Stories for 2010

Monday, February 1st 2010 - 05:49 UTC
Closer ties Australia/Chile now also include tax treaty

Australia announced last week the first tax treaty with Chile. Nick Sherry, Assistant Treasurer of Australia, announced that Australia and Chile had reached agreement on a new tax treaty. The proposed treaty, the first between the two countries, will reflect the economic, legal and cultural interests of each.
Monday, February 1st 2010 - 05:41 UTC
Dilma Rousseff finally says Yes and wants to be “Lula da Silva’s successor”

Brazilian cabinet chief Dilma Rousseff, (62) hand picked by President Lula da Silva as the ruling coalition’s candidate for next October presidential election, finally openly admitted that “yes” she would love to be nominated as the popular leader’s “successor”.
Sunday, January 31st 2010 - 14:32 UTC
Haiti arrests US nationals suspected of child smuggling

Haitian police have arrested 10 US nationals on suspicion of trying to illegally take 33 children abroad.
Sunday, January 31st 2010 - 14:22 UTC
Falkland Islands: BACTEC set to fly in another 15 deminers

DESPITE the very real progress being made by BACTEC (Battle Area Clearance and Training Equipment Consultants) on the demining of Surf Bay and Sapper Hill minefields, several factors have culminated in the need to bring a further group of deminers to the Falklands.
Sunday, January 31st 2010 - 14:08 UTC
Lula da Silva “”I'm ready to get back in the game”

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Saturday he is in “perfect health” two days after being hospitalized for a high-blood-pressure attack that forced him to cancel his attendance at a global economic forum.
Saturday, January 30th 2010 - 14:36 UTC
Primer Minister Article on Inequality

As Britain comes out of recession, a new age of aspiration is within reach - but it will not come about by chance. Only if we make the right choices in economic and social policy can we lift the sights and shape the life chances of millions of people in our country.
Saturday, January 30th 2010 - 14:31 UTC
Russia and Antarctica

A historic discovery was made on January 28, 1820. A Russian navy expedition under the command of Faddei Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev sighted the last of the remaining unexplored continents - Antarctica.
Saturday, January 30th 2010 - 14:19 UTC
Chile hopes to host the world’s “Largest Eye In The Sky

Chile is now competing with Spain for the right to host one of the most important astronomy projects the world has known: the extremely large E-ELT telescope.
Saturday, January 30th 2010 - 14:02 UTC
Argentine chief banker resigns but foreign reserves remain frozen

Argentina's embattled central bank chief, Martin Perez Redrado, resigned Friday amid a bitter dispute with President Cristina Kirchner over control of the bank’s foreign currency reserves.
Saturday, January 30th 2010 - 13:43 UTC
Argentine government admits official inflation statistics are controversial

Argentina's government filed amended documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission related to its economy and upcoming debt swap. Argentina is in the process of reopening a 2005 debt swap in an effort to attract investors holding some 20 billion US dollars of defaulted bonds that weren't included the first time.