MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for April 14th 2011
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Thursday, April 14th 2011 - 16:50 UTC
Doctors tell Argentine president to cancels Mexico trip and rest another 24 hours
Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner cancelled her trip to Mexico City and rescheduled it for May 30 after being told by Presidential Medical Unit doctors to rest for a further 24 hours, despite showing a 'satisfactory improvement' from the turn of low blood pressure she suffered Tuesday.
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Thursday, April 14th 2011 - 05:34 UTC
Oil to remain high, look for alternative sources of energy recommends IMF
Oil prices are likely to remain high for the foreseeable future and IMF economists say that governments should be looking to back sustainable alternative sources of energy.
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Thursday, April 14th 2011 - 05:32 UTC
UN peacekeeping operations to suffer most from US funding cuts
United States lawmakers are poised to cut spending on the United Nations by hundreds of millions of dollars, less than a week after UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon came to Congress to ask for continued strong support.
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Thursday, April 14th 2011 - 05:24 UTC
President Rousseff invites Foxconn to develop Brazil’s electronics industry
Foxconn in planning to invest as much as 12bn US dollars in Brazil, according to President Dilma Rousseff currently on an official visit to China. Taiwan-based Foxconn operates the majority of its factories in China, producing goods for firms like Apple, Hewlett Packard and Dell.
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Thursday, April 14th 2011 - 05:16 UTC
Libya and global financial system reform in BRICS’ international agenda
Leaders of the world's major emerging powers will meet again Thursday in China to tackle the conflict in Libya, reform of the international financial system and look at how developing nations can exercise more clout on the global stage.
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Thursday, April 14th 2011 - 05:00 UTC
BRICS members discuss trade grievances with host China
Chinese President Hu Jintao came under pressure from fellow BRICS members Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa to open the Chinese market to goods ranging from Indian drugs to Brazilian planes as leaders gathered on a tropical south China island for a summit.
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Thursday, April 14th 2011 - 02:30 UTC
Uruguay Senate annuls amnesty bill benefiting the military but triggers further controversy
A closely divided Senate has passed legislation to overturn an amnesty for human rights crimes committed by the military and security forces during Uruguay's 1973-85 dictatorship, overruling voters who in two referendums upheld the law in 1989 and 2009. The decision triggered strong controversy in the Uruguayan political system.
