Stories for March 2011

Saturday, March 12th 2011 - 23:04 UTC
Cuban regime frees leading dissident who promises to keep protesting

The Cuban government has freed one of the country's leading dissidents, but he says he will keep protesting against the government.
Saturday, March 12th 2011 - 06:09 UTC
Unasur splits two-year Secretary General post between Colombia and Venezuela

Foreign Affairs ministers from the Union of South American Nations, Unasur, gathered in Ecuador Friday for their first meeting as a legally constituted organization agreed on the names to fill the post of Secretary General, vacant since the death of former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner.
Saturday, March 12th 2011 - 06:05 UTC
Head of Bovespa warns about capital controls to stem currency gains

Emerging markets face a “definitive danger” from accelerating inflation and should resist the temptation to impose capital controls to stem currency gains, said Arminio Fraga, the head of Brazil’s stock exchange and a former central bank president.
Saturday, March 12th 2011 - 05:52 UTC
US beef, pork, poultry and turkey production forecasted to increase in 2011

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) released the monthly World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates report projecting US beef, pork, poultry and turkey production to increase across the board in 2011, while also projecting higher prices for livestock and meat products.
Saturday, March 12th 2011 - 05:48 UTC
Bordering Spanish towns want to improve cooperation with Gibraltar

Spanish towns neighbouring with Gibraltar have said they want to improve cooperation and day to day communications with the Rock. Isabel Beneroso president of the Mancomunidad de Municipios (Commonwealth of municipalities) visited Gibraltar’s Chief Minister Peter Caruana, the second PSOE politician to call within the space of a week.
Saturday, March 12th 2011 - 05:43 UTC
Argentina creates first political wine: ‘El Justicialista’ to honour President Peron

Three times Argentine president Juan Domingo Peron has his own brand of wine, “El Justicialista” following on the name of the populist movement the General founded in the late forties last century and has dominated Argentina politics ever since.
Saturday, March 12th 2011 - 05:40 UTC
Lord Mandelson calls for UK to boost trade with Bric countries

Britain could boost its exports by £27 billion if it increased its share of trade with four of the world's fastest growing economies, Lord Mandelson has said. In a speech in London, the former business secretary drew attention to findings that suggest UK exports to Brazil, Russia, India and China - the so-called 'Bric countries' - are lagging behind the rest of the world.
Saturday, March 12th 2011 - 05:33 UTC
Nuclear emergency and thousands of residents evacuated

The Japanese government declared a state of emergency at five nuclear reactors as cooling systems failed. Authorities battled Saturday to contain rising pressure at the plants damaged by a massive earthquake and were moving tens of thousands of residents from the area.
Saturday, March 12th 2011 - 05:21 UTC
Japan begins huge relief effort: hundreds killed but more feared disappeared

A mammoth relief mission is swinging into action in north-east Japan, a day after it was struck by a devastating tsunami, claiming hundreds of lives. Whole villages have been washed away and at least one town has been largely destroyed.
Saturday, March 12th 2011 - 01:07 UTC
Falklands’ encouraging Illex season: 88 jigging licences issued

Following on from the appearance of what appears to have been more jiggers than normal in Stanley harbour recently, Falkland Islands Director of Natural Resources John Barton says there are some 80 Illex jiggers licensed and fishing in Falkland Islands zones at present, and 88 jigging licences have been issued.