Stories for 2010

Thursday, January 21st 2010 - 06:51 UTC
“The best place to mine in South America (Chile) just got better”

International mining groups this week were effusive in their support of Chile’s newly elected president Sebastian Piñera, a billionaire businessman with substantial holdings in Lan Airline, Chilevision (a TV station) and Colo Colo (a popular soccer team).
Thursday, January 21st 2010 - 06:46 UTC
Brazil inaugurates first commercial ethanol-fuelled power plant

Brazil inaugurated this week the world’s first ethanol-fuelled power plant in the state of Minas Gerais. The flex-fuel turbine, which was converted from running solely on natural gas, began operating on December 31 and is currently in its optimization and testing phase.
Thursday, January 21st 2010 - 06:44 UTC
Seismologists’ call to prepare for a “great earthquake” in Western Sumatra

The earthquake which rocked Padang, western Sumatra in September last year killing more than 1000 people was not the 'great earthquake' which earth scientists are waiting for. In fact, it may have made the next massive earthquake more likely.
Thursday, January 21st 2010 - 02:31 UTC
Oil executives check preparations for rig arrival in Falklands

DRILLING chemicals, pipe casing and logging equipment are just part of the mass of physical supplies being offloaded in Stanley in preparation for the arrival of the oil rig in Falkland Islands waters next month.
Wednesday, January 20th 2010 - 13:04 UTC
Haiti government emerges from the rubble; US begins airdrops of food and water

Haiti's government has regrouped after last week's devastating earthquake and is working to find food, shelter and medicine for survivors, Prime Minister Jean Max Bellerive said Tuesday.
Wednesday, January 20th 2010 - 12:51 UTC
Argentine depositors look for security and discretion in Uruguay’s banks

Argentines disenchanted with their current government are taking their savings to refuge in neighbouring Uruguay where deposits of non residents have soared 20% during 2009, according to primary estimates from the Central Bank.
Wednesday, January 20th 2010 - 12:49 UTC
Lula da Silva announces campaign to promote protégé Dilma Rousseff

With less that a year for presidential elections Brazilian leader Lula da Silva announced a spree of “public works inaugurations” until April, with the purpose of promoting the candidacy of his cabinet chief Dilma Rousseff.
Wednesday, January 20th 2010 - 12:41 UTC
Cruise industry joins relief effort by continuing to visit unaffected Haiti resorts

Luxury cruise ships will continue to dock as normal at an idyllic resort in northern Haiti despite the deadly earthquake a week ago that devastated the Caribbean nation, a cruise company said Tuesday.
Wednesday, January 20th 2010 - 12:38 UTC
Brazil promises to find killers of journalist and compensates family

The Inter American Press Association IAPA praised Governor Jaques Wagner from the Brazilian state of Bahia for the enactment of legislation which provides for payment to the widow and children of journalist Manoel Leal de Oliveira murdered in 1998.
Wednesday, January 20th 2010 - 12:16 UTC
Mrs. Kirchner cancels trip to China: claims she can’t trust Vice-president

Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced Tuesday during a press conference at the Government House that she suspended her business trip to China because she does not trust in Vice-President Julio Cobos, and accused him of trying to “block” the decisions of the Executive Branch.