Stories for March 31st 2011

Thursday, March 31st 2011 - 23:57 UTC
Jimmy Carter calls for the end of US embargo and democracy in Cuba

Former US president Jimmy Carter - on a visit to Cuba - has criticized US policy towards the island. Carter said the decades-long US trade embargo and travel ban damaged the Cuban people and hindered rather than helped reform.
He also urged the Cuban government to move towards democracy and allow complete freedom of speech.
Thursday, March 31st 2011 - 14:22 UTC
Falkland Islands will remain on summer time throughout 2011

Falkland Islands will remain on ‘summer time’ throughout the whole of 2011 on a trial basis announced the local government.
Thursday, March 31st 2011 - 14:11 UTC
Uruguay’s wholesale prices soared 10.82% in the first quarter of 2011

Uruguay’s wholesale prices soared in March for the third month running reaching 4.42%, the highest since 2010, reports the country’s Statistics Institute, INE.
Thursday, March 31st 2011 - 14:06 UTC
Foreign direct investment in Uruguay recovers in 2010: up 28% from 2009

Foreign direct investment in Uruguay reached 1.6 billion US dollars in 2010, up 28% from 2009, according to the fourth quarter Balance of Payments report released this week by the country’s Central bank.
Thursday, March 31st 2011 - 14:00 UTC
Chavez warns: if capitalism returns to Venezuela, it’s the end of oil cooperation

President Hugo Chavez confirmed he would run for re-election in 2012 and made a strong call for regional unity warning that “if capitalism returns to Venezuela” it would mark the end of oil cooperation.
Thursday, March 31st 2011 - 08:02 UTC
Falkland Oil and Gas Limited Press Release

FOGL, the oil and gas exploration company focused on its extensive licence areas to the South and East of the Falkland Islands announces further progress on its rig contract negotiations and certain changes to its licence arrangements.
Thursday, March 31st 2011 - 07:38 UTC
Chavez blasts alliance bombing Libya; signs agreements with Uruguay

Venezuela’s president Hugo Chavez said on Wednesday during a press conference in Montevideo that the Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi “is doing what has to be done, resisting an imperial aggression” and added that “it’s not anticipated that he has plans to leave Libya”.
Thursday, March 31st 2011 - 07:35 UTC
“Unlikely there will be a Mercosur/EU trade deal” in 2011 says Irish minister

Ireland believes it looks increasingly unlikely that there will be a Mercosur-European Union trade deal before the end of the year. Mercosur and the EU resumed trade talks in May 2010 with the objective of reaching a deal by the end of 2011.
Thursday, March 31st 2011 - 04:04 UTC
President Cristina Kirchner promises ‘to go for more’ as her popularity is on the rise

Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said at a political rally that she’s not the leader of a government but the head of a political project with an agenda and a vision of Argentina, and anticipated she’s “going for more”.
Thursday, March 31st 2011 - 02:17 UTC
GeoPark joins Korea’s LG to expand oil exploration in Latin America and Asia

Latin American oil and gas company GeoPark Holdings which operates in Argentina and Chile, will sell a 10% stake in GeoPark Chile Ltd for 70 million US dollars to a unit of Korea's LG Corp. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2011, GeoPark said.