Stories for 2010

Monday, March 29th 2010 - 04:16 UTC
Mujica meets Lula da Silva to consider bilateral and regional integration

Increasing trade, bilateral and regional integration dominate Monday’s agenda for the meeting in Brasilia between President Lula da Silva and Uruguayan leader Jose Mujica.
Monday, March 29th 2010 - 00:42 UTC
Punta Arenas promotes Patagonia among Brazil’s Japanese community

A delegation of Brazilian-Japanese tour operators and tourism agencies spent a week in Punta Arenas, guests of Chile’s Tourism Office with the purpose of promoting Chilean Patagonia among the strong and high income Asian community in Brazil.
Monday, March 29th 2010 - 00:31 UTC
Argentine opposition blasts Nestor Kirchner’s Unasur candidacy

One of the leaders of the Argentine opposition warned that it would be “tragedy for the Americas” if the ex President Néstor Kirchner is designated as General Secretary of the South American Nations Union (Unasur).
Monday, March 29th 2010 - 00:29 UTC
Brazilian opposition presidential hopeful leads in polls by nine points

Sao Paulo state governor Jose Serra, the main opposition candidate in Brazil’s presidential election next October widened his lead over the ruling party contender as his popularity grew among poor voters and women, pollster Datafolha said Saturday.
Monday, March 29th 2010 - 00:21 UTC
UK participates in Chile’s FIDAE with cutting edge technology in defence

United Kingdom companies involved in some of the most cutting edge technology in the defence and security sectors are currently in Santiago for the Air and space air exhibition, FIDAE.
Sunday, March 28th 2010 - 21:46 UTC
First gay marriage in Westminster: groom was Foreign Office minister Chris Bryant

The Palace of Westminster, which houses the British Parliament, was on Saturday the venue of an unprecedented event: its first gay wedding.
Sunday, March 28th 2010 - 04:56 UTC
Oil in Falklands but not in commercial volumes, reports The Times

The first well drilled off the Falkland Islands in 12 years has struck oil — but not enough for a commercial well, according to a report from the Sunday edition of The Times.
Saturday, March 27th 2010 - 06:47 UTC
Chile and Uruguay best ranked in global information technology report

Sweden tops the rankings of The Global Information Technology Report 2009-2010, released this week for the ninth consecutive year by the World Economic Forum.
Saturday, March 27th 2010 - 06:44 UTC
Falklands join Earth Hour, the 125th country to participate in the global event

The Falkland Islands are to participate Saturday in ‘Earth Hour’, a global awareness campaign on climate change organised by the World Wide Fund for Nature which spans thousands of cities around the world.
Saturday, March 27th 2010 - 06:42 UTC
Lula da Silva again fined for breach of electoral legislation

Brazil’s Superior Electoral tribunal, TSE, again fined President Lula da Silva for having campaigned in support of cabinet chief and the Workers’ Party candidate for October’s presidential election, Dilma Rousseff.