Stories for April 2011

Wednesday, April 27th 2011 - 08:30 UTC
Uruguay’s flag carrier Pluna orders three more Canadian CRJ900

Canada’s Bombardier Aerospace said Monday it has received another follow-on order from Uruguay’s flag carrier Pluna for three CRJ900 NextGen regional jets, helping the manufacturer's efforts to avoid layoffs.
Wednesday, April 27th 2011 - 08:26 UTC
Fiat will manufacture in Argentina combines and specialty tractors for Latam

Italy’s Fiat Industrial, through its affiliate CNH, will set up a plant in Argentina to manufacture powerful combines and specialty tractors destined for the Latin American market. The plant will create some 600 direct and 1,500 indirect jobs, CNH said in a statement on Tuesday.
Wednesday, April 27th 2011 - 02:10 UTC
Guerrilla/military events from forty years back poison Uruguayan politics

The release of an alleged unfinished pact negotiated over a decade ago between former urban guerrillas and the military triggered serious controversy in Uruguay in the midst of a political debate to overrule a bill which exempts former officers from going to court for alleged human rights abuses during the military dictatorship (1093/1085).
Wednesday, April 27th 2011 - 02:07 UTC
Food and fuel prices threaten to derail Asian economies, warns ADB

Soaring food and fuel prices are threatening to derail growth in Asian economies, according to a report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The bank has warned that if food and fuel prices continue to surge, economic growth in the region could be reduced by up to 1.5% this year.
Wednesday, April 27th 2011 - 02:02 UTC
“Eco-fascism” or fundamentalist environmentalism joins political jargon

Campaigns in extreme defence of Nature and the environment can turn into a sort of “eco-fascism” unable to solve the home problems for millions or modify the consumerism paradigm of modern societies, warns a new academia discussion publication in Argentina.
Tuesday, April 26th 2011 - 23:50 UTC
Latam and Caribbean states create CELAC to counter US influence

Latin American and Caribbean Foreign Affairs ministers are meeting in Venezuela in anticipation of the presidential summit scheduled for July 5 in Caracas when a new regional integration organization is set to be born, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean states, CELAC.
Tuesday, April 26th 2011 - 21:26 UTC
Obama says there’s no magic bullet to bring down oil prices

President Barack Obama has told fellow citizens there is no “magic bullet” to bring down high petrol prices and said he wants to end what he called US$4 billion in taxpayer subsidies to oil and gas companies.
Tuesday, April 26th 2011 - 16:50 UTC
Human rights situation in the US according to China and reported by Fidel

The Cuban revolution leader Fidel Castro in his latest ‘Reflections’ column “The brutal and turbulent North” writes about China’s report on human rights in the United States, which is basically a counter report on Washington’s annual document on the human rights situation in each of the world’s countries.
Tuesday, April 26th 2011 - 16:47 UTC
Toyota production cuts in Mercosur plants because of Japan parts shortage

Toyota executives in Brazil and Argentina announced they are cutting production at two assembly plants for three days because they don’t have enough parts from Japan due to the recent earthquake and tsunami.
Tuesday, April 26th 2011 - 16:10 UTC
Paraguay has over a million hectares planted with corn

Paraguay is experiencing a boom in corn with an area planted of over a million hectares compared to 600.000 hectares a year ago, according to the country’s Soybean Farmers’ Association president agronomist Francisco Regis Mereles.