Stories for March 2011

Tuesday, March 8th 2011 - 04:58 UTC
Refuge crisis in Libya: over a million people fleeing says UN

More than one million people fleeing Libya and inside the country need humanitarian aid, the United Nations said on Monday. The figures were issued by the world body's aid coordinator Valerie Amos as a refugee crisis built up around the borders of the North African country where a rebellion broke out last month against the 42-year rule of Muammar Gaddafi.
Tuesday, March 8th 2011 - 04:52 UTC
Chile’s Concha y Toro acquires California’s Fetzer Vineyard

Chile’s Concha y Toro, Latin America’s largest wine producer, sealed a deal this week with Brown-Forman’s Fetzer Vineyards in a transaction worth 238 million US dollars to purchase its portfolio of American wine brands. The sale is expected to close in April 2011.
Tuesday, March 8th 2011 - 04:34 UTC
Cyndi Lauper sings with stranded passengers in Buenos Aires airport

After flights in Buenos Aires were cancelled time after time on Friday, '80s singing icon Cyndi Lauper took to the airport's announcement system to perform for her fellow stranded passengers.
Tuesday, March 8th 2011 - 04:23 UTC
Kirchnerites’ deny any intention from Cristina to run for a third period

Political associates reiterated that there are no intentions of Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to seek for a third period if the Head of State should end re-elected on next October presidential elections. For such purpose a constitutional amendment would be needed.
Tuesday, March 8th 2011 - 02:30 UTC
Over 15.600 mines in 83 fields remain in the Falkland Islands, says UK Defence

Some 83 minefields and suspected hazardous areas remain in the Falkland Islands with over 15.600 mines remaining, which were laid by the Argentine forces during their 74 day occupation of the South Atlantic Islands in 1982.
Tuesday, March 8th 2011 - 02:05 UTC
Uruguayan investors purchased 1.1 million hectares in the Paraguayan Chaco

Uruguayan investors have purchased an estimated 1.1 million hectares in the Paraguayan Chaco, (heartland of landlocked Paraguay) in spite of the fact land prices have quadrupled in the last two years. The record year was 2010 with 200.000 hectares.
Tuesday, March 8th 2011 - 02:02 UTC
Falklands’ pristine stacks and bluffs illustrated by Tony Chater in stamps issue

Illustrations of some of the least accessible spots in the Falkland Islands are featured in the third series of “Stacks and Bluffs” postage stamps, released last week by Pobjoy Mint.
Tuesday, March 8th 2011 - 00:08 UTC
Irish farmers occupy EU offices in Dublin to protest trade talks with Mercosur

Irish farmers occupied Monday afternoon the offices of the European Commission in Dublin, over fears of a multibillion-Euro threat to the livestock industry from Mercosur.
Tuesday, March 8th 2011 - 00:04 UTC
Food prices have soared most in Venezuela, Bolivia and Argentina

Venezuela, Bolivia and Argentina are the three Latinamerican countries where food prices have climbed the most during the twelve months of 2010, according to official regional statistics.
Monday, March 7th 2011 - 23:57 UTC
US ambassadors consider Mercosur as “anti-American” according to Wikileaks

United States considers Mercosur as an “anti American” organization and fears the incorporation of Venezuela to the group made up of Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay according to one of the latest Wikileaks to see light in the River Plate press.