Stories for 2010

Thursday, September 9th 2010 - 05:31 UTC
Time Magazine has Cristina Kirchner among the world’s top ten Female Leaders

Argentina’s Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has been listed by Time magazine among the top ten Female Leaders of the world. Time says Mrs. Kirchner “has proven to be her own woman” having survived since elected in 2007 several serious standoffs.
Thursday, September 9th 2010 - 05:26 UTC
Japanese Yen rallies to 15-year high on China’s record purchase of bonds

As the Yen rallied to a fifteen year high against the US dollar, Japan’s government said it will seek discussions with China over the nation’s record purchases of Japanese bonds as an appreciating currency threatens to undermine an economic recovery.
Thursday, September 9th 2010 - 02:35 UTC
Latin America and the Caribbean the most unequal region in the world

Latin America and the Caribbean is the most unequal region in the world with ten of the fifteen countries with the highest levels of inequality in the region. This inequality is persistent, self-perpetuating in areas where social mobility is low and it poses an obstacle to progress in human development.
Thursday, September 9th 2010 - 01:01 UTC
“Legal security” in Argentina not an issue for US, according to Timerman

Argentine Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman assured that in his last visit to Washington DC, neither US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton nor Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Arturo Valenzuela had any comments regarding legal security in Argentina or Latin America.
Thursday, September 9th 2010 - 00:53 UTC
Cambridge knocks Harvard off the top of QS World university ratings

The University of Cambridge has knocked Harvard University off the top of the QS World University Ratings, as the U.K. establishment’s number of academic citations rose.
Thursday, September 9th 2010 - 00:52 UTC
Beatle Paul will be back in Chile and Argentina next November

Beatle Paul McCartney will be visiting Peru, Chile, Argentina and Chile as part of his “Up and Coming Tour” next November according to reports in the Argentine and Chilean press.
Wednesday, September 8th 2010 - 23:32 UTC
“The Cuban model doesn’t ever work for us anymore”, admits Fidel Castro

“The Cuban model doesn’t even work for us anymore”, admitted Fidel Castro to Jeffrey Goldberg, a writer for the Atlantic Monthly magazine who interviewed the leader and asked if Cuba's model -- Soviet-style communism -- was still worth exporting to other countries.
Wednesday, September 8th 2010 - 23:25 UTC
HMS Endurance to be replaced with vessel from Norway early 2011

Senior Royal Navy sources have confirmed a vessel from Norway will join the fleet early next year to replace Endurance, which almost sank in 2008, reports The News from Portsmouth.
Wednesday, September 8th 2010 - 23:19 UTC
Chilean rig at east access of Magellan Strait catches fire: all crew saved, no spill

A Chilean-operated oil rig off Argentine Patagonia in the South Atlantic caught fire early on Wednesday, forcing all its eight workers to evacuate by rafts and oil production to shut down, reported the Argentine navy.
Wednesday, September 8th 2010 - 11:56 UTC
Piñera ready to present 700m/1bn USD mining royalty bill

After many negotiations and discussions, the Chilean government’s set deadline for a new mining royalty bill is here. This week, the Chilean government will present its bill before Congress - with or without the much awaited proposal by the opposition parties.