Stories for 2010

Wednesday, June 30th 2010 - 06:32 UTC
EU/Mercosur talks must go “beyond tariffs and subsidies”

The association agreement between the European Union and Mercosur has to go “beyond tariffs and subsidies”, said Brazilian president addressing businessmen from Brazil and a visiting Italian delegation headed by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
Wednesday, June 30th 2010 - 06:24 UTC
Uruguay to reply Argentina’s joint monitoring proposal next week

Uruguay will reply next week Argentina’s proposal for the joint monitoring of the River Uruguay, said Uruguayan Foreign Affairs minister Luis Almagro after holding a three hours meeting with his visiting counterpart Hector Timerman.
Wednesday, June 30th 2010 - 06:22 UTC
Crucial natural gas pipeline opens in Patagonia to help energy short Argentina

Argentina will inaugurate Wednesday a key new pipeline bringing natural gas from Tierra del Fuego Province to the neighboring province of Santa Cruz. The Strait of Magellan pipeline will initially transfer 5 million cubic meters a day of gas from Cabo Espiritu Santo in Tierra del Fuego Province to Cabo Virgenes in Santa Cruz.
Wednesday, June 30th 2010 - 06:18 UTC
Shell confirms oil discovery in pre-salt drilling at Campos Basin

Royal Dutch Shell Brazil discovered oil in the Campos Basin's pre-salt region, the company said Tuesday. In a statement, Shell Brazil said it had discovered oil in the 3-SHEL-22-ESS well at the Nautilus field, part of the Parque das Conchas development that went on-stream in July 2009.
Wednesday, June 30th 2010 - 06:09 UTC
Argentina: Héctor Timerman defiantly calls himself a Peronist and a “Kirchnerist”

Timerman’s portfolio to be strengthened by his special ties to Kirchners. Timerman brings rare gifts of strength of character and intellectual preeminence to his new job.
Wednesday, June 30th 2010 - 06:03 UTC
Berlusconi says Lula da Silva should run again for president in 2014

Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, expressed his support for the idea that Brazilian President Lula da Silva should run for president once again in the Brazilian presidential elections of 2014.
Wednesday, June 30th 2010 - 06:00 UTC
China and South America crucial for globalized General Motors recovery

General Motors CEO Ed Whitacre Jr. told analysts Tuesday that the automaker has changed since bankruptcy from a “shell-shocked” and “overly complicated company” to a sharply focused one that has a clearer sense of its global strengths and a passion to win back customers in the United States.
Wednesday, June 30th 2010 - 05:57 UTC
Six decades since splitting China and Taiwan sign milestone trade pact

China and Taiwan have signed a historic trade pact, seen as the most significant agreement since civil war split the two governments 60 years ago. The Economic Co-operation Framework Agreement (ECFA) removes tariffs on hundreds of products. It could boost bilateral trade that already totals 110 billion US dollars a year.
Wednesday, June 30th 2010 - 05:50 UTC
US dollar should be replaced by a more stable system, says UN report

The US dollar is an unreliable international currency and should be replaced by a more stable system, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs said in a report released Tuesday.
Wednesday, June 30th 2010 - 05:41 UTC
Falklands MPA will undergo six months of resurfacing; air bridge confirmed

Two Boeing 767-300s have been confirmed as the aircraft to be used for the South Atlantic Airbridge linking Brize Norton in the UK with the Falkland Islands while the Mount Pleasant runway is being resurfaced later this year.