Stories for 2010

Tuesday, June 8th 2010 - 05:39 UTC
Argentina imposes strict rules on foreign-exchange trading

Argentina tightened foreign-exchange rules Monday in a step it says is aimed at limiting money laundering and tax evasion, but which most observers say it is geared to restrict the flow of dollars.
Tuesday, June 8th 2010 - 05:35 UTC
Argentina’s head of fisheries flatly denies “uncontrolled hake catches”

Argentina’s head of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Under Secretariat Norberto Yauhar openly denied the alleged collapse of hake (Merluccius hubbsi) fishery in the South Atlantic and claims of absence of control measures and management to ensure its sustainability.
Tuesday, June 8th 2010 - 04:05 UTC
Uruguayan announces more “active role” in exchange market to boost exports

The Uruguayan government plans a more active role in the foreign exchange market with the purpose of boosting exports competitiveness that have been suffering from the sliding depreciation of the US dollar.
Tuesday, June 8th 2010 - 03:56 UTC
OAS agreed Monday to create high level group to decide on Honduras

The Organization of American States, OAS, agreed Monday to create a high level group to assess conditions for the re-entry of suspended Honduras, announced Peruvian Foreign Affairs minister Jose Antonio García Belaúnde
Tuesday, June 8th 2010 - 03:53 UTC
Petrobras controls spill at offshore rig while transferring oil to ship

Brazil’s government managed oil and gas corporation Petrobras announced Monday it had controlled an oil leak at an offshore platform in the Campos Basin, 160 kilometers from Rio do Janeiro.
Tuesday, June 8th 2010 - 01:17 UTC
Growing number of Argentines optimistic about the economy in 2011

An increasing number of Argentines have growing expectations about their country’s economy well into 2011 when presidential elections are scheduled to take place, according to a public opinion poll published this weekend in the Buenos Aires press.
Tuesday, June 8th 2010 - 01:16 UTC
More divorces than marriages in Chile

For the first time since divorce was legalized in Chile five years ago, couples are getting divorced faster than they are getting married. In 2008, 39,000 couples were granted divorces and 20,000 were married. 2009 saw a similar trend, with 63,021 couples granted divorce, or 9% more than the number of couples married, according to a report in La Tercera.
Tuesday, June 8th 2010 - 00:56 UTC
Most of Pinochet’s 21m USD fortune cannot be legitimately accounted for

A Universidad de Chile investigation has found that of the 21 million US dollars fortune that former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet amassed during his lifetime, 19 million cannot be legitimately accounted for.
Tuesday, June 8th 2010 - 00:50 UTC
Uruguay’s total meat exports in five months reach 613 million USD

The value of Uruguay’s meat exports in the first five months of 2010 totalled 613million US dollars which represent a 33% increase over the same period a year ago, according to the latest data from the National Meats Institute, Inac.Of those 631 million USD, 81% correspond to beef and 5% to lamb and mutton.
Tuesday, June 8th 2010 - 00:43 UTC
Forum on how to recover funds stolen by dictators and corrupt regimes

United Nations, the World Bank and Switzerland are organizing a two-day international conference in Paris to try and associate global financial centres in helping recover assets taken and hidden by dictators and other leaders of corrupt regimes.