Stories for 2010

Sunday, October 24th 2010 - 02:03 UTC
Bolivia plans to buys vessels to operate from its Ilo port facilities

Bolivian president Evo Morales is considering the purchase of naval vessels to operate from the port of Ilo on the South Pacific coast helping the country to develop for the first time in 130 years its maritime resources.
Sunday, October 24th 2010 - 02:00 UTC
G20 agrees review of IMF: Europe looses influence to developing countries

The Group of 20 (G20) nations reached in Korea a dramatic deal on Saturday as China, the United States agree to avoid “currency war” and to refrain from having too much trade surplus or deficit.
Saturday, October 23rd 2010 - 04:45 UTC
Mujica praises a free unregulated press, even “sometimes they make you mad”

Uruguayan president Jose Mujica insisted that the best regulation for the media is no regulation, although admitting that many times he feels disappointed, when not furious with some of the articles published.
Saturday, October 23rd 2010 - 04:38 UTC
Latam shoe industry calls for “united front” against China’s disloyal practices

Latin America’s foot-wear industry are proposing a “united front” against what they describe as “disloyal trade practices” from China, as part of the Asian giant’s foreign trade policies.
Saturday, October 23rd 2010 - 04:17 UTC
Bolivian navy to have access to the Pacific for the first time in 130 years

For the first time in more than 130 years, the Bolivian Navy will have access to the Pacific Ocean, after the heads of state of Bolivia and Peru signed an agreement to grant Bolivia access to the sea near the Peruvian port of Ilo.
Saturday, October 23rd 2010 - 03:45 UTC
G20 rejects as “planned economy” US proposal setting targets to trade imbalances

US proposals that countries set targets to reduce trade imbalances appeared to be running into opposition at the G20 meeting of leading economies. US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner wrote to G20 members on Friday suggesting limiting surpluses and deficits to a percentage of output.
Saturday, October 23rd 2010 - 03:34 UTC
Land purchases by foreign investors, an “explosive cocktail” for small farmers

Land purchases by foreign investors in poor countries and the growing use of bio-fuels are boosting pressures on agricultural farmland and helping make 500 million small farmers hungry, a U.N. envoy said this week.
Saturday, October 23rd 2010 - 03:29 UTC
Russia Gazprom joins France’s Total in Bolivian gas joint venture

Russian energy company Gazprom has plans to take a 20% stake in natural gas projects in Bolivia, the gas monopoly said. Gazprom said it could take the stake under the terms of a September deal with French energy company Total for the Ipati and Aquio gas blocks in Bolivia.
Saturday, October 23rd 2010 - 03:22 UTC
Argentine industrial production soars 9.7% in September over a year ago

Argentina's industrial production surged in September boosted by domestic demand and strong export markets. Industrial production rose 9.7% in September from the year-ago month, and was up 1.2% from August, the national statistics agency Indec reported Friday.
Saturday, October 23rd 2010 - 03:21 UTC
South American soy producers ally “to avoid buyers’ manipulation”

Argentina and Brazil are negotiating an alliance with other South American producers of grains and oilseeds to deal jointly with buyers in Asia and elsewhere, according to Brazilian Agriculture Minister Wagner Rossi.