to 1.7384 per dollar at the end of the week after increasing 2.4% in April and 1.1% for the week.
Saturday, May 1st 2010 - 00:59 UTC
Iceland Displeased with Whale Hunting Quota Threatens to Pull Out of IWC

Twelve member countries of the International Whaling Commission (IWC)—an 88-country organization created in 1946 to monitor the whaling industry—have proposed catch quotas for the next ten years for countries that hunt whales.
Saturday, May 1st 2010 - 00:36 UTC
Colombia Conditions Vote for the UNASUR chairman

Colombian Foreign Affairs minister Jaime Bermúdez Merizalde said Friday that before the standing chairman of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) is decided, Uruguay and Argentina must solve their differences.
Saturday, May 1st 2010 - 00:30 UTC
German Court Says not Releasing Files on Nazi Criminal Eichmann “Unlawful”

A German court said Friday the government had no legal basis to keep under wraps secret files on Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi architect of the Holocaust, potentially paving the way for their release.
Friday, April 30th 2010 - 06:00 UTC
Uruguay, Chile and Costa Rica Rated as Safest Countries in Latinamerica

For the second year in a row, Chile is the safest country of Latin America, a study carried out by FTI Consulting (International Forensic Technologies) showed. Chile shares this position with Uruguay and Costa Rica, as it has since 2009.
Friday, April 30th 2010 - 05:54 UTC
Uruguay’s Fray Bentos Pulp Mill Boosts Profits of Finland’s UPM

Finland’s pulp and paper manufacturer UPM's (OMX: UPM1V) Fray Bentos unit in Uruguay proved overwhelmingly the most profitable, helping to boost an otherwise first quarter profit of the year which was described as “unsatisfactory” by CEO Jussi Pesonen.
Friday, April 30th 2010 - 05:48 UTC
Honduras President Invited to the EU/Latinamerica Summit in Madrid

Honduras President Porfirio Lobo confirmed he would be participating of the European Union-Latin America-Caribbean summit scheduled to take place in Madrid next May 18. Lobo said he was officially invited in March and that a couple of weeks ago Spanish Foreign Secretary Miguel Angel Moratinos rang on the phone to tell him “we will be waiting for you”.
Friday, April 30th 2010 - 05:35 UTC
Out of Control Oil Spill Reaches Louisiana Coastline; BP Shares Plunge

Oil started washing ashore on the US Gulf Coast from a leaking offshore well, the US Coast Guard reported. Up to 5,000 barrels of oil a day are thought to be spilling into the water after last week's explosion on a BP-operated rig (NYSE:BP), which then sank.
Friday, April 30th 2010 - 05:30 UTC
Bolivian President Again Attacks “Hormone Loaded” Farmed Chickens

Bolivian president Evo Morales again referred to the harmful effects of consuming transgenic food, a week after he triggered an international outrage when he said that eating chicken, manipulated with hormones, caused “sexual deviations and boldness” in men.
Friday, April 30th 2010 - 05:23 UTC
“Momentum” for Tory Leader Cameron After Final Debate, According to BBC

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made on Thursday a plea to voters not to risk change as he sought to salvage Labour's election campaign in the final TV debate before polling day.