Stories for March 2011

Tuesday, March 1st 2011 - 16:32 UTC
‘Mercosur is a good idea, badly implemented’ and not much of a ‘market’

Mercosur (Common market of the South) is a good idea, badly implemented, and it does not have much of “common” and much less of a “market” argues Professor Andres Malamud, researcher at the Lisbon University Social Sciences currently on a lecture tour in Paraguay.
Tuesday, March 1st 2011 - 06:55 UTC
“Brazil has no money to buy jet fighters” in 2011 confirms top official

The Brazilian government has “no money to buy jet fighters” in 2011 confirmed Finance minister Guido Mantega in reference to the tender for the purchase of at least 36 modern aircraft and for which France, United States and Sweden are competing.
Tuesday, March 1st 2011 - 06:40 UTC
Argentina’s imports growth outpacing exports by two to one

Argentina’s January trade surplus in January confirmed the shrinking tendency increasingly present all along 2010 as imports’ growth outpaced exports by two to one.
Tuesday, March 1st 2011 - 06:31 UTC
EU fears massive exodus of refugees if there’s a ‘Battle for Tripoli’

Europe is extremely concerned about the consequences of the instability in Libya which could mean a humanitarian crisis of proportions if Libyans take to the sea and try to reach the European continent in look of food, hope and jobs, warned the EU Commissioner for Food Aid Kristalina Georgieva.
Tuesday, March 1st 2011 - 06:25 UTC
Most Libyan oilfields no longer under control of Gadaffi

Most of Libya's oilfields are no longer under control of Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, the European Union's energy commissioner said on Monday.
Tuesday, March 1st 2011 - 06:20 UTC
Oil prices fall slightly Monday as Saudis confirm they are covering Libyan gap

Oil prices fell on Monday in ‘choppy’ trading as expectations that increased production from Saudi Arabia can offset supply disruptions in the region allowed investors to pause after Libya's turmoil sent prices to two and half year peaks last week.
Tuesday, March 1st 2011 - 04:50 UTC
Malvinas after all are the Falkland Islands, say Argentine official webs

The Argentine press claimed Friday that the official news agency argentina.gob.ar, which depends from the government’s Mass Media Secretariat, is using in its web presentation Google maps of the country which refer to the South Atlantic archipelago as Falkland Islands and only in brackets (Malvinas).
Tuesday, March 1st 2011 - 02:46 UTC
Argentine military dictators on trial for stealing hundreds of babies

Two former Argentine dictators appeared in court Monday on charges of kidnapping hundreds of babies seized from political prisoners, minutes after birth. Ex rulers Jorge Videla and Reynaldo Bignone alongside with six other former military officers are involved in the court case that is expected to last until the end of the year.
Tuesday, March 1st 2011 - 02:27 UTC
Oil and gas companies report anti-corruption programs, but do they apply them?

Oil and gas companies have improved the transparency of how they report revenues and information about anti-corruption programs but should take bolder actions to stop corruption, according to a new report released Monday by Transparency International (TI) and Revenue Watch Institute (RWI).
Tuesday, March 1st 2011 - 00:17 UTC
Cristina Fernandez re-election bid in “inevitable” says cabinet chief

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner re-election bid is “inevitable” said cabinet chief Anibal Fernandez who nevertheless pointed out it was “premature” to talk about candidates for next October’s presidential election.