Stories for 2010

Monday, June 21st 2010 - 04:10 UTC
Falklands’ and decolonization debate, Timerman’s international debut

Argentina’s newly designated Minister of Foreign Affairs Hector Timerman will be making his international debut with the Falkland Islands debate, next Thursday/Friday at the United Nations Decolonization Committee, C24.
Monday, June 21st 2010 - 04:07 UTC
Santos calls for unity and promises to improve relations with neighbors

As anticipated Colombia’s Juan Manuel Santos won on Sunday the country’s presidential runoff by a landslide, persuading voters with a pledge to continue Alvaro Uribe’s policies, the most popular leader of the country in the last five decades.
Saturday, June 19th 2010 - 02:46 UTC
Brazil opens steel mill, largest private sector investment in 15 years

Brazilian President Lula da Silva, mining giant Vale Doce CEO Roger Agnelli and ThyssenKrupp CEO Ekkehard Schulz inaugurated on Friday Brazil's newest steel mill, Cia Siderurgica do Atlantico (CSA).
Saturday, June 19th 2010 - 02:11 UTC
BRIC emerging economies will enjoy agriculture boom, says UN-OECD report

The emerging economies of Brazil, India, China and Russia (BRIC) will enjoy an agricultural boom over the next decade as production stalls in Western Europe, a report says.
Saturday, June 19th 2010 - 02:09 UTC
UN calls on Venezuela to withdraw arrest warrant against head of media network

United Nations special rapporteur on freedom of expression called on Venezuela to withdraw the arrest warrant against the head of the opposition Globovision television network, declaring that it had no right to silence critics.
Saturday, June 19th 2010 - 00:24 UTC
Taiana resigns after “strong exchange” with Mrs. Kirchner; Timmerman replaces him

Argentine Foreign Affairs minister Jorge Taiana and a close ally of the ruling Kirchner couple since 2003, unexpectedly resigned Friday allegedly because of “lack of support and differences” in the implementation of the country foreign policy.
Friday, June 18th 2010 - 20:39 UTC
Argentina does not rule out Brazil in the River Uruguay joint monitoring

Argentina’s Deputy Foreign Minister Victorio Taccetti did not rule out the possibility of Brazil integrating the joint environmental monitoring of the River Uruguay currently being arranged by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her Uruguayan counterpart José Mujica.
Friday, June 18th 2010 - 20:32 UTC
HMS Manchester wren jailed for smuggling cocaine into the UK

A Royal Navy wren has been jailed for smuggling cocaine into the UK on board a warship which had been on counter-narcotics training and in the first half of 2009 was involved in South Atlantic-Falkland Islands’ deployment, BBC reports.
Friday, June 18th 2010 - 20:29 UTC
IMF chief Strauss-Khan strongly supports Spain’s reforms

IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn praised Spain’s management of the current economic situation and said the budget deficit will shrink “rapidly” as the government’s overhaul of labor rules boosts economic growth.
Friday, June 18th 2010 - 19:28 UTC
World Bank calls for stronger Yuan to reduce inflation and spur domestic demand

World Bank has reiterated its view that the Chinese government should allow the Yuan to strengthen against other international currencies. The bank also forecasted the Chinese economy would grow 9.5% in 2010 and 8.5% in 2011.