MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for March 31st 2011
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Thursday, March 31st 2011 - 02:09 UTC
The Brazilian businessman who made possible Lula da Silva’s success
The successful Brazilian self made man and former Vice-president Jose Alencar who assured the business community political support for the “firebrand union leader”, Lula da Silva elected in 2002 to lead Latin America’s largest economy, died in Sao Paulo on Tuesday after a long battle with cancer.
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Thursday, March 31st 2011 - 01:40 UTC
Humala leads in Peruvian presidential race but run-off chances are “unlikely”
Presidential election races in Peru have a history of being unpredictable. What initially seemed to be a three-way battle to succeed outgoing president Alan Garcia now appears to be a five-way tussle ahead of the first round of voting on April 10 according to a report from Capital Economics.
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Thursday, March 31st 2011 - 01:33 UTC
EU says Argentina’s import restrictions hurt talks for trade deal with Mercosur
Argentina's moves to restrict imports and prop up its shrinking trade surplus as well as European farmers resistance to ‘cheap’ meat imports could hurt talks for a trade deal between Mercosur and the European Union, an EU official said on Wednesday.
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Thursday, March 31st 2011 - 01:10 UTC
Argentina promotes world-wide Malvinas discussion under the logo of “It takes two to tango”
Argentine ambassador before United Nations Jorge Argüello is scheduled to give a conference this week in Bangkok, Thailand on the ‘Malvinas Islands issue” and the South Atlantic situation.
