Stories for 2010

Saturday, October 23rd 2010 - 03:12 UTC
Dilma ten percentage points ahead of Serra, with only a week left

Brazil’s ruling party candidate Dilma Rousseff is pulling ahead in the presidential run-off as the focus of the campaign shifts away from controversial social issues and back to the economic gains of recent years.
Saturday, October 23rd 2010 - 03:03 UTC
Radar system in the Falklands to monitor the “Southern Lights”

Physicists and engineers at the University of Leicester and the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have installed a radar system on the Falkland Islands to monitor the upper atmosphere activity which creates the ‘Southern Lights’.
Friday, October 22nd 2010 - 05:42 UTC
Chile cuts customs’ red tape to help exporters face stronger peso

Chile will cut red tape on customs to help exporters hit by a strong peso as one measure to ease the effects of the currency's rapid appreciation, Finance Minister Felipe Larrain said on Thursday.
Friday, October 22nd 2010 - 03:50 UTC
Two Falklands’ exploration companies to begin 3D seismic surveying in January

Two Falkland Islands hydrocarbons exploration companies have signed contracts for marine seismic acquisition services with Polarcus Limited. The contracts were announced Thursday and should be operational by early January 2011.
Friday, October 22nd 2010 - 03:23 UTC
Brazil rejects any idea of NATO interfering in the South Atlantic

Brazil rejects any interference of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, in the South Atlantic or any idea of a similar organization at South Atlantic level, reports “O Estado de Sao Paulo”.
Friday, October 22nd 2010 - 03:20 UTC
Uruguayan parliament expected to approve Unasur protocol before 2011

Uruguay’s Foreign Affairs minister Luis Almagro trusts parliament will ratify before the end of the year the Union of South American Nations, Unasur, protocol thus formally incorporating to the regional political and defence group. Uruguay’s legislative opposition does not support incorporation to Unasur.
Friday, October 22nd 2010 - 03:16 UTC
Brazil set to grow 7.5% this year and 5.9% in 2011; inflation 5.1% and 5%

Brazil’s GDP may grow 7.5% this year, up from a previous estimate of 7%, the Finance Ministry said in a report published on its website Thursday. The ministry also raised its forecast for average growth between 2010 and 2014 to 5.9%, from 5.7%.
Friday, October 22nd 2010 - 03:07 UTC
Geithner promises Brazil it won’t allow the US dollar to weaken

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told Brazil’s Finance Minister Guido Mantega that the Obama administration won’t allow the US dollar to weaken, Mantega said.
Friday, October 22nd 2010 - 03:03 UTC
Business and government officials meet in China to promote Latam/Asia trade

A thousand government officials and business executives from Latin America and the Caribbean, China, Japan and Korea participated Thursday in the opening session of the China-Latin American Caribbean Business Forum with high-ranking Chinese authorities and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) executives.
Friday, October 22nd 2010 - 02:58 UTC
Morales says Bolivia will produce 30% of world’s lithium carbonate demand

President Evo Morales said on Thursday that Bolivia does not need foreign investors to develop an ambitious lithium carbonate project by 2014.