Stories for 2010

Wednesday, April 7th 2010 - 22:44 UTC
Venezuela and Argentina have riskiest sovereign credit, says default-swap monitor

Venezuela is catalogued to be the world's riskiest sovereign credit, followed by Argentina, in the table of countries whose debt is the costliest to insure, credit default swap monitor CDS DataVision said this week.
Wednesday, April 7th 2010 - 22:34 UTC
Vatican State Secretary visits Chile in support of quake victims

The secretary of Vatican State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone arrived in Chile this week for an extended visit which includes a meeting with President Sebastian Piñera.
Wednesday, April 7th 2010 - 22:29 UTC
Milk prices soar 21%, highest in two years pushed by Australasian squeeze

Fonterra, the world's biggest dairy exporter, has said that a seasonal squeeze on Australasian milk supplies is behind a 21% jump in prices to their highest in nearly two years.
Wednesday, April 7th 2010 - 22:19 UTC
Cash-strapped Cuba cuts US food imports drastically

United States agricultural exports to Cuba declined by more than 180 million USD in 2009, down from a record 715 million USD in exports set in 2008, according to a Texas AgriLife Extension Service economist.
Wednesday, April 7th 2010 - 21:12 UTC
Uribe said WEF in Cartagena confirms success of “democratic security” policy

The significant and numerous attendances to the World Economic Forum, Latin American chapter, taking place in Cartagena, Colombia, shows that “the Democratic Security policy has gained back confidence in Colombia” said Colombian President Álvaro Uribe during a radio interview.
Wednesday, April 7th 2010 - 21:05 UTC
Chilean fisheries exports and domestic sales down 46% in first quarter

Fishing production in Chile’s central south BioBio region (Region VIII) is still reeling in the aftermath of the Feb. 27 earthquake and tsunami.
Wednesday, April 7th 2010 - 21:02 UTC
Bolivia and Brazil discuss energy and exploitation of strategic minerals

Bolivia and Brazil are considering a vast joint investment program to industrialize natural gas and for the exploitation of strategic minerals in the salt plains of the land-locked Andean country.
Wednesday, April 7th 2010 - 20:59 UTC
President Uribe warns an “arms race” could be “hugely damaging” for Latam

Colombian President Alvaro Uribe spoke out against the danger of entering into an “arms race” that could be “hugely damaging,” following news that Russia may sell 5 billion US dollars of weapons to Venezuela, reports the Colombian press.
Wednesday, April 7th 2010 - 20:56 UTC
World Economic Forum on Latin America demonstrates confidence in Colombia

Colombian Trade Minister Luis Guillermo Plata said that the World Economic Forum on Latin America (WEF), which was inaugurated by President Alvaro Uribe in the coastal city of Cartagena, demonstrates “confidence” in Colombia as an investment destination.
Wednesday, April 7th 2010 - 06:03 UTC
Olympic Rio do Janeiro collapses under heavy rains leaving at least 100 dead

Landslides and floods set off by the heaviest rains in decades killed at least 100 people in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, making hundreds homeless, flooding roads and paralyzing Brazil's second city, officials said.