Stories for 2010

Tuesday, January 26th 2010 - 13:32 UTC
Indian commander celebrates 60th Republic Day in the Falklands

Commander Dilip Donde, the first Indian attempting a solo circumnavigation voyage of the earth, will celebrate on Tuesday India’s 60th Republic Day by unfurling the national flag on his yacht, INSV Mhadei, docked at Port Stanley in the Falklands Islands, nearly 13,000 km from his homeland, according to reports in the Mumbai press
Tuesday, January 26th 2010 - 13:26 UTC
Over five million Brazilians learning Spanish: the goal 41 million

Over five million Brazilians are learning Spanish, according to the latest edition from Spain’s Cervantes Institute, “2009 Memory: Spanish language in the world”. This compares favourably with the one million registered in 2006, and covers the different levels of education in Brazil from primary school to university.
Tuesday, January 26th 2010 - 13:19 UTC
Bill Gates anticipates long recovery from recession and budget must be balanced

The world's richest man Bill Gates said on Monday the US economy could take years to recover from recession and predicted taxes will have to rise to bring the federal budget into balance.
Tuesday, January 26th 2010 - 08:53 UTC
Mujica expects a solution to pulp mill conflict with Argentina by next March

Uruguay’s president-elect Jose Mujica said that the long standing conflict over the Botnia pulp mill, which has soured relations with neighbouring Argentina, will inevitably be solved but he will only be meeting with Argentine authorities and not with the pickets who are blocking bridges leading to Uruguay.
Tuesday, January 26th 2010 - 08:50 UTC
Haiti’s aid and reconstruction plan main challenge: a legacy of failures

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaking at the International Conference on Haiti taking place in Montreal conceded Monday that countries are in for a decade of “hard work” to rebuild earthquake-shattered Haiti.
Tuesday, January 26th 2010 - 08:46 UTC
Redrado barred from Argentine Central Bank, the dispute moves to Congress

Police stopped the head of Argentina's central bank from entering the bank on Sunday evening, hours after he vowed to stay in his job despite a court ruling that the government said meant he had to step down.
Monday, January 25th 2010 - 15:03 UTC
Women make up half of the new Bolivian ministerial cabinet

Bolivia’s president Evo Morales began his second mandate with a cabinet reshuffle removing most ministers and complying with the gender parity. The announcement was done over the weekend following his second consecutive inauguration ceremony last Friday.
Monday, January 25th 2010 - 14:58 UTC
Venezuela could hold world’s largest oil reserves, says US Geological Survey

A new US assessment of Venezuela's oil reserves could give the country double the supplies of Saudi Arabia. Scientists working for the US Geological Survey say Venezuela's Orinoco belt region holds twice as much petroleum as previously thought.
The geologists estimate the area could yield more than 500 billion barrels of crude oil.
Monday, January 25th 2010 - 14:52 UTC
Brazil and Argentina, first countries president elect Piñera will visit

Brazil and Argentina are the first countries to be visited by Chilean president-elect Sebastián Piñera, who added he will accept invitations from Spain and France and anticipated one of his first actions would be to de-freeze relations with neighbouring Peru.
Monday, January 25th 2010 - 14:49 UTC
Chile and Argentina consolidate bilateral integration and cooperation

Chile announced that the “Integration and Cooperation” agreement with Argentina, which was stamped by Presidents Cristina Kirchner and Michelle Bachelet last October 30, became effective as of Friday January 22nd.