Stories for 2010

Friday, April 2nd 2010 - 08:35 UTC
Argentina to see biggest anti-British protests for years

Britons have been warned to stay away from marches in Buenos Aires on Friday as thousands are expected to mass for Argentina's biggest anti-British protests in years.
Friday, April 2nd 2010 - 00:48 UTC
Message from the Falkland Islands Government on the 28th Anniversary of the invasion by Argentina

Today we remember the events of 2 April 1982 which led to the deaths of over nine hundred people in the Falkland Islands over a period of 74 days.
Friday, April 2nd 2010 - 00:04 UTC
Desire Petroleum plc - Drilling Update

Desire Petroleum Plc (AIM:DES) the oil and gas exploration company, wholly focused on the North Falkland Basin, wishes to provide a further drilling update on the Liz 14/19-1 Exploration well, where wireline operations are continuing.
Thursday, April 1st 2010 - 06:01 UTC
Machu Picchu set to reopen to tourists

Peru's most treasured archaeological site, Machu Picchu, is due to be formally re-opened after it was closed for two months.
Thursday, April 1st 2010 - 05:53 UTC
Falkland Islands: Investors lose fortunes as oil shares plummet

LOCAL investors – reputedly one in ten of the population – saw the value of their oil shares plummet this week as Desire Petroleum confirmed media speculation that the first oil found by the Ocean Guardian rig was of poor quality.
Thursday, April 1st 2010 - 05:46 UTC
Around 50 percent of foreigners’ hotel reservations cancelled in Chile

The historic February 27th earthquake left more than 90 percent of Chile’s hotels and tourist services without structural damage. The same can’t be said about Chile’s tourism industry. A huge number – perhaps as much as half – of all upcoming reservations made by foreigners have been cancelled.
Wednesday, March 31st 2010 - 19:38 UTC
Putin’s visits Venezuela Friday, sets alarm bells ringing in Washington

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will pay his first visit to Venezuela to meet with President Hugo Chavez on April 2, a government source told RIA Novosti in Moscow on Wednesday.
Wednesday, March 31st 2010 - 19:10 UTC
Chilean president announces housing emergency plan totalling 2.5 billion USD

Chilean President Sebastian Piñera announced this week the second part of his emergency reconstruction plan during a visit to the lower-middle class borough of Lo Prado. Beneficiaries of the new program are mostly lower middle class families.
Wednesday, March 31st 2010 - 18:30 UTC
Euro zone Feb unemployment at its highest, 10%; Spain at record 19%

Unemployment rates reach double digits in February in the Euro zone to hit an 11-year high in the 16-nation bloc. The February unemployment rate stood at 10% — the highest level to hit European nations since August 1998 — tipping the unemployment rate into double digits for the first time in 2010.
Wednesday, March 31st 2010 - 18:28 UTC
US and EU pledge 2.75 billion USD in aid to rebuild Haiti

United States and the European Union pledged Wednesday a combined 2.75 billion USD in aid for rebuilding Haiti following the January earthquake that killed about 200,000 people and devastated the capital, Port-au-Prince.