Stories for February 2011

Monday, February 21st 2011 - 18:21 UTC
Brazil’s main daily admits having supported military coup in 1964

Brazil’s leading daily Folha de Sao Paulo celebrating its 90th anniversary openly admitted on its Monday edition that in 1964 it supported the military coup that ousted constitutional president Joao Goulart imposing a dictatorship that extended until 1985.
Monday, February 21st 2011 - 17:25 UTC
Gold above 1.400 USD and silver at 30 year record as investors take refuge

Gold climbed above 1,400 US dollars an ounce to the highest price in almost seven weeks in London as unrest in the Middle East and North Africa spreads. Silver reached a 30-year high and palladium advanced.
Monday, February 21st 2011 - 17:16 UTC
Krill sex caught on camera in 700 metres deep Antarctic waters

In a world first, the sex life of Antarctic Krill in the wild has been caught on camera revealing the shrimp-like creatures are able to mate deeper in the ocean than previously thought.
Monday, February 21st 2011 - 17:11 UTC
Pod of 107 pilot whales have died stranded on south New Zealand island

A pod of 107 pilot whales stranded on New Zealand’s south island have died, including 48 killed by authorities, reports said Monday.
Monday, February 21st 2011 - 16:45 UTC
Ibero-American Secretary Iglesias recovering from vascular accident

The chief operator from the Ibero-American Secretariat, Spanish born-Uruguayan economist Enrique Iglesias (80) is recovering from a vascular accident and this “will not impede him from retaking normal activities” according to the latest medical reports Monday from the hospital in Montevideo where he is being treated.
Monday, February 21st 2011 - 16:39 UTC
Weak dollar, strong peso batters Chilean tourism industry

The tourism industry in Chile is going through a very bad moment with a notorious drop in the number of visitors in recent months claim the private sector and local councillors from the city of Viña del Mar, one of the country’s main sea resorts.
Monday, February 21st 2011 - 15:11 UTC
The world’s T100 arms producing companies skipped recession in 2009

Despite the continuing global economic recession in 2009, the total arms sales of the SIPRI Top 100 of the world’s largest arms-producing companies increased by 14.8 billion USD from 2008 to reach 401 billion USD, a real increase of 8%, according to new data on international arms production released by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
Monday, February 21st 2011 - 14:58 UTC
Oil at two year high triggered by Middle East and North Africa unrest

Oil reached its highest price in more than two years in London as violence escalated in Libya given growing concerns supplies could be disrupted as turmoil spreads through the Middle East and North Africa.
Monday, February 21st 2011 - 10:07 UTC
Falkland Islands: Rockhopper Exploration plc 14/10-4 Appraisal Well Spud

Rockhopper Exploration plc (AIM: RKH), the North Falkland Basin oil and gas exploration company, announces that the 14/10-4 appraisal well was spudded at 0040hrs GMT on 19 February 2011.
Monday, February 21st 2011 - 07:16 UTC
Repsol-YPF contract UK flagged vessels for Malvinas basin exploration

Repsol-YPF planned exploration for hydrocarbons in the Malvinas basin, off Tierra del Fuego has suffered a major public relations setback following on the Buenos Aires press revelation that the two vessels contracted for the job not only are UK flagged but also have links with the current oil exploration round in Falkland Islands’ waters.