Stories for 2010

Sunday, June 13th 2010 - 03:23 UTC
Mrs. Clinton promises to sponsor US/Colombia trade agreement

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton promised this week after meeting with Colombian president Alvaro Uribe that when she returns to Washington she will begin “a very intensive effort to try to obtain the votes to get the free trade agreement with Colombia finally ratified”.
Sunday, June 13th 2010 - 01:31 UTC
UK Deputy PM Clegg reaffirms Falklands’ British sovereignty

Britain’s Deputy Primer Minister Liberal-Democrat Nick Clegg said in Spain there will be no change in the stance of the Falkland Islands sovereignty and the Islanders wish to remain British.
Sunday, June 13th 2010 - 01:27 UTC
Major low-cost airline servicing the Caribbean grounded over pay contract

Hundreds of pilots for Spirit Airlines, which services the Caribbean, walked off their jobs early Saturday morning after negotiations over pay broke down. In what industry analysts say is the first strike at a US passenger airline in nearly five years, pilots at the low-cost carrier took industrial action as negotiations reached a stalemate.
Sunday, June 13th 2010 - 01:20 UTC
In the even of Vatican top official visit, Cuba frees paraplegic political dissident

The Cuban government has freed a jailed dissident and moved six others to jails closer to their homes. Senior Catholic clergymen had urged Cuban president Raul Castro to release Ariel Sigler, 47, on humanitarian grounds.
Sunday, June 13th 2010 - 01:18 UTC
Chavez’ Venezuela “recalls us the times of our won dictatorship`”

The incorporation of Venezuela to Mercosur faces a tough battle in the Paraguayan congress following statements’ from the Upper House president who said that “it recalls us the time of the (Alfredo Stroessner) dictatorship” adding it was difficult to dissociate the country from the figure of Hugo Chavez.
Saturday, June 12th 2010 - 04:54 UTC
Argentine ministers call on pickets to abandon roadblock leading to Uruguay

Argentine ministers went public again on Friday to insist that there are no excuses left for keeping a roadblock on a bridge leading to neighbouring Uruguay, a long standing protest since 2006 against the construction of the Botnia pulp mill.
Saturday, June 12th 2010 - 04:51 UTC
Uruguay targeting a US dollar at 21/22 Pesos to help exporters

Uruguay will take ‘all the necessary measures’ to target the US dollar at 21/22 Pesos, its equilibrium point to help boost exports, according to Deputy Minister of Economy Pedro Buonomo.
Saturday, June 12th 2010 - 04:49 UTC
As US economy picks up, revenue increases and budget deficit drops slightly

The US government posted a smaller budget deficit in May than forecast as a growing economy helped bring in more tax revenue, Treasury Department statistics showed. The excess of spending over revenue fell to 135.9 billion last month from a shortfall of 189.7 billion in May 2009, according to a report issued today in Washington.
Friday, June 11th 2010 - 23:23 UTC
Chilean Senators want International Whaling Commissioner ousted

Chilean senators Juan Pablo Letelier and Guido Girardi met this week with the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, Fernando Schmidt, to plead the removal of Chilean Cristián Maquieira from his position as chairman of the International Whaling Commission.
Friday, June 11th 2010 - 23:20 UTC
Argentine industrial activity soared 13.1% in May and 11.8% in first four months

According to the Argentine Industrial Union, the manufacturing sector grew 13.1% in April in comparison with the same month of 2009, with the automotive and the iron and steel industries as key pillars.